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Title
Rafael Steinberg Collection

Collection Number
SC 361

OCLC Number
1199072255

Creator 
Rafael Steinberg, 1927-

Provenance 
Donated by Rafael Steinberg in July 2002.

Extent, Scope, and Content Note
Rafael Steinberg collaborated with Senator Jacob K. Javits on Javits: The Autobiography of a Public Man (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1981). The collection includes 5.3 cubic ft. of manuscript drafts, research files, primary interviews, working logs, and audio cassettes created between 1927 and 1981. 

Arrangement and Processing Note
The collection is arranged in five series.

Series 1: Manuscript Drafts
Series 2: Interviews and Transcripts
Series 3: Audio Tapes
Series 4: Research Subject Files
Series 5: Jacob K. Javits Chronology

Finding aid updated and revised by Kristen J. Nyitray in October 2020.

Language
English 

Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to researchers without restriction.

Rights and Permissions 
Stony Brook University Libraries' consent to access as the physical owner of the collection does not address copyright issues that may affect publication rights. It is the sole responsibility of the user of Special Collections and University Archives materials to investigate the copyright status of any given work and to seek and obtain permission where needed prior to publication.  

Citation 
[Item], [Box], Rafael Steinberg Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries.

Historical Note
Read about Senator Jacob K. Javits and his papers at Stony Brook University.

Subjects
 
Javits, Jacob K. -- (Jacob Koppel), -- 1904-1986.
Steinberg, Rafael, -- 1927-
Steinberg, Rafael, 1927- -- Authorship -- Collaboration.
Javits, the autobiography of a public man.

INVENTORY

Series 1: Manuscript Drafts

Box 1
Early drafts, 1978
Working draft, chapter 1
Working draft, chapter 2
Working draft, chapter 3
Working draft, chapter 4
Working draft, chapter 5
Working draft, chapter 6
Working draft, chapter 7
Working draft, chapter 8
Working draft, chapter 9
Working draft, chapter 10
Working draft, chapter 11
Working draft, chapter 12
Working draft, chapter 13
Working draft, chapter 14
Working draft, chapter 15
Working draft, chapter 16
Working draft, chapter 17
Working draft, chapter 18
Working draft, chapter 19
Working draft, chapter 20
Working draft, chapter 21
Working draft, chapter 22
Working draft, chapter 23
Working draft, chapter 24
Working draft, chapter 25
Working draft, chapter 26
Working draft, chapter 27
Working draft, first edition, chapter 1
Working draft, first edition, chapter 2
Working draft, first edition, chapter 3
Working draft, first edition, chapter 4
Working draft, first edition, chapter 5
Working draft, first edition, chapter 6
Working draft, first edition, chapter 7
Working draft, first edition, chapter 8
Working draft, first edition, chapter 9
Working draft, first edition, chapter 10
Working draft, first edition, chapter 11
Working draft, first edition, chapter 13
Working draft, first edition, chapter 14
Working draft, first edition, chapter 15
Working draft, first edition, chapter 16
Working draft, first edition, chapter 17
Working draft, first edition, chapter 18
Working draft, first edition, chapter 19
Working draft, first edition, chapter 20
Working draft, first edition, chapterr 21
Working draft, first edition, chapter 22
Working draft, first edition, chapter 23
Working draft, first edition, chapter 24
Working draft, first edition, chapter 25
Working draft, first edition, chapter26
Working draft, first edition, chapter 27
Second working draft, chapter 1
Second working draft, chapter 2

Box 2
Penultimate draft, chapter 1
Penultimate draft, chapter 2
Penultimate draft, chapter 3
Penultimate draft, chapter 4
Penultimate draft, chapter 5
Penultimate draft, chapter 6
Penultimate draft, chapter 7
Penultimate draft, chapter 8
Penultimate draft, chapter 9
Penultimate draft, chapter 10
Penultimate draft, chapter 11
Penultimate draft, chapter 12
Penultimate draft, chapter 13
Penultimate draft, chapter 14
Penultimate draft, chapter 15
Penultimate draft, chapter 16
Penultimate draft, chapter 17
Penultimate draft, chapter 18
Penultimate draft, chapter 19
Penultimate draft, chapter 20
Penultimate draft, chapter 21
Penultimate draft, chapter 22
Penultimate draft, chapter 23
Penultimate draft, chapter 24
Penultimate draft, chapter 25
Penultimate draft, chapter 26
Penultimate draft, chapter 27
JKJ-RS revision, chapter 1
JKJ-RS revision, chapter 2
JKJ revision (uncut), chapter 3
JKJ revision, chapter 4
JKJ revision, chapter 5
JKJ revision, chapter 6
JKJ revision, chapter 25
JKJ revision, chapter 27
Approved 5/22/80, chapter 1
Approved 5/22/80, chapter 2
Cut in progress copy, chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3 (cut)
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 12
Chapter 26

Series 2: Interviews and Transcripts

Box 3
JJ-RS, 1979 (tapes)
Tapes, 12/2/79-4/19/80
First part not taped from notes (2f)
Transcripts set 1
Transcripts set 2
Transcripts set 3
1956 campaign
Transcript D
Transcript E
Transcript F
Transcript G
Transcript H
Transcript J

Series 3: Audio Tapes

Box 4

3/5/1978
4/4/1978
4/16/1978
5/20/1978
5/26/1978
5/28/1978
5/30/1978
6/1/1978
6/2/1978
6/2/1978
6/2/1978
6/2/1978
6/8/1978
6/10/1978
6/14/1978
6/21/1978
6/22/1978
8/5/1978
10/17/1978
1/13/1979
2/7/1979
3/10/1979
3/20/1979
3/20/79 and 6/1/79
4/1/1979
4/1/1979
4/7/1979
4/7/1979
5/4/1979
5/13/1979
5/19/1979
6/17/1979
6/17/1979
7/28/1979
7/28/79 and /23/79
7/29/79 and 8/6/79
7/29/1979
8/12/1979
8/23/1979
9/1/1979
9/21/1979
9/21/1979
10/1/1979
10/7/1979
10/7/1979
11/9/1979
11/10/1979
11/11/1979
11/11/79 and 11/18/79
11/18/1979
11/23/1979
11/29/1979
12/2/1979
1/10/1980
1/14/1980
2/5/1980
2/5/1980
2/6/1980
2/26/1980
3/2/1980
3/18/1980
4/13/1980
4/19/1980
5/3/1980
6/22/1980
7/19-2/80
9/7/1980
11/15/1980
10/14/1980
Dec/26-27
Notes on 1927 letters

Series 4: Research Subject Files

Box 5

Correspondence, Steinberg to Javits
Javits letters Europe, 1927
Checking
1956 campaign
Jan 1981, final revisions
Outline
Publicity
Epilogue
Chapter 5, 7
Chapter 9, 10, 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 14
Chapter 14, cloture
Chapter 20

Series 5: Jacob K. Javits Chronology

Box 6
Pre-Pearl Harbor
1942
1943
January to June 13, 1945
June 14, 1945 to November 1945
November 1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
Through April 1954

Box 7
May through  August 21, 1954
1956 trip
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973