D'Argenio Collection
Rinaldo D'Argenio, Esq. Coin & Antiquities Collection. (8th Century B.C. to 14th Century A.D. appox.)
Expert collector and benefactor, Rinaldo D'Argenio, an alumnus of Seton Hall University, ('76 MS and '79 JD) donated these relics to the school in honor of his father, the late Rinaldo J. D'Argenio (1911-1995). Beyond his law practice, Mr. D'Argenio has been active in teaching and illuminating countless individuals about the historical and monetary value of currency and antiquity in general. This bequest has further been utilized as an instructional aid for various faculty from the Departments of Classics, History and Museum Studies among others. The coinage component encompasses ancient civilizations such as Greece, Rome and Byzantium. Geographic sites represented in the Greek coins section were minted in such places as Magna Graecia, Asia Minor and the Black Sea region, and showcases figures from Macedonia, Carthage, Massalia and individuals such as Alexander the Great among various kings of Egypt. Representations of Roman coins survive from the Republican era with such likenesses as Julius Caesar, Brutus, Mark Antony and Octavian are found along with depictions illustrative of the Roman Empire, Twelve Caesars, Adoptive Emperors, Severan Age, Balbinus, Soldier Emperors, Roman Numismatic Art, First and Second Tetrarchy, Honorius and Magnus Maximus among others. In addition there is coinage of the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire crafted from such precious metals as gold, silver and bronze. Included is the multi-volume work entitled: Roman Imperial Coinage (London: Spink, 1984) [CJ969.R6 1984] located in the Archives & Special Collections Center. Various artifacts include Graecian bronze arrowheads, lamp and an archaic terracotta head along with other like objects of practical usage. In the realm of Roman crafted items, included are bronze nails, lead sling bullets from the Battle of Munde and terracotta heads from Roman Egypt as well. A bronze Byzantine arrowhead, cross fragment, and coin weight along with Coptic cloth splotches and terracotta lamps of Byzantium Egypt are also found within this collection. [450 items appox.]
 

Fanelli & Jaremczuk Collections
Msgr. Eugene A. Fanelli & Rev. Joseph J. Jaremczuk Sheet Music Collections. (Primarily 20th Century)
Scores of music folios covering a wide-range of musical styles including Popular, Classical, Operas and Broadway Musicals among others with a heavy emphasis on Sacred Music and Catholic-oriented compositions in particular. Monsignor Fanelli (1915-2000) was an alumnus of Seton Hall College (’36 BS) and as a former priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, he was active in parish life through service as Pastor of Madonna Della Libera in West New York and aided Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Jersey City in an administrative and spiritual capacity for many years. His musical affiliations include the Directorship of Musical Programs for Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Madonna Della Libera and the Church of the Madonna, Fort Lee. He was also a long time member of the Player’s Club, a theatrical association based in New York City. Reverend Joseph Jaremczuk (1910-1994) was also a graduate of the school (’31 BS) and later served as an instructor at Seton Hall University and Preparatory School for over three decades. He also gained distinction as the Choirmaster of the Seton Hall University Men’s Chorus for many years along with his fame as an accomplished organist, pianist, singer and specialized in Gregorian Chants. Rev. Jaremczuk was likewise active with the Newark Archdiocesan Festival Chorale during the course of his career. [1,000+ examples appox.]
 

Kraft Collection
Herbert Clemens Kraft Collection. (c. 10 Century B.C. to 19th Century A.D.)
Eminent Archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology for five decades, Dr. Kraft also served as the former Museum Director and first officially appointed Archivist at Seton Hall University. Author of various works on the Native-American population of New Jersey, Dr. Kraft wrote over a dozens of books and journal articles including such titles: The Lenape Indian Heritage: 10,000 B.C. to 2,000 A.D.; The Lenape and Delaware Indians: The Original People of New Jersey, Southeastern New York State, Eastern Pennsylvania and The Dutch, the Indians and the Quest for Copper: Pahaquarry and the Old Mine Roadamong others. Dr. Kraft was an alumnus of Seton Hall University (’50 BS, ’62 MA) who also earned an advanced degree from Hunter College years later. Dr. Kraft was also a devoted collector of original manuscripts, incunabula and various printed matter of substance. This collection contains a number of different items which transcend different cultures, geographic locales, format types, intellectual expression and spiritual thought in most cases. These examples are not full volumes, but mainly fragments and pages taken from such full articles as Bibles, song books, incunabula, leafs, woodcut illustrations, codex, bulls and manuscript pages for example. Such languages as French, Irish, Latin, German, Dutch, Egyptian, Korean, Coptic, Moroccan, Syrian, Turkish, Arabic, Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Persian, Spanish, Buddhist, Chinese, Mongolian, Sinhalese, Javanese, Japanese, Judaism and Hebrew are represented here. Included among the single documents in this collection are Latin manuscripts and devotionals (14th c.); writings of St. Jerome and St. Bonaventure (15th c.); Islamic Devotionals (15th c.); Nuremburg Chronicles (15th c.); Thomas A. Kempis (15th c.); Vulgate Bible (15th c.); Syrian Book of Prayers (16th c.); English Shakespeare and Parliamentary Acts (17th c.); King James Bible (17th c.); Burmese Buddhist (17th c.); Spanish Antiphonary (17th c.); Papal Bull (17th c.) and many others. [250+ items appox.]