Javits' entry in Biographical Encylopedia of the World, 1943
The entry for Jacob K. Javits published in the Biographical Encylopedia of the World, 1943.
Jacob K. Javits: Life & Legacy
Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986
Born in a tenement on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on May 18, 1904 to Ida Littman Koppel (Safed, Palestine) and Morris Jawetz (Mielnica, in Galicia-Ukraine).
Senator Jacob K. Javits Digital Collection
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries. Stony Brook University Libraries (State University of New York): Senator Jacob K. Javits Collection, Series 8, Subseries 1: Pre-House, Box 1, Autobiography, 1943
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