Folder 10: Tocks Correspondence, 11/15/1963 - 11/14/1968
Scope and Contents
- Newspaper clipping - notes several leaders in various Monroe County commissions - Newspaper clipping - 7/7/1964 - “Sec. Udall Backs Tocks Area Bill” - Newspaper clipping - 6/20/1964 - “Schnitzer Refutes Report Of His “Excited” Testimony” - The Daily Record - Correspondence - 7/6/1964 - From: Allen J. Ellender, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for her letter about the current restrictions on the use of water in East Stroudsburg - 1 copy attached - Correspondence - 6/29/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: US Department of Interior - requests information about how much land states and the federal government own in each state - Correspondence - 7/17/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Reverend Henry Charlton Beck - discusses water issues with Tocks Island project - Correspondence - 6/25/1964 - From: Henry M. Jackson, To: Nancy Shukaitis - advises Shukaitis about a Congressional hearing scheduled to consider a bill to authorize the establishment of the Tocks Island National Recreation Area - newspaper clipping about hearing attached - Correspondence - 7/14/1964 - From: Henry R. Schnitzer, To: Thomas G. Morris - discusses stance against the Tocks Island Dam and information about land values - handwritten notes - Correspondence - 7/11/1964 - From: Joseph M. Pulici, To: Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior - discusses idea of passing legislation to end land speculation on projects like the Tocks Island Recreation Park - handwritten notes - Newspaper clipping - 6/11/1964 - “Rooney Calls For Tocks Approval” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 6/18/1964 - “Mrs. Shukaitis Favors Private River Development” - The Daily Record - 1 copy attached - Newspaper clipping - 6/17/1964 - “County Planners Back Bensinger” - Newspaper clipping - 6/5/1964 - “S-Burg Council To Urge Tocks Support In House” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - “Monroe Represented At Tocks Hearings” - Newspaper clipping - 6/8/1964 - “Clark Urges Pinchot Name For Tocks” - Newspaper clipping - 6/5/1964 - “County Backs Tocks Via Resolution” - The Daily Record - Correspondence - 11/14/1968 - From: H. F. Michel, To: Joseph M. Pulici - sends brochures about Tocks Island Dam to Pulici to provide more information about the proposed project - Newspaper clipping - 6/11/1964 - “ Tocks Island Hearing: Congress Group Studies Conflict of Interest; To Question Western Heritage Developer” - The Wayne Independent - Handwritten letter - 6/24/1964 - From: Joseph Pulici, To: Nancy Shukaitis - written on Pulici Gas Company paper - Advertisement - Lords Valley Country Club Membership and Application - handwritten notes - Envelope - 6/17/1964 - From: Robert G. Bartlett, To: Nancy Shukaitis - envelope contains handwritten letter and attached newspaper clippings about Tocks hearing and land speculation - Newspaper clipping - 7/6/1964 - “Water Assn. Votes Support Of Bensinger As President” - Newsletter - November-December 1963 - “The New Jersey Economic Review - NJ Department of Conservation and Economic Development - Correspondence - 7/22/1964 - From: Thomas G. Morris, To: Nancy Shukaitis - acknowledges receipt of Shukaitis’s letter and states that Congress will not be able to take action on Tocks Island in the current session - previous correspondence attached - Newspaper clipping - 7/9/1964 - “Delaware River Drought Report” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 7/18/1964 - “40 Prime Acres Overlooking Proposed Tocks Island Dam” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - 12/30/1964 - “DRBC Okays $2,000 To Build 3 Reservoirs” - Official document - 5/6/1952 - “The Future Course In Water Management” - By: Arthur H. Carhart - Presented before the Annual Conference of the American Water Works Association - handwritten notes - Newspaper clipping - 12/15/1964 - “Tocks Island Included In Power Survey” - Newspaper clipping - 12/22/1964 - “County Wants Data On River Water” - Newspaper clipping - 12/22/1964 - “Monroe Anxiously Awaits Tocks Dam” - Newspaper clipping - 12/22/1964 - “Bensinger Criticized For Legal Conflict” - The Daily Record - Newspaper clipping - “Individual Growth Stressed” - Newspaper clipping - 11/29/1964 - “Individual Growth Is Key to Achieving the Greatest Goals in Life” - The Philadelphia Inquirer - Newspaper clipping - 5/21/1964 - “Project 70 Tool” - Newsletter clipping - 1964 - “The Wave Of The Future Goes Underground” - Congressional Record -- House - Correspondence - 1/22/1965 - From: Henry R. Schnitzer, To: Walter Muir Whitehill - discusses Tocks Island Dam and encloses Schnitzer’s testimony before a Congressional committee regarding the project - Correspondence - 12/1/1964 - From: Henry R. Schnitzer, To: Walter Muir Whitehill - discusses article from the American Heritage and asks for support in fighting the Tocks Island Dam - Correspondence - 1/12/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Arthur C. Vickery - provides information about land seizure to be reported by the United Business Men’s Association - Newspaper clipping - 1/7/1964 - “Tocks Island Park Project Gets U.S. Priority Rating” - The Philadelphia Inquirer - Correspondence - 11/25/1964 - From: Henry R. Schnizter, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses Shukaitis’s previous note and Schnitzer’s current efforts against the dam - Correspondence - 11/25/1964 - From: Henry R. Schnitzer, To: Alfred D. Sumberg - urges Sumberg to oppose the Tocks Island Dam - handwritten notes - Newspaper clipping - 1/9/1965 - “Land Costs Going Up” - The Scranton Times - 2 copies - Newspaper clipping - “More Small Dams Urged For Montana” - Newspaper clipping - “Virginia Planners Support 16 Dams” - Newspaper clipping - 6/30/1964 - “Wood, Field, and Stream” _ The New York Times - Newspaper clipping - 6/30/1964 - “Critics at Large” - Newspaper clipping - “Atom Power Aids Desalting Plans” - Newspaper clipping - “Herblock Loses Battle to Udall But Wins War to Save Course” - Newspaper clipping - 2/24/1964 - “ Herblock Challenges Udall To Golf at Doomed Course” - The Washington Post - Newspaper clipping - 6/25/1964 - “State Accuses U.S. Of A Water Grab” - The New York Times - Official document - 4/28/1964 - “Report of the Regional Directors” - United States Fish and Wildlife Service - Correspondence - 1/23/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: James V. Anderson - discusses Delaware River Basin Compact and asks Anderson for his perspective on these issues - Correspondence - 1/23/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Leland Bull, Secretary of Agriculture - discusses Delaware River Basin Compact - Correspondence - 1/23/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Senator Paul W. Mahady - discusses Delaware River Basin Compact - 2 copies - Handwritten letter - 10/12/1964 - From: Lottie Bollinger, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses land - Correspondence - 6/15/1964 - From: Virginia P. Conklin, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses and encourages Shukaitis’s Congressional hearings which appeared in articles in The Daily Record and The Philadelphia Inquirer - handwritten notes and letter attached - Correspondence - 3/20/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Margaret - provides updates about the Tocks Island Dam and Shukaitis’s efforts against it - 2 copies - Correspondence - 4/3/1964 - From: John J. Williams, To: Nancy Shukaitis - arranges a meeting time as Shukaitis requested - Correspondence - 12/13/1963 - discusses Tocks Island Dam and Park and the county who they will impact - Advertisement - “Terror Of A Dam Burst In Los Angeles - Flood Engulfs Homes, Cars - Anti-Dam Committee - handwritten notes attached - Correspondence - 3/20/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Lottie Bollinger - thanks Bollinger for newspaper clippings and discusses personal life related to family reaction to losing land - Bollinger’s original handwritten letter attached - Correspondence - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Subcommittee on National Parks, House of Representatives - Nancy’s stance against bills to establish the Tocks Island National Recreation Area - handwritten notes in margins - Correspondence - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Congressman Wayne N. Aspinall - Nancy’s stance against bills to establish the Tocks Island National Recreation Area - handwritten notes in margins - Correspondence - 9/16/1964 - From: Hugh Scott, To: George Smith - discusses inability to give a speech at the Middle Smithfield Republican Club - Official document - 10/6/1964 - From: W. Brinton Whitall - “Notice Of Change Of Meeting” - Newspaper clipping - 11/15/1963 - “Public Notices - Charter Notice” - The Daily Record - Correspondence - 6/9/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Wayne B. Aspinall - discusses bills to establish the Tocks Island National Recreation Area - Advertisement - “Fall Preview Of The Greatest Vacationland Find… Hidden Lake” - Correspondence - 1/7/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Dr. Goddard - speech directed at Delaware River Basin Commission that focuses on reasons against the Tocks Island Dam - Correspondence - 6/23/1964 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Joan - shukaitis discusses her activist efforts to fight the Tocks Island Dam in the media and at hearings - Joan’s original letter attached - Correspondence - 8/18/1964 - From: William D. Greenlee, To: Nancy Shukaitis - sends files Shukaitis requested in her original letter
Dates
- Creation: 11/15/1963 - 11/14/1968
Language of Materials
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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