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The collective material memory of Seton Hall
University is found in our collection which dates from the school's founding
in 1856 to the present day, and encompasses approximately 1300 cubic feet
worth of documentation related to the school in some form or function.
Chartered as the first Catholic college in New Jersey, Seton Hall holds an
important place in the annals of religious higher education and the
resulting historical data reflects this unique status. A broad range of
print resources combined with photographs, audio/video tapes and artifacts
provide a detailed record of the varied aspects of campus life including
governance, curriculum, student activity and physical plant development from
its origins in Madison to its current location in South Orange. The school
archival collection includes a continuous series of general bulletins/catalog(ues)
dating from 1861, handwritten ledger books which provide detailed accounts
of college endeavors over the last two centuries and close to two hundred
different campus publications including the White & Blue/Galleon (student
annual-yearbook) and Setonian (student newspaper) which both date from 1924
onward. Hundreds of other resource types may be found in specialized
collections, record group arrangements, or in a constantly growing subject
file found within the confines of our repository, but more specific
information on these resources can be found by contacting Alan Delozier,
Director via e-mail: delozial@shu.edu
or phone at: (973) 275-2378.
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