The Msgr. William Noé Field Archives & Special Collections Center receives hundreds of research requests per year via postal mail, e-mail, phone or fax. Presented here are some of the more common queries received by our staff on a regular basis. If you have a question beyond this page please feel free to contact Alan Delozier, University Archivist/Assistant Professor via e-mail: delozial@shu.edu or phone at: (973) 275-2378.

Seton Hall University

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Founded - 1856

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Location - South Orange, New Jersey (Campus located in Madison, New Jersey from 1856-1860)

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School Colors - Blue and White

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School Motto - "Hazard Zit Forward" (English-Greek combination term meaning: "Whatever the Hazard/Trouble, Yet Forward")

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School Nickname - Pirates (Adopted in 1931 when it was used by a Worcester (MA) sportswriter to describe the Seton Hall College baseball team who opposed Holy Cross College that same year)

Archdiocese of Newark

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Established - 1853

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Geographical Boundaries - Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union Counties

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Named an Archdiocese - 1937 (Camden and Paterson were named separate sees that same year)

 

Updated on 08/19/2004                                                                            since 02/04/2003