Albert Adatto papers, approximately 1939-1992 PDF

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Adatto, Albert
Title: Albert Adatto papers
Dates: approximately 1939-1992 (inclusive)
19391992
Quantity: 31.86 cubic feet (36 boxes)
Collection Number: 1640
Summary: Papers of Sephardic researcher, retired military historian and guidance counselor, Bellevue, Washington
Repository: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 206-543-1929
Fax: 206-543-1931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions: Open to all users.
Languages: English, Hebrew, Ladino

Overview of the Collection
Biographical Note
Other Descriptive Information
Content Description
Use of the Collection
- Restrictions on Use
Administrative Information
- Arrangement
Detailed Description of the Collection
Names and Subjects

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Albert Adatto (1911-1996) was a Sephardic researcher, retired military historian and guidance counselor of Bellevue, Washington. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey. During his retirement, Adatto, who had written an M.A. thesis on the history of Seattle Sephardim in 1939, resumed his study and research. He also prepared many ojas , or traditional Sephardic pages, to commemorate happy life events and to honor national leaders. He also organized personal friendship missions to various Latin American and European nations.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Correspondence, writings, notes, research and project files, commemorative pages, tape-recorded songs and interviews, speeches.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives

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Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

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Accession No. 1640-003: Albert Adatto papers, 1939-1992 (bulk 1963-1991)Return to Top

26.26 cubic feet (28 boxes)

44 sound cassettes

4 sound tape reels

1 videocassette (circa 60 minutes)

Scope and Content: Correspondence, writings, notes, research and project files, commemorative pages, tape-recorded songs and interviews generated during his research on Sephardic culture and the Ladino language, videocassette of his speech "Growing Up Sephardic in America". The videocassette is autobiographical. Also includes tape recorded Sephardic songs, research material from and correspondence with his sister, Emma Adatto Schlesinger, 1934-85.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Lilyan Adatto, March 1, 1994.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1	1640-003	Ya Comimosfamily prayer General Notes: Includes narrative explaining family prayer and text in Hebrew script	undated
1/2	1640-003	Education papers	1962-1975
1/3	1640-003	Correspondence	1963-1969
1/4	1640-003	Correspondence	1970
1/5	1640-003	Correspondence	1971
1/6	1640-003	Correspondence	1972
1/7	1640-003	Correspondence	1973
1/8	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Includes requests to various institutions for subscriptions and texts related to Sephardic Jews	1974
1/9	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Includes requests to various institutions for subscriptions and documents to build personal Sephardic library	1975
1/10	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Includes requests in the interest of building personal Sephardic library	1976
1/11	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Includes requests to foreign governments for stamps issued to commemorate United States bicentennial and visit to Sofia, Bulgaria	1977
1/12	1640-003	Correspondence	1978
1/13	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Includes correspondence related to the procurement and presentation of a replica Polaski banner in Savannah, Georgia	1979
1/14	1640-003	Correspondence	1980
1/15	1640-003	Correspondence	1981
1/16	1640-003	Correspondence	1983
1/17	1640-003	Correspondence	1984
1/18	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Includes letters to United States Postal Service officials regarding philatelic exchange with Soviet Union	1985
1/19	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Correspondence with Spanish officials and citizens regarding the Adattos' trip to Spain	1986
1/20	1640-003	Correspondence	January-March 1987
1/21	1640-003	Correspondence	April-June 1987
1/22	1640-003	Correspondence	July-December 1987
2/1	1640-003	Correspondence	1988
2/2	1640-003	Correspondence	1989
2/3	1640-003	Correspondence	1990
2/4	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Includes letters with commentary on the Gulf War.	January-April 1991
2/5	1640-003	Correspondence General Notes: Includes meeting notes from Washington State Jewish Historical Society Sephardic Quincentennial Exhibition Committee and letters related to mashallah amulets.	May-August 1991
2/6	1640-003	Correspondence	September-December 1991
2/7	1640-003	Correspondence	January-March1992
2/8	1640-003	Correspondence	April-June1992
2/9	1640-003	Correspondence with Nissim Adatto	1972-1977
2/10	1640-003	Correspondence with Avinu Malkenu	1985-1986
2/11	1640-003	Boy Scouts of America Chief Seattle Council	1965-1972
2/12 - 2/13	1640-003	Correspondence about teaching English in China	1990-1992
2/14	1640-003	Correspondence with Nissim Elnecavé	July 1979-1989
2/15	1640-003	Correspondence with Adolfo Arditti	1978-1991
2/16	1640-003	Correspondence with Nissim Elnecavé General Notes: Includes chapters from Sefard from Instituto de Estudios Sefardies published in Spain.	January 1991-August 1992
2/18	1640-003	Correspondence with Vitoria, Spain	1972-1991
2/19	1640-003	Greeting cards	1986-1992
2/20	1640-003	Ladino Dictionary	undated
3/1	1640-003	Leafs - Ojas General Notes: Narrative explaining origin and use of ojas	undated
3/2	1640-003	Sephardic House Shearith Israel General Notes: Papers related to Adatto's membership in the Sephardic House, which was directed by Rabbi Marc Angel.	1979-1989
3/3	1640-003	Sephardic House Shearith Israel newsletters	1980-1984
3/4	1640-003	Sephardic House Shearith Israel Bulletin	1979-1984
3/5	1640-003	Counseling and Guidance Institute, San Diego State College General Notes: Includes two photos taken during Adatto's counseling and guidance training course.	1966
3/6	1640-003	Educators at ROTC Summer Camp in Fort Lewis, Washington General Notes: Includes group photograph with complete name list.	1969
3/7	1640-003	High School Counselors Summer Workshop papers	July 1968
3/8	1640-003	US Naval Academy General Notes: Papers regarding Adatto's visit to Naval Academy as a guidance counselor	1965
3/9	1640-003	Youth Outreach Center, Seattle University	1967
3/10	1640-003	Article fromBamaracha	1972
3/11	1640-003	"The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain" by Justin Nelson General Notes: Academic paper written by the Adattos' nephew	December 1991
3/12	1640-003	Speech, Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood Father and Son Banquet	1969
3/13	1640-003	Photographs of friends and family	1960s-1990s
3/14	1640-003	Clippings	1960s-1990s
3/15	1640-003	Ephemera	1960s-1990s
3/16	1640-003	Ephemera	1990s
3/17	1640-003	Binder, publicity materials General Notes: "Publicity (in the Spanish Press) about our peace and friendship projects"	1960s-1990s
3/18	1640-003	Binder, publicity materials General Notes: "Publicity (in the Spanish Press) about our peace and friendship projects"Correspondence, photos and clippings related to replica Sephardic keys created for Adatto in Seville	1970s-1980s
4/1	1640-003	Correspondence related to gift exhibits created by the Adattos General Notes: Letters related to gift exhibits for South America, Spain, and the USSR which feature stamps and coins to spread peace and friendship	1981-1986
4/2	1640-003	Correspondence related to the building a statue of St. Gabriel General Notes: Photographs of St. Gabriel and letters about building a statue of St. Gabriel for the French Signal Corps in Quebec	August 1952-February 1955
4/3	1640-003	Papers related to a peace and friendship presentation to Argentina	April-August 1987
4/4	1640-003	Peace and friendship presentations to Yugoslavia and Marshal Tito Memorial Leaf (oja)	1977-1982
4/5	1640-003	Papers related to a series of speeches by Albert Adatto in Toledo, Spain	1987-1988
4/6	1640-003	Introduction to Ojas Exhibit for CAJE Convention in Seattle. General Notes: Includes brief autobiographical statement by Adatto.	1989
4/7	1640-003	Correspondence related to project honoring Marshal Tito; peace and friendship presentation to Mexico	November 1977- May 1981
4/8	1640-003	Papers related to the Sefardi-U.S.A. peace and friendship gift presentation to Mexico created by the Adattos General Notes: Includes philatelic materials.	1987
5/1	1640-003	Binder, Leafs - ojas General Notes: Also includes Talmudic research. Each oja includes original, translatiterated and translated versions	undated
5/2	1640-003	Binder, Santiago de Compostela project General Notes: Includes related notes and materials in Ladino	December 1981
5/3	1640-003	Oja for Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen	February 1982
5/4	1640-003	Binder, Swedish bicentennial leaf General Notes: Includes personal anecdote about childhood experience with Swedish	March 1983
5/5	1640-003	Binder, salute to Argentina and the San Martin bicentennial	April 1987
5/6	1640-003	Binder, oja for Ben Zaquen bat mitzvah General Notes: Includes narrative by Adatto recounting his late mother's advice in Ladino	July 1987
5/7	1640-003	Binder, Lili's 70th birthday oja General Notes: Includes explanations of Adatto family traditions and Psalm 100	undated
5/8	1640-003	Binder, wedding oja General Notes: For daughter Deborah and her husband Glenn	January 1988
5/9	1640-003	Binder, Aaron's leaf General Notes: For grandson Aaron Gabriel Sandel	May 1988
5/10	1640-003	Binder, wedding anniversary oja	November 1988
5/11	1640-003	Liliana Shizuko birth oja General Notes: Includes explanatory note on Sephardic naming customs	undated
6/1	1640-003	Binder, bat mitzvah oja for Tanya Ben Zaquen General Notes: Includes explanatory note and narratives on Sephardic traditions regarding education	1987-1991
6/2	1640-003	Binder, wedding ojas	1983-1988
6/3	1640-003	Binder, Venezuela leafs volume 3 of 3 General Notes: Includes oja, explanatory note, correspondence, and philatelic-numismatic materials	1983-1987
6/4	1640-003	Netherlands gift materials General Notes: Includes photographs of Adatto's philatelic-numismatic gift presentation at the Hague	1983
6/5	1640-003	Binder, wedding oja for Bruce and Sharon General Notes: Also includes explanatory note on kamea or amulets	1992
6/6	1640-003	Binder, wedding oja for Cynthia Barbanell General Notes: Includes information about the ketubah or marriage contract	1988
6/7	1640-003	Binder, birthday oja for Albert Amateau General Notes: Includes philatelic materials	undated
6/8	1640-003	Binder, birthday oja for Rabbi Albert Amateau General Notes: Includes correspondence and philatelic materials	1990
6/9	1640-003	Binder, Samuel Adatto birth oja General Notes: Includes explanatory note on Sephardic family traditions and " mashallah "	undated
6/10	1640-003	Binder, birthday ojas for brother Carl Adatto	1982-1987
7/1	1640-003	Binder, housewarming oja for cousins Becky and Jack Benaroya	April 1986
7/2	1640-003	Binder, celebratory ojas for Leonard Bernstein and Nissim Elnecavé	1978-1979
7/3	1640-003	Wedding oja for son Richard Adatto	1984
7/4	1640-003	Lauren Beth Gold birth oja General Notes: Includes explanatory note on Sephardic naming customs	1985
7/5-7/6	1640-003	Cousin Lindsey Kathryn birth oja General Notes: Includes thank you note from Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Bratner	1985
7/7	1640-003	Wedding oja for cousins Valerie and Paul Hartl General Notes: Includes correspondence, ceremony invitation and nuptual song lyrics	1987
7/8	1640-003	Wedding oja for cousins Rosa and Victor	November 1979
7/9	1640-003	Birthday oja for Alphons Freiherr von Gecmen-Waldek," Ali" General Notes: Includes letter explaining that Adattos' relationship with the family as well as Ali's death announcement in German	1983-1988
7/10	1640-003	Wedding oja for friends Virginia and Albert General Notes: Includes correspondence	1983
7/11	1640-003	Oja for Hazan Isaac Azose	1991
7/12	1640-003	Papers related to the birth of Alberto Akira Adatto Ishida	1989
7/13	1640-003	Sixtieth birthday ojas	undated
7/14	1640-003	Birthday oja for Zelda	undated
7/15	1640-003	Birthday oja for Adele Leiberman	1986
7/16	1640-003	Birthday oja for David Sitton	1984
7/17	1640-003	Wedding oja for Adam and Dayna	1986
7/18	1640-003	Birthday oja for Nissim Elnecavé	1985
7/18	1640-003	Birthday oja for Sema Calvo	undated
7/19	1640-003	Birthday oja for Sue Rousso	1986
7/20	1640-003	Birthday oja for Isaac Moscona	1984
7/21	1640-003	Birthday oja for Johnny Carson	1985
7/22	1640-003	Papers on Miguel de Barrios	undated
7/23-7/24	1640-003	Commemorative oja for Simon Bolivar bicentennial General Notes: Includes letter, " Simon Bolivar and the Spanish Jews " and philatelic materials	1983
7/25	1640-003	Binder, birth oja for Samuel Adam Silverstein General Notes: Includes music and papers related to Sephardic customs	1986
7/26-7/27	1640-003	Jose de San Martin bicentennial oja	1987
7/28-7/34	1640-003	Copies of Simon Bolivar bicentennial oja for Venezuela General Notes: Includes letter for Venezuelan ambassador Perez-Chiriboga	1983
7/35-7/38	1640-003	Netherlands bicentennial oja	1982
7/39	1640-003	Jose de San Martin oja with philatelic presentation	undated
7/40-7/42	1640-003	Personal oja for Ambassador Marcial Perez-Chiriboga	1983
7/43	1640-003	Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood banquet materials General Notes: Program and two copies of speech given by Adatto	1969
7/44-7/45	1640-003	Cherezli's refranes General Notes: Photocopies of 5663 [1903] book	undated
8/1	1640-003	Wedding anniversary oja for Ike and Mary General Notes: Includes philatelic materials	1988
8/2	1640-003	Wedding oja for Kiku and Michael	1984
8/3	1640-003	Copies of wedding oja for Kiku and Michael	1984
8/4	1640-003	Commemorative oja for the city of Victoria (Vitoria)	1981
8/5	1640-003	Congratulatory oja for Kiku Adatto	1980
8/6	1640-003	Oja for the city of Kaifeng, China	1990
8/7	1640-003	Spanish-Jewish or Sephardic notes, sayings, and proverbs General Notes: "A Ladino study dedicated to our darling niece Carol Perry (Perahia) Adatto"	1970
8/8	1640-003	Birthday oja for Alfred Cordova	1992
8/9	1640-003	Wedding oja for Oneyda Lopez and David Padilla	1992
8/10	1640-003	Commemorative ojas for Hirshey family	1981-1985
8/11	1640-003	Various commemorative ojas for family and friends	1981
8/12	1640-003	Wedding oja for cousins Bruce and Sharon Levy	1992
8/13	1640-003	Oja, correspondence, philatelic materials related to Giovanni Costigan General Notes: Includes materials related to Ladino at the University of Washington	1942-1989
8/14	1640-003	Wedding oja letter for Darcy Lorette and William Dunaway General Notes: Incomplete	1990
8/15	1640-003	Wedding shower correspondence, Colleen Olin and Reilly Atkinson	1990
8/16	1640-003	Sixtieth birthday oja for Amar General Notes: Incomplete	undated
8/17-8/18	1640-003	Wedding oja for cousins Elizabeth and Marc Cordova	1978
8/19	1640-003	Bar Mitzvah oja for grandnephew Drew Nelson	1990
8/20	1640-003	Commemorative oja for Marc and Gilda Angel General Notes: Includes reply from Rabbi Angel	1990
8/21	1640-003	Anniversary oja for Jack and Esther Levy	undated
8/22	1640-003	Anniversary oja for Ike and Fanny Adatto	1981
8/23	1640-003	Anniversary oja for Ike and Mary Ovadia	1988
8/24	1640-003	Anniversary oja for Malka and Jack Adatto	1983
8/25	1640-003	Anniversary oja for Leah and Ben Sion	undated
8/26	1640-003	Anniversary oja for Rachel and Isaac Maimon	1988
8/27	1640-003	Notes and letter related to Adattos' visit to Toledo	1987
8/28	1640-003	Commemorative oja for Harvard University	1986
8/29	1640-003	Sixtieth birthday oja for Rabbi Maimon	1979
8/30	1640-003	Oja for Dorothy Bullitt	1979
8/31	1640-003	Weddingoja for cousins Patricia and Jackie	1985
8/32	1640-003	Commemorative oja for Interfaith Service	1986
8/33	1640-003	Mother's Day materials	1978
8/34	1640-003	Wedding oja for cousins Claudia and Marc	1979
8/35	1640-003	Wedding oja for Melody and Kenneth	1979
8/36	1640-003	Wedding oja for Rita and Michael Negrin	1983
8/37	1640-003	Wedding oja for daughter Victoria General Notes: Includes correspondence with B'nai B'rith Klutznick Museum	1976
8/38	1640-003	Wedding ojas for two couples	1985
8/39	1640-003	Bat misvah oja for Ariel Eugenie	1982
8/40	1640-003	Wedding oja for cousins Teri and Richard	undated
8/41	1640-003	Oja and correspondence with Roza Yaech and Nissim Bueno	undated
8/42	1640-003	Bar Mitzvah letter for Isaac Joel Maimon	1987
8/43	1640-003	Birthday oja for Tom Cordova	undated
8/44	1640-003	Bar Mitzvah oja for Simon Curtis	1987
8/45	1640-003	Oja and correspondence with Paul Friedlander	1984
8/46	1640-003	Anniversary oja for The New Republic	1985
8/47	1640-003	Letter of condolence to family General Notes: In Ladino and English	1985
8/48	1640-003	Birthday oja for Sue Rousso	1986
8/49	1640-003	Birthday oja for Arthur Farber General Notes: Includes photocopies from Pirkei Avot	undated
8/50-8/53	1640-003	Birthday oja for Mrs. Tamar de Sola Pool	1980
9/1	1640-003	Materials related to Sephardic key traditions	1975-1992
9/2	1640-003	Birthday oja for Fred Bergman	1987
9/3	1640-003	Materials related to naming ceremony for Liliana Shizuko	1991
9/4	1640-003	Birthday oja for Giovanni Costigan General Notes: Includes newspaper clippings	1985-1990
9/5-9/6	1640-003	Ojas for President Arias of Costa Rica	1987-1988
9/7	1640-003	Memorial oja for Jovan Obican	1989
9/8	1640-003	Oja for Anwar Sadat	1977
9/9	1640-003	Oja for Haham William Greenberg	1987
10/1	1640-003	Ladino transliteration of Longfellow poem	1979
10/2	1640-003	Materials for ojas General Notes: Mostly in Ladino	undated
10/3-10-4	1640-003	Binders, research and writings on Sephardic Jews in Seattle	1940s-1990s
10/5-10/7	1640-003	Collection of " Mama's sayings"	1993
10/8-10/9	1640-003	Writings on Sephardic family traditions	undated
10/10	1640-003	Research and notes on Policar family history	1980s
10/11-10/12	1640-003	Ephemera related to United States Jewish community	undated
10/13	1640-003	Binder," Ladino-English items for United States citizenship training"	undated
11/1	1640-003	Binder, notes and research on Policar and Adatto families	undated
11/2	1640-003	Story of the Sephardic keys	1970-1992
11/2-11/4	1640-003	Materials related to Sephardic key exchange with Spanish government	1970-1992
11/5	1640-003	Notes about interview tapes	undated
11/6	1640-003	Binder, notes on teaching adolescents	undated
11/7	1640-003	Clippings related to Columbia Center construction	1984-1986
11/8	1640-003	Miscellaneous pages and notes from Adatto's thesis	undated
11/9	1640-003	Commemorative coin, Canadian ambassador Kenneth Taylor	undated
11/10-11/12	1640-003	Reel-to-reel tapes Scope and Content: 3 audio tape reels, various speeches and interviews	1968-1971
11/13-11/58	1640-003	Audio cassette tapes Scope and Content: 45 audio cassette tapes, varying quality and contents	1980s
12/1	1640-003	Binder, notes on Sephardic books in Harvard library	1992
12/2	1640-003	Binder, notes on Torah	1990s
12/3	1640-003	Ladino letters from literature	undated
12/4	1640-003	Binder, Elia Karmona autobiography General Notes: In Ladino; Adatto partially transliterated the text	undated
12/5-12/7	1640-003	Miscellaneous notes, musings and correspondence	1960s-1970s
12/8	1640-003	Binder, research on Sephardic names	1984-1991

Accession No. 1640-004: Albert Adatto papers, 1968-1991Return to Top

5.21 cubic feet (6 boxes)

159 sound cassettes, 21 CDs

56 sound tape reels

Scope and Content: Writings, annotations, and notes from Adatto's Ladino language research and studies as well as recorded lectures of Adatto and songs and interviews from the Seattle Sephardic community.

21 CDs digitized from the cassettes in the collection (CD 353-373)

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Access to archival recordings:

Due to the fragility of archival tape recordings, potential users may be required to arrange for transfer to digital format before the material can be accessed. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Acquisition Info: Donor: Richard Adatto, September 26, 2012.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box/Folder	Accession
1/1-2	1640-004	Amador de los Rios	undated
1/3-4	1640-004	American Bible Society	1974-1979, undated
1/5	1640-004	Ashkenazic Writers	undated
1/6	1640-004	Autobiography of William G. Schauffler	1979
1/7	1640-004	Bible Notes	undated
1/8-9	1640-004	Children's Literature	undated
1/10	1640-004	Copies of Proverbs Volume I	undated
1/11	1640-004	Copies of Proverbs Volume II	undated
1/12	1640-004	Correspondence	1972
1/13	1640-004	El Telephone	undated
1/14	1640-004	Etymology	undated
1/15	1640-004	Ferrara Bible	1955
1/16	1640-004	Franklin, Benjamin	undated
1/17	1640-004	Hagadah	circa 1987
1/18-19	1640-004	Hagadah and Passover Notebook	1990-1993
1/20	1640-004	Haleva	undated
box-folder:oversize
3/1	1640-004	Israel	1973
Box/Folder
1/21	1640-004	Ladino Notes	undated
2/1	1640-004	Ladino Notes	undated
2/2	1640-004	Ladino Spelling/Alphabet List	undated
2/3	1640-004	Linguistic Notes	undated
2/4-5	1640-004	Literatura Sefardita de Oriente	1960
2/6-7	1640-004	Luzero de la Pasensia	undated
2/8	1640-004	Manasseh ben Israel	undated
2/9	1640-004	Me'am Lo'ez	1969
2/10-11	1640-004	Miscellaneous Proverbs and References	undated
2/12	1640-004	President Tito of Yugoslavia	1978
2/13	1640-004	Publications by Others - Alberto Forcadas and P. Jose Llamas	undated
2/14	1640-004	R & RT 101-155	undated
2/15	1640-004	Roots of Failure	1984
2/16	1640-004	Sefer Shulhan Hapanim	undated
2/17	1640-004	Tito 9	1977-1983
2/18	1640-004	Volume 1A Introduction	1983
2/19	1640-004	Yerros	undated
3/1	1640-004	Israel	1973
3/2-3	1640-004	Turkish-English dictionary	undated
Box
4	1640-004	Cassette Tapes Scope and Content: 74 sound cassette tapes General Notes: More detailed inventory available in repository. Contact archivist for Washington State Jewish Archives for assistance.	undated
5	1640-004	Audiotape Reels and Music Lyrics Scope and Content: 26 1/4" audiotape reels, 48 sound cassettes; Sephardic folk songs, oral histories; Music lyrics for Ladino and Israeili songs General Notes: More detailed inventory available in repository. Contact archivist for Washington State Jewish Archives for assistance.	undated
6	1640-004	Cassette Tapes and Audiotape Reels Scope and Content: 37 sound cassette tapes and 29 1/4" audiotape reels: Sephardic folk songs, oral histories in Ladino regarding proverbs, children's literature as well as. Instructional materials he created for "Ladino in Four Easy Lessons" and a Haggadah for Passover. General Notes: More detailed inventory available in repository. Contact archivist for Washington State Jewish Archives for assistance.	undated
compact_disc
CD 353-373	1640-004	CDs Scope and Content: 21 CDs (listening copies) digitized from the cassettes in the collection	circa 1970s

Accession No. 1640-005: Albert Adatto papers, circa 1970s, 1982-1989Return to Top

.39 cubic feet (2 boxes (including 19 cassettes and 1 eight track))

Scope and Content: This addition includes a birthday oja written by Albert Adatto for David Thomas and explanatory letter. A speech given by Albert Adatto in June 1986 in Toledo, Spain for the project, "U.S.A. - Sefaradi Peace and Friendship Philatelic-Numismatic-Americana Gift Exhibit for the Schools of Spain." There are copies of the speech in English and Ladino as well as an explanatory letter. Also included is a letter written in Spanish from Joaquin Sanchez Garrido, the Mayor of Toledo, a Ladino interpretation by Albert Adatto of a story by Leonardo Da Vinci, a souvenir poem in honor of the clan reception held for Jennie Adatto Tarabulus in Bellevue, WA in 1989, and a photocopy of a Los Amigos Sepharadi newsletter, January/February 1988.

18 cassettes of Sephardic and Ladino music, 1 cassette of Chinese music, and 1 eight track of Yehoram Gaon.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Restrictions on Use: Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Acquisition Info: Temple De Hirsch Sinai Library, via librarian, Toby Harris, 2017-06-01

Separated Material:19 cassettes and 1 eight track added to this accession from Albert Adatto papers (2017052301)

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Accession
1	1640-005	Letters and speeches	1982-1989
2	1640-005	Audio cassettes	circa 1970s

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms :
Judaism--Sephardic rite--Customs and practices
Ladino language--Research
Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
Sephardic authors--Washington (State)--Seattle
Sephardim--Music
Sephardim--Washington (State)--Seattle

Personal Names :
Adatto, Albert--Archives
Adatto, Albert--Family
Angel, Marc--Correspondence
Arditti, Adolfo--Correspondence
Armistead, Samuel G., 1927-2013--Correspondence
Elnecavé, Nissim--Correspondence
Matza, Diane--Correspondence
Papo, Joseph M., 1902---Correspondence
Schlesinger, Emma Adatto--Correspondence

Other Creators :
- Personal Names :
- Elnecavé, Nissim (creator)
- Corporate Names :
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington) (host institution)
- Washington State Jewish Archives (University of Washington)

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