Series IX: Legislative Material
Emanuel Celler Federal Building, 1972
Box: 1, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pen that signed H.R. 5884, an Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy through-out the United States. Includes letter from Louis McH. Howe, 1934
Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pen that signed H.R. 8368, an Act to enforce the twenty-first amendment. Includes letter from M.H. McIntyre, 1936
Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pen that signed H.R. 4011, an Act to continue the functions of the Commodity Credit Corporation and the Export-Import Bank of Washington, and for other purposes. Includes letter from M.H. McIntyre, 1939
Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pen that signed the 1946 immigration quota. Includes photograph, 1946
Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pen that signed H.R. 4233, an Act to provide for the naturalization of persons serving in the Armed Forces of the United States after 1953. Includes photograph, 1953
Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and copy of Public Law 137, an Act to amend the Clayton Act by granting a right of action to the United States to recover damages under the antitrust laws, establishing a uniform statue of limitations, and for other purposes, 1955
Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and a copy of Public Law 85-315, an Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, 1957
Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and a copy of Public Law 87-36, an Act to provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges, and for other purposes, 1961
Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and copy of Public Law 87-664, an Act to authorize the Attorney General to compel the production of documentary evidence required in civil investigations for the enforcement of antitrust laws, and for other purposes, 1962
Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Pen that signed H.R. 7193, an Act to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the first union health center in the United States by the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union. Includes letter from Lawrence F. O'Brien, 1963
Box: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and copy of Public Law 89-129, a Joint Resolution to provide for the development of Ellis Island as a part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, and for other purposes, 1965
Box: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and copy of Public Law 89-236, an Act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and other purposes, 1965
Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Note
Also known as the Hart-Celler Act.
Signing pen and copy of Public Law 90-158, an Act to amend sections 337 and 338 of the Bankruptcy Act and to add new section 339, 1967
Box: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and copy of Public Law 90-198, an Act to extend the life of the Civil Rights Commission, 1967
Box: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and copy of Public Law 90-338, a Joint Resolution authorizing the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence, 1968
Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Signing pen and copy of Public Law 90-383, an Act to amend section 127 of title 28, United States Code, to define more precisely the territory included in the two judicial districts of Virginia, 1968
Box: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
