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Meta Buttnick photograph collection, 1916-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Collector
- Buttnick, Meta
- Title
- Meta Buttnick photograph collection
- Dates
- 1916-2004 (inclusive)19162004
- Quantity
- 147 photographic prints, 3 slides (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH0909
- Summary
- Photographs of various Jewish events in Seattle, including banquets, lunches, awards ceremonies, Seattle Hebrew Academy events, Purim celebration, and synagogue buildings.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Meta Buttnick is a volunteer for and member of the Jewish Archives Committee of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society. She is a long time member of Bikur Cholim, was a founding member and first president of Avivah Chapter of the Mizrachi Women's Organization, founding member in 1947 of the Hebrew Academy's day school, and a charter member of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society. She has also done volunteer work for the Jewish Community Center, and Jewish Federation Council of Greater Seattle. Born in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1913 to Irish émigré parents, Meta grew up among “living libraries,” men who told stories of their lives on Alaska’s frontier. Educated in Dublin and Paris, she moved to Seattle in 1939 with her husband, Harry, where they raised three children. Meta became active in the Seattle Jewish Orthodox community, where she soon began compiling the oral and written histories of Seattle’s Jewish people and institutions. The Jewish Archives at the University of Washington,thanks in large measure to Meta, now houses many of these histories, which includes Meta’s own story among them.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Includes various Jewish events in Seattle, including banquets, lunches, awards ceremonies, Seattle Hebrew Academy events, Purim celebration, and synagogue buildings.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donor: Meta Buttnick, July 1981; 1984; April 1985; November 1987; December 1991; February, October 1992; January, December, 1993; January, November 1994; March, April, July, December, 1985; February 1996; August 1999; October 2003; February, March, June 2004.
Processing Note
Processed by Don Romero, 2011.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/1 | Joseph Horwitz, President of the Talmud Torah; Samuel and Harry Shapiro, Samuel Shapiro
Three photographs.
|
1916, circa 1930s |
| 1/2 | Bikur Cholum chapel with gate, Dedication of Bikur Cholom cemetery
Two photographs.
|
nd, 1939 |
| 1/3 | Meyer Aronson, Ben Maslan, Jules Glant, Mayer Twersky, Jack Radinsky, Julius Cohen family
Six photographs.
|
nd, circa 1923 |
| 1/4 | Congregation Ahavat Ahim building, Seattle Hebrew Day School graduation, Dinner honoring Cantor Gottleib, Choir at dinner
Four photographs and one negative.
|
1937, 1956, 1993 |
| 1/5 | Meta Butnick speaking at Herzl-Ner Tamid Sisterhood Torah Fund Brunch, Rabbi Wohlgelerntner at Warsaw Ghetto Memorial
Two photographs.
|
1992, circa 1946 |
| 1/6 | Interior of Synagogue Congregation Machzikay Hadath, Rabbi Baruch Shapiro at Billy Schrieber's Bar Mitzvah
Two photographs.
|
nd, 1955 |
| 1/7 | Retirement dinner for Rabbi Shalom Rivkin, Sisterhood officer installation and fashion show
Five photographs.
|
1969, circa 1950s |
| 1/8 | Interior of old Bikur Cholim synagogue, Tea welcoming Paula Rivkin to Seattle, Purim play, Opening of new wing of Bikur Cholim synagogue, Israel Volotin attaching Mezzuzah to door
Six photographs.
|
1959 |
| 1/9 | Connections dinner, Jewish owned businesses on Western Ave., Congregation Bikur Cholim Men's Club Man of the Year event, Seattle Hebrew Academy event, Seattle Hebrew Academy Purim celebration
56 photographs and one slide.
|
1964 -1994 |
| 1/10 | Robertson's General Store, formerly Grunbaum Brothers, Clinton, B.C.; Dedication of Mikvah on Washington St., Bikur Cholim - Machzikay Hadath Mens Club Man of the Year banquet, Mens Club dinner, Yavneh Building, Bikur Cholim Annex, Seattle Talmud Torah
Eighteen photographs.
|
1963-1990 |
| 1/11 | Bikur Cholim - Machzikay Hadath Mens Club Man of the Year banquet, Former location of Herzl Congregation: 150-52 16th Ave., Seattle
Four photographs.
|
1964, nd |
| 1/12 | Yeshiva University Celebration for Ben Genauer Award Dinner
One photograph
|
1973 |
| 1/13 | 90th Anniversary dinner of Bikur Cholim
Three photographs.
|
1981 |
| 1/14 | 15th Anniversary of Capitol Hill branch, Chanukah
One photograph.
|
1986 |
| 1/15 | Amit Women Donor Luncheon, Amit Women dinner, Reading Program at Beacon Hill Elementary, and proof sheet of 20 prints
Nine photographs.
|
1988, 1991 |
| 1/16 | 100th Anniversary dinner for Bikur Cholim - Machzikay Hadath
Seattle Mayor Norm Rice is in five of the photos.
Ten photographs.
|
1991 |
| 1/17 | Amit Women, Seattle Chapter
One photograph and two slides.
|
1994 |
| 1/18 | Exterior and interior of the Seattle Hebrew Academy including cornerstone
Some images depict damage from February 2001 earthquake.
Eleven photographs.
|
circa 2001 |
| 1/19 | Seattle Hebrew Academy, 5th grade class in SBH Fellowship room, Rabbi Kornfeld and son Nison reading the Megillah Parim
Three photographs.
|
2004 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Buttnick, Meta--Photographs
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
