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American Passport of Jacob K. Javits. Canceled. Maroon cover with gold writing. Corner removed.
Original medium: Artifact
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Campaign button. "Keep N.Y. in front Rockefeller Javits Citizens Committee." Blue and white. Metal
Original medium: Artifact
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Portrait photograph of Morris Javits, father of Jacob K. Javits, c1905. Single formal pose. B&W. Photographer unknown.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1903/1907
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Photograph of Jacob K. Javits taken in 1907 at the age three and a half. Undated. B&W. Photographer unknown.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1907
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Portrait photograph of the Javits family, c1916. Pictured first row, seated, left to right: Benjamin A. Javits (brother), Jacob K. Javits. Pictured second row, seated, left to right: Ida Javits (mother), Morris Javits (father). Pictured third row, standing: unidentified. Undated. B&W. Photographer unknown.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1914/1918
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Brief biography published in a "Javits 21" dinner booklet. The cover image used on the booklet is an early photograph taken of Javits' with his school classmates. December 11, 1967. Paper.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1917
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Photograph Jacob K. Javits (left), Ida Javits (mother; pictured center), and Benjamin A. Javits (brother; pictured right), c1920. Undated. B&W. Photographer unknown.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1918/1922
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Certificate, framed. Supreme Court of the State of New York. Admits and licenses to practice as an attorney and counselor in all courts of New York State. Gold seal. June 1927.
Original medium: Artifact
Date: 1927-06
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"The Question of Reconstructing Recent Gains in Industrial Cooperation." Address by JKJ, Esq. of the firm Javits & Javits, Attorneys, 165 Broadway, New York City delivered over WOR Sunday, June 2nd [1933] at 6:30 p.m. Typescript. 3 pp.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1931/1935
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"What Shall NRA Be?" Statement by JKJ, Esq., of Javits & Javits, Attorneys, 165 Broadway, New York City, before the Commerce of the American Bar Association, Wednesday morning, March 20, 1935.Typescript. 6 pp.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1935-03-20
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Letter from the New York Bar Association stating Jacob K. Javits has been "duly elected a member of this Association." January 7, 1938. Typescript.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1938
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"Trade Associations and Politics." Address of Jacob K. Javits of Javits & Javits, Counsel of The National Paper Trade Association of the United States, Inc. Delivered at the semi-annual convention of the Association at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, September 18 1939. Typescript. 8 pp.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1939-09-18
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Correspondence between Jacob K. Javits and United States government agencies including the Library of Congress regarding copyright of Jacob K. Javits' manuscript titled "A Proposed Amendment to the Anti-Trust Laws." Typescript. 4 pp.
Original medium: Correspondence
Date: 1940-02
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Letter written by Jacob K. Javits to Honorable Marcus B. Campbell (United States District Court, Eastern District of New York) in which Javits offers a proposal to amend anti-trust laws. Dated February 29. 1940. Typescript. 1 pp.
Original medium: Correspondence
Date: 1940-02-29
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"Anti-trust Law Amendment - Compacts and Agreements - National Defense." Address before the Trade and Commerce Bar Association, the Lawyers Club, New York City, April 17, 1940 by Jacob K. Javits of Javits & Javits, attorneys, New York. Typescript. 13 pp.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1940-04-17
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Draft correspondence by Jacob K. Javits regarding Fiorello La Guardia's relection as mayor New York City. Handwriting of Jacob J. Javits.
Original medium: Correspondence
Date: 1941
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New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia re-election campaign. Fold out map and chart about improvements made in New York City to improve the quality of life for its citizens under New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.
Original medium: Fold-out Booklet
Date: 1941
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Correspondence from Jacob K. Javits to George N. Armsby regarding Fiorello La Guardia running for mayor of New York City. Letterhead" "Citizens Non-Partisan Movement to Draft La Guardia for Mayor." Typescript. Dated April 18, 1941. 2 pp.
Original medium: Correspondence
Date: 1941-04-18
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Certificate. United States Army. Certifies that Javits was made Colonel as Reserve Commissioned Officer Officers' Reserve Corps. December 8, 1952. Paper.
Original medium: Certificate
Date: 1942-12-08
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The entry for Jacob K. Javits published in the Biographical Encylopedia of the World, 1943.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1943
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Two photographs pasted on one mat board of Lieutenant Colonel Jacob K. Javits wearing his military uniform. Javits is pictured in both photographs seated on the right in the first row, among a group of eight unidentified men, some in military uniforms. Javits served in the Chemical Warfare Service branch of the United States Army.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1943
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Correspondence, Jacob K. Javits to his friend Paul Smith, regarding work in the Chemical Warfare Service of the United States Army. Dated January 15, 1943. Typescript.
Original medium: Correspondence
Date: 1943-01-15
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Jacob K. Javits photographed standing in his United States Army military uniform and holding a camera. B&W.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1944
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Global Map. "Log of the flight of Lieut. Col. Jacob K. Javits." Eagle carrying flag, flying above a global map. Shows Pacific ocean areas. Cards showing itinerary are on either side, 1944 September 24-1944 November 21.
Original medium: Artwork
Date: 1944
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Handwritten correspondence from Ida Javits (mother) to Jacob K. Javits. Written from Brooklyn, New York. Dated October 28, 1944.
Original medium: Correspondence
Date: 1944-10-28
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Certificate. United States Army. Officer of Chief, Chemical Warfare Service. Citation for the Army Commendation Ribbon. Jacob K. Javits (Lieutenant Colonel). Black, red, blue and green ink. White paper. Seal in lower left. Paper.
Original medium: Certificate
Date: 1945
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Formal portrait photograph of Jacob K. Javits. Underwood & Underwood, New York City. Undated. B&W.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1946
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Campaign booklet. "Does it matter who goes to Congress?" "Vote for Javits, Congressional Candidate for the 21st District. Republican Party. Liberal Party. We can have a better government."1946. White and blue paper. 12 pp.
Original medium: Leaflet
Date: 1946
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Campaign card. "Citizen First-Candidate Second" written at top. Photograph of Jacob K. Javits on left. Verso states campaign aspirations. Blue ink on white paper. Paper. 1946.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1946
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Campaign leaflet. Vote for Javits, MacNeil and Roman on Row "A." "The Headquarters of Democrats for Javits, MacNeil and Roman is on the Move!"
Original medium: Leaflet
Date: 1946
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Campaign postcard. Jacob K. Javits and Eugene E. Kemp, Republicans. Portraits on the front with voting instructions on the back.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1946
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"Statement of Program by Candidate." J.K. (Jack) Javits. Republican and Liberal Party Candidate for Congress. Twenty-first Congressional District. New York.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1946-08-05
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"A Political Philosophy" by J.K. Javits with a statement by Mrs. Wendell Willkie. Reprinted with permission of the New York Herald Tribune.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1946-08-09
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Press release. Javits, candidate for Congress in the 21st Congressional District, obtained 10,000 signatures putting him on the Liberal Party ballot for the November 1946 election.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1946-09-07
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"Good Government and the Individual Citizen" Jacob K. Javits, Liberal Party candidate. Radio Broadcast Station WMCA.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1946-10-09
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"Javits, GOP Liberal, Has Fighting Chance to Win." Newspaper clipping. October 21, 1946.
Original medium: Clipping
Date: 1946-10-21
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Press release regarding large campaign rally in Washington Heights, New York.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1946-11-02
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Telegrams sent via Western Union regarding large campaign rally in Washington Heights, New York. November 3, 1946.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1946-11-03
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Certificate. New York State ; Department of State. Certifies that Javits was elected as Representative in Congress. December 13, 1946.
Original medium: Certificate
Date: 1946-12-13
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Marian Javits (wife) photographed campaigning on behalf of her husband, Jacob K. Javits. She is pictured handing campaign literature to a man driving a G. Krueger Brewing Co. truck (Newark, New Jersey). Acme Special Services, New York City. Photograph. Javits, Marion B. Unidentified event, Unidentified person (not completely identified). B&W.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1947
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Photograph of Jacob K. Javits (left) and John F. Kennedy (right) holding the Veterans Housing Bill. B&W Photograph. 1947.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1947
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Marian Javits (wife) photographed campaigning on behalf of her husband, Jacob K. Javits. She is pictured handing campaign literature to a man and woman exiting a building. Acme Special Services, New York City. Photograph. Javits, Marion B. Unidentified event, Unidentified persons (not completely identified), Small group. B&W.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1947
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Photographer Unknown. Photograph. Portrait. Javits, Jacob K., Javits, Marion B. Javits family portrait. B&W. / Photographer Unknown. Photograph. Javits, Jacob K., Javits, Marion B. Javits family candid shot taken in Bermuda. B&W.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1947
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H.R. 3762 National Heart Disease Act. 80th Congress, 1st Session. A Bill in the House of Representatives. Typescript. 16 pp bound.
Original medium: Document
Date: 1947-06-09
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Beswick, Frank; Chelf, Frank L.; De Freitas, Geoffrey; Fulton, James G.; Javits, Jacob K.; Lewis, John; McEntree, Valentine LaTouche; Robens, Arthur; Robertson, J.J.; Shackleton, Edward; Wigg, George; Williams, John; Wilson, Harold; Woodburn, Arthur. London. B&W. September 3, 1947.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1947-09-03
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Campaign bumper sticker. "Citizens for Javits." Blue background with fluorescent orange and white writing. Paper.
Original medium: Sticker
Date: 1948
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Campaign leaflet for Javits' Re-Election to New Yorks 21st Congressional District. Describes his platform and brief biography and accomplishments. 4 pp. Bound
Original medium: Leaflet
Date: 1948
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Campaign publicity. "The Giant Returns." Comic book style. 4 pp Bound
Original medium: Leaflet
Date: 1948
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Campaign correspondence. Trade Union Committee for the Re-Election to Congress of Jacob K. Javits. Typescript. 1 pp.
Original medium: Correspondence
Date: 1948
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Press Association, Inc. Photograph. Bloom, Sol, Bolton, Frances, Eaton, Charles A., Fulton, James G., Jonkman, Bartel J., Judd, Walter H., Kee, John, Lodge, John D., Mansfield, Mike, Merrow, Chester E., Mundt, Karl E., Richards, James P., Vorys, John M. Large group, Unidentified persons (not completely identified). B&W. March 24, 1948.
Original medium: Photograph
Date: 1948-03-24
