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Folder 4, 1/23/1968 - 9/24/1971

 File — Box: 0238.15, Folder: 4
Identifier: 0238.15.4

Scope and Contents

- Correspondence - 5/1/1968 - From: Cresco Arnst, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks shukaitis for bulletin, details letters sent for votes against Tocks Island Project - Handwritten Letter - 5/28/1971 - From: Charles G. Santora, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - details copy of NAFEC News about the work of the organization - Handwritten letter - 9/14/1971 - From: Betty Livingston, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks how fight with Tocks Island Project is going, and asks for information regarding Army Corps of Engineers - Note - From: A B Ruprecht - Asks “How can we help you with your project?” - Handwritten letter - 7/23/1971 - From: Philip G. Tunison, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks for information in helping the Coalition - Handwritten letter - From: R. Rion, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for copy of Shukaitis’ letter from June 1971 - Correspondence - 7/26/1971 - From: L. E. Schindel, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks to be added to the mailing list, also mentioned his letter “environmental action” - Handwritten letter - 7/26/1971 - From: Nicholas Santelli - asks for information to write Senators and Representatives - Correspondence - 4/13/1971 - From: Laura M. Seese, To: Nancy Shukaitis - includes several newspaper clippings regarding Tocks Island Project - Handwritten letter - 5/1/1968 - From: Reginald S. Worthington, To: Nancy Shukaitis - attached telegrams to Congressmen urging opposition to Tocks Island Project funding - Handwritten letter - 5/19/1968 - From: Dingmans Ferry, To: Nancy Shukaitis - congratulates Shukaitis for write up in Philadelphia Inquirer - Handwritten letter - 6/25/1968 - From: Charles Gardner - discusses importance of Sunfish Pond - Official document - 2/1986 - From: Delaware Valley Conservation Association, To: Congress of the United States - protests the construction of Tocks Island dam - Correspondence - 5/3/1968 - From: Frederick J. Stuhr, To: Allen J. Ellender - discusses opposition and effects of the construction of Tocks Island dam - Correspondence - 5/1/1968 - From: J. Pfrommer Dailey, To: Delaware Valley Conservation Association - wishes luck and attached letter to Senate and House Public Works Subcommittees - attached correspondence - 5/1/1968 - From: J. Pfrommer Dailey, To: Michael J. Kirwan - discusses opposition to Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 7/30/1971 - discusses information of by-laws to HUD asking to discontinue funding - Handwritten letter - 4/5/1968 - From: Karl Theune, To: Nancy Shukaitis - attached newsletter and hopes that the Poconos will not suffer the same fate as the subpar park detailed in the newsletter - Handwritten letter - 5/10/1971 - From: Jeorgia Rolfe - gives interest in fight against damming of the Delaware River and asks for information - Correspondence - 4/26/1971 - From: Georgiana Donase White, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - congratulates efforts for case against Tocks Island Project, details enclosed check - Handwritten letter - From: P. Archilla, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - states interest in Tocks Island dam, asks how she can help - Handwritten letter - 5/3/1971 - From: Marta Harrison, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks to continue fight against Tocks Island Project, details his personal efforts - Handwritten note - From: Ruth Pirkle Berkeley - details letters written to oppose permits and legislation - Handwritten letter - From: Howard Kolus, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks what he can do to help fight against Tocks Island Project - Handwritten note - 4/30/1971 - From: M. C. Youngberg - requests more information regarding Tocks Island - Handwritten note - From: Gus Lund - details cabin on the Delaware River, opposition to Tocks Island Project - Handwritten letter - 5/3/1971 - To: Save the Delaware Coalition - details Students for Environmental Protection and states they would like to help with the efforts for Tocks Island dam - Handwritten note - details call from Sandy Smith of Chalet Club that wants to support Coalition - Correspondence - 4/24/1971 - From: Juana Sue House, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - hopes that Tocks Island opposition is successful, details her personal efforts - Handwritten letter - From: Teresa Kneuer, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks for information of Tocks Island dam - Handwritten letter - 4/15/1971 - From: Gary Puturosh, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks how to help the efforts against Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 4/14/1971 - From: Jeffrey Gruttz, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - states interest from WTSR, Trenton State College radio station and asks to be placed on mailing list - Correspondence - 3/11/1971 - From: Lynn Charuk - discusses objections to Tocks island dam and possible effects; states the government needs to do something for New Jersey - Correspondence - 3/23/1971 - From: Theodore J. Jacobs, To: Joseph Shukaitis - thanks Joseph Shukaitis for interest in position at the Center for Study of Responsive Law but denies request for position - Handwritten letter - 5/6/1971 - From: Adolph Margus, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses article in Asbury Park Press and praises Channel 13 presentation on Tocks Island dam - Correspondence - 5/4/1971 - From: Laurie Simpson, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks for information on the controversy of Minisink Valley - Correspondence - 5/5/1971 - From: Maxwell H.A. Lindsay, To: M.J. Kirwan - objects to construction of Tocks Island dam and recreation area - Correspondence - 5/29/1971 - From: R. H. Runk, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - states the Pennsylvania Council, Trout Unlimited, will align itself with conservation groups opposing the Tocks Island dam - Correspondence - 8/2/1971 - From: Henry R. Schnitzer, To: Fred B. Rooney - urges Congressman Rooney against construction of Tocks Island dam by seeing effects and reading New York Times editorial - Handwritten letter - 1/23/1968 - From: Sgt. S. Marshall, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses issues with federal government obtaining land from homeowners in the Blue Mountain area - Handwritten letter - 5/21/1968 - From: Sid Marshall, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses issues of federal government in the construction of Tocks Island dam and reservoirs - Correspondence - 5/21/1968 - From: Jack Winson, To: Editor, Philadelphia Inquirer - asks editor to write about issues of land bought by the government around Tocks Island Project - attached newspaper clipping - 5/21/1968 - “An Overpriced Fraud on the Taxpayers” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Correspondence - 9/30/1968 - From: Henry R. Schnitzer, To: A. W. Johnson - states that Lehigh University found the dam area to be unsuitable for the project and asks Representative Johnson to help the cause of the Anti-Dam Committee - Correspondence - 8/8/1968 - From: Robert S. Widmer, To: Henry Schnitzer - circulation manager of Pocono Record asks Schnitzer to send a new check for $6.00 - includes handwritten notes in margins - attached advertisements - Anti-dam committee - Correspondence - 5/29/1971 - From: Linda D’Esposito - asks for evidence against Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 5/12/1971 - From: Craig Maus, To: Hal Lockwood - details the possibility of repeating “the Tour” on television for news coverage of their cause - attached correspondence - 4/23/1971 - From: Patricia Lessard, To: Craig Maus - thanks Maus for letter and interest - Correspondence - 5/1/1971 - From: Casey Kays, To: Sussex County Board of Freeholders - discusses issues with US Army Corps of Engineers and asks for consideration of impacts of Tocks Island dam - attached correspondence - 4/10/1971 - From: Casey Kays, To: Michael Frome - praises Save the Delaware Coalition and success in delaying construction of Tocks Island dam - Correspondence - 1/27/1971 - From: T.W. Parker, To: Henry Schnitzer - thanks Schnitzer for letter and details reconstruction of Route 209 - attached correspondence - From: Henry Schnitzer, To: Nancy Shukaitis - states he is in the hospital and cannot respond to mail, so asks Shukaitis to take care of it - Correspondence - 5/18/1971 - From: Craig Maus, To: Hugh Downs - asks Downs, NBC reporter, for support against Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 4/23/1971 - From: C. H. Dunn, To: Harold E. Brooks - discusses statistics on flooding at Tocks island, and positive impacts of Tocks Island dam from US Army Corps of Engineers - handwritten note to Nancy Shukaitis in margin - Newspaper clipping - 5/6/1971 - “Three Ask U.S. Study Of Tocks” - Newark News - Correspondence - 3/18/1971 - provides statistics on costs of Tocks Island and returns for visitors, that differ from reports from Army Corps of Engineers - Correspondence - 6/15/1976 - From: Frank Dascoll, To: Edmund Zukowski - discusses disagreement with Shukaitis in regard to separate deauthorizations of the dam and recreation area - Official document - “Address by the Honorable Maurice K. Goddard - Flood of Hurricane Agnes and Structural Means of Alleviating Future Disasters” - presentation by PA Secretary of Environmental Resources discussing impacts of Hurricane Agnes in the Susquehanna River - Handwritten letter - 5/6/1968 - From: Sid Marshall, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses sale of property at Blue Mountain Lakes and written letters regarding Tocks Island Project - attached handwritten letter - 5/2/1968 - From: S. C. Marshall, To: Allen K. Ellender - urges against construction of Tocks Island dam and recreation area - attached handwritten letter - From: S. C. Marshall, To: Michael J. Kirwan - discusses issues with government acquiring land for Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 5/1/1968 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Glenn Davis - details hearings and asks to appear before House Subcommittee on Public Works Appropriations - Official document - “Exhibit B-1” - details rights for acquiring building titles for United States - Handwritten letter - 3/28/1968 - From: Louis Stewark, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses and criticizes article in the Pocono Record - Handwritten note - From: The Philadelphia Inquirer - states thanks - Handwritten note - 4/5/1968 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks about PA and NJ Congressmen - attached correspondence - 3/26/1968 - From: Eugene Underwood, To:Glenn R. Davis - discusses opposition for Tocks Island recreation area, many copies to various representatives - Correspondence - 5/3/1968 - From: Leonard Herr, To: Delaware Valley Conservation Association - discusses opposition to Tocks Island dam and asks purpose for building it - Correspondence - 4/23/1968 - From: Glenn R. Davis, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details public hearings held by the Public Works Subcommittee - Correspondence - 6/4/1968 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: W. H. Hunt - discusses feature in the Philadelphia Inquirer about public and private uses of land - attached newspaper clipping - 5/12/1968 - “Conservation Tie” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Correspondence - From: Leonard Herr, To: Delaware Valley Conservation Association - states opposition to Tocks island dam and the disturbing of the buried there - Newspaper clipping - “Huge Garden Apartment Plan Studied” and “All-Year Jumps, Stadiums Planned For Great Gorge” - Handwritten letter - 10/1/1968 - From: Sidney C. Marshall, To: Marlin S. Morgan - discusses issues of land at Great Gorge and the apartment on the Kittatinny Mountain - Handwritten letter - 9/30/1968 - To: Secretary, National Geographic Society - asks for an article on the upper Delaware Valley in regards to the Tocks Island Project and its effects - Newspaper clipping - 6/14/1968 - “Tocks Appropriation Trimmed” - The Evening News - includes handwritten notes on project plans and issues - Correspondence - 5/13/1971 - From: Gale Wilson, To: Save The Delaware Coalition - asks for information about the Tocks Island Project for an article in Suburban Life Magazine - Newspaper clipping - 5/2/1971 - “Orange-Rockland Utility Eyes Reservoir System” - Newark Sunday News - Correspondence - 4/19/1971 - From: Eugene Underwood, To: Nancy Shukaitis - informs Shukaitis of special series on Tocks Island Project on Channel 13, New York - Correspondence - 4/15/1971 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses effects of Tocks Island Project and the hearing on May 18th at the Senate - attached newspaper clipping - 4/12/1971 - “Tocks Island Wins Reprieve” - Public Opinion - Correspondence - From: Phyllis Fechter, To: Nancy Shukaitis - states Shukaitis’ talk was interesting and encouraging and includes newspaper clipping from Fechter’s local paper - attached newspaper clipping - “Speaker Raps Tocks Project” - attached newspaper clipping - 4/22/1971 - “Milford Garden Club Hears Dam Opponent” - Pike County Dispatch - Official document - 4/13/1971 - “New Tocks Study Encouraging” - Cynthia Van Lierde - report discussing issues with construction of Tocks Island dam - Correspondence - From: Alice Toland, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for letter about meeting in Washington March 22nd, describes issues with Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 3/12/1971 - From: George P. Nimmo, To: Save The Delaware Coalition - states congressmen are reviewing Tocks Island Project - attached newspaper clipping - “Tocks Dam hearing scheduled” - Correspondence - 3/25/1971 - From: Marge Summa, To: Fred B. Rooney - tells congressman Rooney that he is not representing his constituents in gard to the Tocks Island Project - attached handwritten note - From: Marge Summa, To: Nancy Shukaitis - describes inclosed contribution to Delaware Valley Conservation Association and the preceding letter - Handwritten note - 9/20/1971 - From: Sol Goodman - discusses her weekend home in the area of the Tocks Island Project - Handwritten letter - 9/24/1971 - From: Rosalyn Rion, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses interview and publisher - Correspondence - 9/22/1971 - From: Edward Lee Rogers, To: Carrol D. Strider - discusses documentation regard Tocks Island Project and current issues regarding Tocks Island construction - Correspondence - 9/8/1971 - From: Angela Bell, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for added information and asks for a contact at the Save the Delaware Coalition - Handwritten note - 6/4/1971 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - congratulates on her “Primary Triumph” - Handwritten note - 2/28/1969 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses her efforts against Tocks island - attached newspaper clipping - 2/27/1970 - “Governors Form Mid-Atlantic Unit” - Newark News - attached newspaper clipping - 2/7/1970 - “Environmental ‘Disaster’” - Newark News - Handwritten letter - 4/20/1970 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for hospitality and details an article in the Newark Evening News from 4/17/1970 - Correspondence - 8/11/1976 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Robert Roe - asks Congressman Roe for assistance in the fight against Tocks Island Project - attached correspondence - 8/2/1976 - From: Elizabeth T. Sauer, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details relocation of Sauer’s family and asks how they can buy it back - Handwritten letter - From: Leonard B. Herr, To: Delaware Valley Conservation Association - details opposition of Tocks Island Project and his and his wife’s objections - Correspondence - 5/4/1971 - From: Robert L. Shandor, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - details that the Phillipsburg Area Jaycees members voted to join and support the Save the Delaware Coalition, and details enclosed check for 25 dollars - Correspondence - 7/27/1971 - From: Edwin Harrington, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - details technical consultation for groups against Tocks Island dam, and agrees there are many hazards - Handwritten letter - 9/13/1971 - From: Mrs. C - details documents on the “Billboard properties” - Correspondence - From: Richard Fuller, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for details on Save the Delaware Coalition and how to help, also details his oppositions to the Tocks Island Project - Handwritten letter - 7/26/1971 - From: Vincent Heinlein, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - states opposition to Tocks Island dam and asks how to help - Newspaper clipping - 1/9/1976 - “Can’t ignore solar power” - The Pocono Record

Dates

  • Creation: 1/23/1968 - 9/24/1971

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Access Restrictions

Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Collection: 66 Linear Feet (33 cartons)

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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