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Javitz
Javitz, Javits, Jawitz, Yavetz, Yawitz, or ''variation'', is a Jewish surname. For the Biblical sources of the name see Jacob Emden. People with this name include: People * Dan Jawitz (born 1960), South African screen producer * Jacob K. Javits (1904-1986), an American politician * Marian Javits (1925-2017), U.S. actress, arts patron, wife of Jacob K. Javits * Paul Yawitz (1900-1983), U.S. screenwriter * Romana Javitz (1903-1980), U.S. librarian * Ze'ev Yavetz (1847-1924), a Polish-Jewish historian, teacher and Hebrew linguist * Zvi Yavetz (1925-2013), Israeli historian Fictional characters * ''Javitz'' (Marvel Comics), a comic book supervillain; see List of Marvel Comics characters: J#Javitz See also * Jarvis (name), one way to Anglicize the Jewish surname (though not only used for the Jewish surname) * Javet (surname) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romana Javitz
Romana Javitz (January 28, 1903–January 1980) was an American artist, librarian, and Superintendent of the Picture Collection at the New York Public Library. Biography Early life Romana Javitz was born in Russia to Polish parents and immigrated to America in 1906. Her mother, Malvine, was a hat milliner and her father, Elias, maintained an import/export business. She grew up in the Bronx and the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She studied painting at the Art Student's League and began working at the New York Public Library (NYPL) in the Children's Room in 1919. Career Javitz was interested in how libraries and museums documented folk art and brought attention to the documentation of African-American folk art at the NYPL after viewing European cities documentation in the 1920s. In 1928, she became superintendent of the Picture Collection at the NYPL. She held the position until she retired in 1968. In the 1930s she assisted Arthur Alfonso Schomburg, Curator of the Library ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |