Monsignor Noe Field Archives & Special Collections Center

This collection consists of research materials used by Seton Hall Professor Emeritus Daniel J. Leab. During Professor Leab’s long tenure at the University, his research focused on the Cold War era, labor relations, and the history of film. The collection mainly comprises publications relating to the Cold War and communism and photocopies from the collections of the American Heritage Center relating to the portrayal of communism in film.

This collection documents the life of Jacob I. Fass, a chemical engineer who worked at National Oil Products Co. (NOPCO) during WWII and later went on to start his own chemical company. Much of the material in the collection dates from the volatile years of 1942 to 1945 and includes correspondence with his diverse group of friends and family, secret notes taken during his work at NOPCO, and a small number of photographs.