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
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
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
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
| 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
- 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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