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circa 1963-1991 |
| Manuscript Collection No.: | 1640 |
| Accession No.: | 1640-003 |
| Creator: | Adatto, Albert, creator |
| Title: | Albert Adatto papers |
| Date Span: | circa 1939-1992 |
| Bulk: | 1963-1991 |
| Quantity: | 26.26 cubic feet (28 boxes) |
| 44 sound cassettes | |
| 4 sound tape reels | |
| 1 videocassette (circa 60 minutes) | |
| Languages: | Collection materials are in English. |
Sephardic researcher, retired military historian and guidance counselor, Bellevue, Washington (b. 3/4/1911, d. 2/2/1996). 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 organized personal friendship missions to various Latin American and European nations.
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.
Open to all users.
Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Donated by Lilyan Adatto, 3/1/1994.
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