Jacob K. Javits: Life & Legacy

Marian Javits with photographer Richard Avedon

Photograph of Marian Javits with photographer Richard Avedon (left), Edward W. Brooke, and Charles E. Goodell. April 8, 1970. B&W. In 1963, Senator Jacob K. Javits sponsored legislation to establish a U.S. National Arts Foundation, a precursor of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. Congress in the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965.

1970-04-08

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Javits, Marion--Photographs

Richard Avedon Foundation

Avedon, Richard

Brooke, Edward W. (Edward William), 1919-2015

Goodell, Charles E. (Charles Ellsworth), 1926-1987

Javits support the arts

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 15 - Photographs and Slides Subseries 1 - Photographs, Box 642, Item 642

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