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Folder 13: Recreation Area, 8/20/1961 - 4/25/1967

 File — Box: 0238.6, Folder: 13
Identifier: 0238.6.13

Scope and Contents

Map - September 1962 - “Boundary Map of Tocks Island Recreation Area” - US Department of the Interior Newspaper clipping - 11/29/1966 - “Mrs. Shukaitis tells tax woes” Newspaper - 8/20/1961 - The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine Official document - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Project leaflet - US Department of the Interior Official document - 4/20/1965 - “Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce Meeting Bulletin Information” Newspaper clipping - 8/22/1966 - “Tocks land appraisals are secret” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - “Acquisition starts in Hidden Lake” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 12/3/1966 - “How it was done at Kinzua” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - “Tocks Island Master Plan Is Unveiled” Newspaper clipping - 8/27/1966 - “A long trail” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 8/2/1966 - “Tocks Island: A kind of Central Park” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 4/25/1967 - “Delaware scouts look for land” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - “Thompson Asks Probe Of Land Speculation Ad” - The Express Official document - 1964 - “Cape Cod National Seashore” - brochure that depicts map of Cape Cod National Seashore Newspaper clipping - 6/15/1966 - “Many Camps Doomed By Tocks Island Dam” - Newark News - handwritten notes Newspaper clipping - 9/2/1966 - “Buy Tocks Land, Wilentz Urges U.S.” - Newark News Correspondence - 3/20/1967 - From: Bernard E. Upschulte, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses tenancy in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Newspaper clipping - 8/28/1966 - “Tocks Island Project Seen Creating Big Highway Crisis” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - August 1966 - “Col. Watkin new Army engineer” Newspaper clipping - “Letters To The Editor: Fights for pond” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 8/24/1966 - “Monroe becoming less agricultural” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 9/17/1966 - “U.S. lawyers tour Tocks” Newspaper clipping - 10/26/1964 - “There’s Paradox to Rise in Land Values” - The Morning Call Newspaper clipping - 10/31/1966 - “Pipher: Area must prepare for Tocks Dam projects” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 10/20/1966 - “Tocks to impose vast area changes” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 8/14/1966 - “A Device to Speed Tocks Island” - The Sunday Bulletin Newspaper clipping - 10/12/1966 - “Government buys Tocks properties” Newspaper clipping - 10/10/1966 - “Couple Receives First Payment For Tocks Land” Newspaper clipping - 9/23/1966 - “Hughes unveils program to preserve Tocks beauty” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 9/11/1966 - “New Road Projects Slated for Sussex” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - 8/8/1966 - “”National park plan” Newspaper clipping - 8/7/1966 - “Tocks Project Costly” - Sunday Call-Chronicle - 2 copies Newspaper clipping - 8/26/1966 - “Water Gap Fund Ready” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - 9/16/1966 - “Newark Company to Provide Tocks Land Title Insurance” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - November 6 - “Big Project Take Its Name From Small Island” - Sunday Herald Newspaper clipping - 8/22/1966 - “Play Area Seen As Bottleneck” - Bayonne Times Newspaper clipping - 10/13/1966 - “Area must keep pace with Tocks” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 10/14/1966 - “Tocks project to preserve 58,000 acres in 2 states” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 10/10/1966 - “Rooney to deliver Tocks land check” Newspaper clipping - 12/7/1965 - “Purchasing Setup Clarified For Tocks Island Property” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - 9/7/1966 - “Forest’s Future Uncertain” - Community News Newspaper clipping - 8/14/1966 - “Seek new name for Tocks area” - Sunday Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 9/23/1966 - “Federal Recreation Program A Boon to Land Speculators” - The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Official document - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Project leaflet - US Department of the Interior Newspaper clipping - “Hughes Seeks To Discourage Land Grabbing” Newspaper clipping - 8/1/1966 - “Tock Island’s scope grows and grows” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/31/1966 - “Imagination lends spice to novel Tocks projects” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/24/1966 - “Tocks Island… a paradise for promoters?” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/26/1966 - “Lagging highway plans a Tocks Island roadblock” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/28/1966 - “No joy in Flatbrookeville… ‘too beautiful to leave'' - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/27/1966 - “Tocks Island: A snail-paced timetable” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/25/1966 - “Beautiful, rustic Tocks Island” - The Star-Ledger Official document - September 1966 - Report Home from US Senator Harrison A. Williams - section titled “Tocks Island Threatened” Newspaper clipping - 4/13/1966 - “Wheeler-Dealing at Gap” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - 11/10/1965 - “Scramble starts for Tocks jobs” Newspaper clipping - 11/4/1965 - “DWGNRA office is opened” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - “Where to apply for Tocks jobs” Newspaper clipping - 12/28/1965 - “Oh, to be like Pahaquarry with its one-third tax cut” Newspaper clipping - 11/9/1965 - “Army engineers to open Tock’s office in December” Newspaper clipping - 11/15/1965 - “Tocks progress could turn area into ‘well-to-do slum’” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 8/31/1966 - “Planners fear ‘junkyard’ near Tocks Island” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 11/6/1965 - “River Basin unit plan 2-day parley at Buck Hill” Newspaper clipping - 7/22/1966 - “Developers Drive Up Price of Land Picked For New National Parks” - Wall Street Journal Correspondence - 1/29/1965 - From: Michael Mordkin - discusses bill introduced by Mr. Saylor in the House of Representatives - handwritten notes Correspondence - 6/10/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Ronald F. Lee - discusses tenure of home owners living within proposed Tocks Island National Recreation Area Correspondence - 5/17/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Ronald F. Lee - discusses questions regarding proposed Delaware Valley National Recreation Area Official document - June 7 - discusses answers to questions regarding proposed Delaware Valley National Recreation Area Official document - 6/22/1966 - Land Acquisition Meeting Notes Map - September 1962 - “Boundary Map of Tocks Island Recreation Area” - US Department of the Interior Newspaper clipping - 11/29/1966 - “Mrs. Shukaitis tells tax woes” Newspaper - 8/20/1961 - The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine Official document - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Project leaflet - US Department of the Interior Official document - 4/20/1965 - “Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce Meeting Bulletin Information” Newspaper clipping - 8/22/1966 - “Tocks land appraisals are secret” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - “Acquisition starts in Hidden Lake” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 12/3/1966 - “How it was done at Kinzua” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - “Tocks Island Master Plan Is Unveiled” Newspaper clipping - 8/27/1966 - “A long trail” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 8/2/1966 - “Tocks Island: A kind of Central Park” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 4/25/1967 - “Delaware scouts look for land” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - “Thompson Asks Probe Of Land Speculation Ad” - The Express Official document - 1964 - “Cape Cod National Seashore” - brochure that depicts map of Cape Cod National Seashore Newspaper clipping - 6/15/1966 - “Many Camps Doomed By Tocks Island Dam” - Newark News - handwritten notes Newspaper clipping - 9/2/1966 - “Buy Tocks Land, Wilentz Urges U.S.” - Newark News Correspondence - 3/20/1967 - From: Bernard E. Upschulte, To: Nancy Shukaitis - discusses tenancy in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Newspaper clipping - 8/28/1966 - “Tocks Island Project Seen Creating Big Highway Crisis” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - August 1966 - “Col. Watkin new Army engineer” Newspaper clipping - “Letters To The Editor: Fights for pond” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 8/24/1966 - “Monroe becoming less agricultural” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 9/17/1966 - “U.S. lawyers tour Tocks” Newspaper clipping - 10/26/1964 - “There’s Paradox to Rise in Land Values” - The Morning Call Newspaper clipping - 10/31/1966 - “Pipher: Area must prepare for Tocks Dam projects” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 10/20/1966 - “Tocks to impose vast area changes” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 8/14/1966 - “A Device to Speed Tocks Island” - The Sunday Bulletin Newspaper clipping - 10/12/1966 - “Government buys Tocks properties” Newspaper clipping - 10/10/1966 - “Couple Receives First Payment For Tocks Land” Newspaper clipping - 9/23/1966 - “Hughes unveils program to preserve Tocks beauty” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 9/11/1966 - “New Road Projects Slated for Sussex” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - 8/8/1966 - “”National park plan” Newspaper clipping - 8/7/1966 - “Tocks Project Costly” - Sunday Call-Chronicle - 2 copies Newspaper clipping - 8/26/1966 - “Water Gap Fund Ready” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - 9/16/1966 - “Newark Company to Provide Tocks Land Title Insurance” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - November 6 - “Big Project Take Its Name From Small Island” - Sunday Herald Newspaper clipping - 8/22/1966 - “Play Area Seen As Bottleneck” - Bayonne Times Newspaper clipping - 10/13/1966 - “Area must keep pace with Tocks” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 10/14/1966 - “Tocks project to preserve 58,000 acres in 2 states” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 10/10/1966 - “Rooney to deliver Tocks land check” Newspaper clipping - 12/7/1965 - “Purchasing Setup Clarified For Tocks Island Property” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - 9/7/1966 - “Forest’s Future Uncertain” - Community News Newspaper clipping - 8/14/1966 - “Seek new name for Tocks area” - Sunday Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 9/23/1966 - “Federal Recreation Program A Boon to Land Speculators” - The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Official document - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Project leaflet - US Department of the Interior Newspaper clipping - “Hughes Seeks To Discourage Land Grabbing” Newspaper clipping - 8/1/1966 - “Tock Island’s scope grows and grows” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/31/1966 - “Imagination lends spice to novel Tocks projects” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/24/1966 - “Tocks Island… a paradise for promoters?” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/26/1966 - “Lagging highway plans a Tocks Island roadblock” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/28/1966 - “No joy in Flatbrookeville… ‘too beautiful to leave'' - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/27/1966 - “Tocks Island: A snail-paced timetable” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 7/25/1966 - “Beautiful, rustic Tocks Island” - The Star-Ledger Official document - September 1966 - Report Home from US Senator Harrison A. Williams - section titled “Tocks Island Threatened” Newspaper clipping - 4/13/1966 - “Wheeler-Dealing at Gap” - Newark News Newspaper clipping - 11/10/1965 - “Scramble starts for Tocks jobs” Newspaper clipping - 11/4/1965 - “DWGNRA office is opened” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - “Where to apply for Tocks jobs” Newspaper clipping - 12/28/1965 - “Oh, to be like Pahaquarry with its one-third tax cut” Newspaper clipping - 11/9/1965 - “Army engineers to open Tock’s office in December” Newspaper clipping - 11/15/1965 - “Tocks progress could turn area into ‘well-to-do slum’” - The Pocono Record Newspaper clipping - 8/31/1966 - “Planners fear ‘junkyard’ near Tocks Island” - The Star-Ledger Newspaper clipping - 11/6/1965 - “River Basin unit plan 2-day parley at Buck Hill” Newspaper clipping - 7/22/1966 - “Developers Drive Up Price of Land Picked For New National Parks” - Wall Street Journal Correspondence - 1/29/1965 - From: Michael Mordkin - discusses bill introduced by Mr. Saylor in the House of Representatives - handwritten notes Correspondence - 6/10/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Ronald F. Lee - discusses tenure of home owners living within proposed Tocks Island National Recreation Area Correspondence - 5/17/1965 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Ronald F. Lee - discusses questions regarding proposed Delaware Valley National Recreation Area Official document - June 7 - discusses answers to questions regarding proposed Delaware Valley National Recreation Area Official document - 6/22/1966 - Land Acquisition Meeting Notes

Dates

  • Creation: 8/20/1961 - 4/25/1967

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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