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Folder 5, 2/3/1965 - 2/13/1976

 File — Box: 0238.15, Folder: 5
Identifier: 0238.15.5

Scope and Contents

- Resume - Mina Hamilton - attached official document - “A Brief Dam History: What Happened When” - Delaware Valley Conservation Association - Correspondence - 2/2/1971 - From: Richard S. Schweiker, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for article on Tocks Island Project and would like to see a study done on the area - Correspondence - 12/17/1972 - From: Robert W. Fri, To: Kenneth B. Cooper - details EPA’s comments for studies on environmental impact from Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 8/4/1970 - From: Laura, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for invitation, details why she could not accept and details billboard about Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 12/7/1970 - From: Lisa, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for information and asks about lawsuit and status of Delaware Valley Conservation Association - Note - 12/1/1970 - From: Henry Schnitzer, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for permission to make a circular and send to Congress - attached advertisement - 11/21/1970 - details farm for sale that will be acquired by the US Army Corps of Engineers - The Pocono Record - Correspondence - 6/25/1970 - From: Betsy Steuart, To: Nancy Shukaitis - NBC Production Assistant Steuart thanks Shukaitis for letter regarding ecology series - Correspondence - 8/9/1972 - From: William T. Cahill, To: Nancy Shukaitis - Governor Cahill thanks Shukaitis for her letter supporting him for his position on Tocks Island dam - Correspondence - 7/30/1969 - From: Richard S. Schweiker, To: Nancy Shukaitis - Governor Schweiker thanks Shukaitis for sending an editorial and discusses newly proposed bills - Correspondence - 6/29/1974 - From: James B. Clancy, To: Joseph M. McDade - discusses appreciation for Representative McDade’s efforts against Tocks Island Project and discusses nuclear power plans - Correspondence - 6/25/1974 - From: Howard W. Robison, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses evaluation of Tocks Island dam and interests of Monroe County - Correspondence - 6/11/1974 - From: Clifford P. Case, To: Nancy Shukaitis - Senator Case agrees that evaluation of Tocks Island Project is necessary - Correspondence - 6/11/1974 - Form: Harrison A. Williams, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses proper environmental safeguards for Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 6/7/1974 - From: Richard S. Schweiker, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for her support on Senator Schweiker’s stand against Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 6/20/1974 - From: George A. Goodling, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details his efforts for a study on the effects of the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 6/24/1974 - From: Gus Yatron, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for her support and agrees with her push for an environmental study - Correspondence - 5/20/1974 - From: Sheldon Meyers, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details EPA’s statement on Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 12/17/1971 - From: Robert W. Fri, To: Kenneth B. Cooper - details EPA’s comments on documents from the US Army Corps of Engineers and environmental impacts regarding Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - From: George Marienthal, To: Kenneth B. Cooper - details third draft statement from the EPA regarding the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 7/11/1974 - From: Edward G. Blester, Jr., To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for support of study of alternatives for Tocks Island Project - Official document - 9/20/1974 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Members of Task Force on Tocks Island Dam - details meeting in Washington, D.C. regarding the Task Force for the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - From: Richard Fuller, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks that Shukaitis and other commissioners will be at the federal hearing on funding the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 10/24/1969 - From: Henry R. Schnitzer, To: William O. Douglas - gives appreciation for Justice Douglas’s article on the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 4/3/1974 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Milton J. Shapp - details enclosed testimony about Tocks Island Project and asks for environmental impact statement for the project - Correspondence - 11/1/1968 - From: Casey Kays, To: Raymond H. Bateman - discusses Sunfish Pond and Delaware River Basin Commision statement on the watershed area at Sunfish Pond - Handwritten letter - 12/10/1968 - From: Nendawen, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses hope in winning the battle and discusses her experiences in nature - Correspondence - 1/15/1971 - From: Richard S. Schweiker, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for letter and states he has asked the US Army Corps of Engineers to look into the issue - Official document - “Statement of Present Attitude” - To: Board of Directors, Delaware Valley Conservation Association - explains the opposition that the five signers of the document have for the Tocks Island Project - Newspaper clipping - 10/13/1974 - “Big business, labor united behind Tocks” - New Jersey Herald - attached correspondence - 10/13/1974 - From: Richard Fuller, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses letter to the editor of Pennsylvania Farmer and his “copout” reply and details attached newspaper clipping - attached correspondence - 10/7/1974 - From: Norman F. Reber, To: Richard Fuller - details that he has other priorities with precedence to Tocks Island Project and will pass on the file to his staff after retirement - Handwritten note - From: County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam, To: James L. Kelly - asks for an environmental study on Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses objection to Tocks Island Project and how it will affect their home and others in the area - Handwritten note - 10/15/1973 - From: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for Congressman’s assistance and details TIRAC resolution - Correspondence - 11/5/1968 - From: James S. Y. Lawrence, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for news from Shukaitis and where to “go from here” after “sad news” - Correspondence - 11/9/1967 - From: Fred B. Rooney, To: Nancy Shukaitis - congratulates Shukaitis for her election and states he will cooperate with her regarding Monroe County political matters - Handwritten letter - 7/23/1965 - From: Frances Brodell, To: Henry M. Jackson - discusses the Delaware River and flooding - Newsletter - “Your Senator Reports, Hugh Scott” - January 1973 - United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Correspondence - 6/3/1974 - From: Nancy Shukaitis - letter to several senators giving support for an environmental study on Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 8/20/1970 - From: Eugene Bonds, to: Grace H. Reppert - urges against Tocks Island dam to the Executive Assistance of the Council of Environmental Quality - Note - 8/19/1971 - invoice to university of pennsylvania, Institute For Environmental Studies for a copy of a study on the Delaware Basin - Correspondence - 10/26/1970 - From: Richard S. Schweiker, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for review of attached letter - attached correspondence - 10/6/1970 - From: Colonel Johnson, To: Richard S. Schweiker - discusses information about Tocks Island Project and a study on the effects on Yards Creek with some information on the possible effects at Tocks Island - Handwritten letter - 10/27/1974 - From: Susan Pritchard, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks about publications from the Save the Delaware Coalition about fighting dam construction - Correspondence - 9/21/1972 - From: William T. Cahill, To: Nancy Shukaitis - Governor Cahill of New Jersey thanks Shukaitis for her views in opposition of Tocks Island dam and states he cannot support the project as it currently stands - Correspondence - 8/11/1972 - To: William T. Cahill - discusses issues with the lake that would be created with Tocks Island Project and gives some costs for the project - Correspondence - 5/7/1975 - From: Walter Bogner, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for cooperation, information,and assistance regarding review study on Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 2/9/1970 - From: Jerome Goldstein, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for letter and describes enclosed copies of a journal and book and includes a list of composting companies - Official document - 1/15/1969 - “S. 1: A Bill” - Senate Bill that outlines treatment for people displaced by federal acquisition - Official document - 10/7/1974 - “Free Flowing River Committee: D.R.B.C. Public Meeting” - discusses re-evaluation of Tocks Island Project and meeting date - Correspondence - 6/17/1974 - From: Nancy Shukaitis - gives support for the study on the effects of Tocks Island Project - Handwritten letter - 9/6/1974 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Hugh Scott - gives gratitude for Senator Scott’s support on the study on the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 10/14/1974 - From: Patricia J. LaBar, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses issues with the lowering water level as a result of the dam and encourages Shukaitis to keep fighting against the recreation area - Correspondence - 4/28/1974 - From: Richard Fuller, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for her efforts and discusses farmland along the Delaware and possible effects if Tocks Island dam is built - Handwritten letter - 5/58/1971 - From: Raymond Andrews, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses effects of dam and federal acquisition of homes - attached newspaper clipping - 5/26/1971 - “Editor’s Notes: Too Muddy” - Handwritten letter - 5/9/1971 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses personal matters and Mount Pocono - Newspaper clipping - 5/22/1974 - “Letters to the Editor: On Tocks” - Jersey Free Press - Correspondence - 5/17/1974 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Milton J. Shapp - discusses wholesale water charges and federal reservoir projects - Correspondence - 11/2/1968 - From: Casey Kays, To: Fairleigh S. Dickinson - asks for copy of July 24th hearings and thanks Dickinson for letter and statements - Newspaper clipping - 6/24/1971 - “Letters to the Editor” - Executive Committee, Save New Jersey’s Natural Environment - Handwritten note - 1971 - From: Smith Freeman, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details contribution to Tocks Island Steering Committee - attached correspondence - From: Eleanor, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses meeting and states she cannot attend - Correspondence - 2/11/1971 - From: Frances Brooks, To: The Editor, Newark Evening News - discusses studies on sub-soil characteristics around Tocks Island by Lehigh University, Columbia University, Seton Hall University and others; along with issues with the effects of earthquakes on the dam - Correspondence - 8/2/1971 - From: Frances Brooks - discusses issues and efforts against Tocks Island dam and controversy of the land area - Correspondence - 11/29/1968 - From: Richard J. Coffee, To: Sidney C. Marshall - discusses efforts for conservation by the attempted, but failed, re-purchase of the land around Sunfish Pond - Newspaper clipping - 12/1 - “Grange Will Hear Talk On Skylands Project” - New Jersey Herald - Newspaper clipping - “The Sociological Impact” - attached handwritten notes - describes the issues with the newspaper clipping - Newspaper clipping - 12/1 - “Foxes May Breathe Easier In Sussex County Next Year” - New Jersey Herald - Newspaper clipping - 2/19/1971 - “Risk at Tocks” - Newark Evening News - Handwritten letter - 1/30/1973 - From: Daniel S. MacCorkle, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses attached release of the features of the Tocks Island Reservoir project - Newsletter - “Investornews” - November 1966 - Francis I. DuPont & Co. - Newsletter - “Limerick Ecology Action News” - Vol. 3, Issue 3 September 1981 - Limerick Ecology Action - Newspaper clipping - 12/14/1966 - “PS seeking nuclear power plant” - Star-Ledger - Official document - 8/12/1974 - meeting notice on 8/15/1974 from Borough of Morrisville, PA calling all parties in Suit against Delaware River Basin Water Charges. Includes agenda, several reports and memos, other meeting notices, and correspondences - Official document - 9/2/1974 - details enclosed studies on Delaware River Basin and sources of funding from the University City Science Center - Official document - 8/12/1974 - (copy of) meeting notice on 8/15/1974 from Borough of Morrisville, PA calling all parties in Suit against Delaware River Basin Water Charges - attached official document - 8/1974 - “Press Release, New Jersey Youth Conservation Corps” - describes youth conservation program and its efforts - Correspondence - 8/19/1975 - From: Michael Frome, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details enclosed magazine clippings and how to “win these battles” - attached newspaper clipping - “The Fight Goes On” - The Flyfisher - attached newspaper clipping - “Freedom of the Press -- For Those Who Own One” - The Center Magazine - Handwritten note - To: Nancy Shukaitis - details attendance at the Scenic - Wild Rivers System meeting - Correspondence - 5/1/1970 - From: Frances Brooks, To: Senator - discusses environmental concerns regarding Tocks Island Project, the study by Dr. Edlen MacNamara, geologist at Lehigh University and includes handwritten notes in margin - Handwritten note - 2/7/1975 - From: Frances Brooks, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details his letter to the editor of the Pocono Record - Handwritten note - 10/18/1970 - describes efforts with the Nix On Tocks movement from the Delaware Valley Conservation Association - attached correspondence - 9/9/1970 - From: Harrison A. Williams, To: John P. Norris - thanks Norris for communication and describes his efforts on environmental issues - attached official document - 3/1970 - “The Crisis in Our Environment” - statement by Senator Williams - discusses threat to natural resources from degradation and destruction of the environment and details efforts to reverse this process - Correspondence - 11/15/1970 - From: Virginia Sutthoff, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses involvement in fight against Tocks Island Project and asks for names and organizations to unite efforts - Correspondence - 10/20/1971 - From: Charles M. Jong, To: Save the Delaware Coalition - asks for members from the Coalition to come to Paramus High School to hold an open discussion - Correspondence - 10/16/1970 - From: Alvin E. Heutchy, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details contribution to the Delaware Valley Conservation Association - Handwritten note - 10/10/1970 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses petition against Tocks Island Project and the writer’s efforts - Correspondence - 9/5/1978 - From: Tom Busby, To : Nancy Shukaitis - details meetings concerning Merrill Creek Project and asks to speak at the Greenwich Against the Dam meeting - Correspondence - 2/3/1965 - From: L. H. Bull, To: Nancy Shuakitis - thanks Shukaitis for her letter and efforts against the Tocks Island Project and asks for her thoughts and opinions - Note - 3/4/1965 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - details newspaper clipping from the Call and describes call with Chales Hogan about the fight against the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 12/28/1966 - From: Tom Francoline, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for interview with Shuakitis for a research paper on the Tocks Island Project - Newspaper clipping - 6/17/1976 - “Building empires again” - The Pocono Record - 3 copies - Handwritten letter - 2/24/1966 - From: Robert L. Mergel, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for details and publications on Tocks Island controversy - Handwritten letter - 11/7/1971 - From: Richard Johnson, To: Nancy Shukaitis - congratulates Shukaitis on election and details enclosed statement from Congressman DuPont - Handwritten letter - 11/8/1971 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - congratulates Shukaitis on election and discusses personal matters and retirement - Correspondence - 4/28/1979 - From: Paul T. Schultz, To: Nancy Shukaitis - asks about joint meeting with the Save The Delaware Coalition and Catskill Waters - Correspondence - 2/13/1976 - To: Frank Sinden - details enclosed photographs for report by Dr. Sinden from Princeton University

Dates

  • Creation: 2/3/1965 - 2/13/1976

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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