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Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986

Biography:

"Representative and a Senator from New York; born in New York City, May 18, 1904; attended the public schools; traveling salesman; attended night classes at Columbia University; graduated from the New York University Law School in 1926; admitted to the bar in 1927 and commenced practice in New York City; lecturer and author of articles on political and economic problems; during the Second World War, served with the Chemical Warfare Service 1941-1944, with overseas service in the European and Pacific Theaters; discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1945; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1947, until his resignation December 31, 1954; had been renominated in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress but withdrew; attorney general of New York 1954-1957; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1956 for the term commencing January 3, 1957, but did not assume his duties until January 9, 1957; reelected in 1962, 1968, and again in 1974, and served from January 9, 1957, to January 3, 1981; unsuccessful Republican candidate for renomination in 1980; unsuccessful Liberal candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1980; resumed the practice of law; adjunct professor of public affairs at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs; author; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on February 23, 1983; died in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 7, 1986; interment in Linden Hill Cemetery, Queens, New York City."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Images from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral in Atlanta, Georgia. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Images of a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Negatives (photographs))
• Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine (Proctor Library)
  • FBI Report of 1964-03-31 (Official reports)
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1) (Press releases)
  • Allen--Newspaper and magazine clippings, newsletters and reports, and 1964 correspondence (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Z: Accessions, M85-587, Folder 3) (Correspondence)
  • Belfrage--Diary and notes, 1964, June-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 4) (Diaries)
  • Citizens for Civil Rights in Mississippi--Correspondence (Citizens for Civil Rights in Mississippi Records, 1964; Archives Main Stacks, SC 1208, Folder 1) (Correspondence)
  • CORE--Mississippi Free Press - Newspaper, 1964 Feb. 8-Aug. 1 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 69) (Newsletters)
  • CORE--Neshoba County (Philadelphia, Mississippi) - Correspondence, Memoranda, Reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 73) (Memorandums)
  • CORE Southern Regional Office--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, May 1964-August 1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 16, Folder 11) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Dunlap--Mississippi Freedom Project, 1964-1965 (Papers, 1964-1972, 1994; Z: Accessions, M2000-007, Box 2, Folder 5) (Fliers (printed matter))
  • Dunlap--Mississippi Project Parents' Committee, 1964 (Papers, 1964-1972, 1994; Z: Accessions, M2000-007, Box 3, Folder 5) (Correspondence)
  • Goodman--Condolences from well-known people, 1964 (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 482, Reel 2, Segment 2) (Correspondence)
  • Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Kaufmann--Walter Kaufmann papers, 1964-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC 1210; (Reports)
  • King--Minutes of Meetings, 1964-1965 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 3, Folder 2) (Minutes (administrative records))
  • Lake--Ellen Lake, Papers, 1964, Archives Main Stacks, SC 3057, Folder 1 (Reports)
  • Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 1) (Press releases)
  • Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2) (Press releases)
  • Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 &undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 3) (Press releases)
  • MFDP--Clippings, 1964-1970 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 2, Segment 5) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Robinson--Miscellaneous, 1964-1965 (Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson papers, 1960-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 191, Box 1, Folder 9) (Periodicals)
  • Waskow--SNCC original correspondence and mailings, 1963-1964 (Arthur Ocean Waskow papers, 1943-1977; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 5, Box 15, Folder 11) (Correspondence)
  • Werner--Assorted documents on Freedom Schools and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (Hank Werner papers; Z: Accessions, M71-358, Box 1, Folder 5) (Reports)
  • Werner--SNCC documents, articles, and clippings (Hank Werner papers; Z: Accessions, M71-358, Box 2, Folder 5) (Speeches (documents))
• Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Man seated on small platform in front of a motion picture camera, during a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Man seated on small platform in front of a motion picture camera, during a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Men and women seated at a table before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators George Murphy, Jacob Javits, and Joseph Clark of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators George Murphy, Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators George Murphy, Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators George Murphy, Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators George Murphy, Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators George Murphy, Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators George Murphy, Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators Jacob Javits and Joseph Clark of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Senators Jacob Javits, Joseph Clark, and Robert F. Kennedy of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, listening to testimony during a hearing at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Woman speaking to Senator Jacob Javitz before or after a hearing held by the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)
  • Woman speaking to Senator Jacob Javitz before or after a hearing held by the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty at the Heidelberg Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. (Black-and-white photographs)