Blinken, Anthony J. "Addabbo's Race: The Politics of Color Consciousness." The New Republic (15 October 1984): 12(2).
ADDABBO, Joseph Patrick
1925–1986
Biography
ADDABBO, Joseph Patrick, a Representative from New York; born in Ozone Park, Queens County, N.Y., March 17, 1925; attended Public School 59, Boys' High School, Brooklyn, and City College of New York; graduated from St. John's Law School in 1946 and commenced the practice of law in Ozone Park, N.Y., in 1947; president of Ozone Park Men's Association, 1948-1959 and Ferrini Welfare League of Catholic Charities, 1956-1958; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-seventh and to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1986; interment in St. John's Cemetery, Queens, N.Y.
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Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers:
In the William Howard Taft Papers, ca. 1958-1989, 34 linear feet.
Correspondents include Joseph Patrick Addabbo. A finding aid is available in the library.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University Libraries
New Brunswick, NJ
Papers:
In the New Democratic Coalition of New York Records, 1986-1991, approximately 2 cubic feet.
Persons represented include Joseph Patrick Addabbo. A finding aid is available in the repository.
St. John's University
University Archives
Jamaica, NY
Papers:
Approximately 500 cubic feet.
The collection is currently unprocessed and unavailable to researchers.
Oral History:
1971-1973, 1.5 cubic feet.
Interviewees include Joseph Addabbo.
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Bibliography / Further Reading
Klein, Joe. "Joe Addabbo's Brave New World. (Congressman Joe Addabbo of Queens)." New York (27 August 1984), 30(3).
Kuttner, Robert L. "Congressman Joe vs. the Pentagon." New York 12 (February 12, 1979): 61-66).
Memorial Services Held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, together with Tributes Presented in Eulogy of Joseph P. Addabbo, late a Representative from New York, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986.
Ralph Nader Congress Project. Citizens Look at Congress: Joseph P. Addabbo, Democratic Representative from New York. Washington, D. C.: Grossman Publishers, 1972.