{"id":1312,"date":"2016-02-26T17:04:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T22:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2017-07-25T12:18:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T16:18:09","slug":"the-jacob-i-fass-papers-now-available-for-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/2016\/02\/the-jacob-i-fass-papers-now-available-for-research\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jacob I. Fass papers now available for research!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Archives and Special Collections center recently acquired the Jacob. I Fass papers<\/a>, a small collection of the WWII-era correspondence, notes, and photographs of chemical scientist Jacob I. Fass.<\/p>\n

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Passport photograph of Jacob I. Fass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fass was a chemical engineer who worked at National Oil Products Co. (NOPCO) during World War II. The collection includes the secret notes that he took while employed there, documenting his work processes as well as office politics and conversations between employees. The fact that these notes were kept in secret\u2014folded up into tiny squares so that Fass could smuggle them out of the building\u2014speaks to his unease and even paranoia surrounding his work, his co-workers, and his fear of being drafted for the war.<\/p>\n

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One of Fass’s “secret” notes (front)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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(back)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The majority of the collection consists of his correspondence with family and friends. The letters cover a wide variety of topics including politics, philosophy, music, photography, and the war. While much of the correspondence is serious, there are also many letters from close friends with a lighthearted, affectionate tone. Fass received one letter from a friend in Washington that was hand-written in miniscule print, joking that the full letter of 3,210 words could be found on the head of a pin stuck through the middle of the page.<\/p>\n

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A joking letter from one of Fass’s friends. The pin in the center of the page gives perspective to the tiny size of the text. (Click to expand.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This collection will be of interest to researchers investigating World War II, the history of chemistry, and American communism.\u00a0The finding aid for this collection can be viewed here<\/a>. The Jacob I. Fass papers may be viewed by appointment in the Archives and Special Collections Center Reading Room. To make an appointment, please contact 973-761-9476 or archives@shu.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Archives and Special Collections center recently acquired the Jacob. I Fass papers, a small collection of the WWII-era correspondence, notes, and photographs of chemical scientist Jacob I. Fass. Fass was a chemical engineer who worked at National Oil Products Co. (NOPCO) during World War II. The collection includes the secret notes that he took … Continue reading “The Jacob I. Fass papers now available for research!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2351,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1709,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions\/1709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}