Folder 2, 6/1/1965 - 5/7/1981
Scope and Contents
- Newspaper clipping - 8/17/1972 - “At stake at Tocks” and “Nuclear power role for Tocks disputed” - Philadelphia Bulletin - Correspondence - 6/3/1969 - From: Howard H. Mills, To: Allen Ellender - details economic objections to the Tocks Island Project - Newspaper clipping - 8/26/1974 - “Archaeological dig yields several finds” - The Pocono Record - Official document - transcription of Nancy Shukaitis’ statement before the Senate Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation regarding Wild and Scenic River Designation for the Delaware River and attached postcard with a picture of the Delaware River Valley - Official document - 5/5/1978 - personal comments by Nancy Shukaitis before the Senate Committee on Parks and Recreation detailing the Four-County Task Force and their opposition to the Tocks Island Project - Correspondence - 7/24/1975 - From: Sherman W. Tribbitt, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for letter regarding land acquisition for the Tocks Island Project and forwards her letter to Delaware Senators because the issue is on a federal level - Correspondence - 12/8/1977 - From: Brendan T. Byrne, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for her congratulations and detailed further efforts on the Wild and Scenic River designation of the Delaware River - Correspondence - 5/16/1972 - From: William T. Cahill, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for her letter in opposition to the Tocks Island Project and Governor Cahill details an environmental review is necessary - Correspondence - 5/8/1972 - From: Pike County Commissioners, To: Joe Evins - details appropriations for the Tocks Island Project and urges against the project - Correspondence - 7/10/1972 - From: Leo M. Eisel, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details recent floods and the plan for flood control - attached official document - “Agnes Spawned Floods, Should She Now Spawn More Dams?” - report by Leo M. Eisel regarding the effects of flooding and what dams would do in terms of flood control - Correspondence - 2/19/1985 - From: John Heinz, To: Joseph Shukaitis - details the use of nutrition for cancer prevention and treatment and the campaign by the American Cancer Society - Newspaper clipping - 5/28/1968 - “Tocks Island Study Receives $71,660 Grant” - The Express - Newspaper clipping - “Still taxable” - Newsletter - “Pocono Mountain Audubon Chapter Newsletter” - Vol. 5, No. 6 December 1983 - Pocono Mountain Audubon Society - Newspaper clipping - 7/1969 - “The Public Be Damned” - Playboy Magazine - Official document - 2/1971 - report by the North Jersey Group Sierra Club detailing the Tocks Island Project background, flood control, recreation, water resources, finances, and other issues - Official document - “Water Resources Conference: List of Expected Attendees” - list of expected attendees to the water resources conference at Buck Hill Inn, Buck Hill Falls, PA on October 16 and 17, 1972 - Official document - 10/5/1981 - summary of the testimony of the Economic Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania at the 10/5/1981 public hearing of the Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition on Rural Water Needs - Newsletter - “Technology Transfer from State Water Resources Institutes - Vol. 5, No 4 November 1980 - Water Research in Action - Newspaper clipping - 10/18/1974 - “Sewerage systems are being built too big, causing high costs and undesirable growth” - Free Press - Newspaper clipping - 7/2/1978 - “Amendment may revive Tocks project” - Monroe County Sunday Herald - Official document - details the statement by Congressman John G. Dow that he has withdrawn support for the Tocks Island Project and details his specific objections - Official document - 6/22/1978 - letter to the House of Representatives form the four-County Task Force eld by Nancy Shukaitis regarding the Wild and Scenic River Designation for the Middle Delaware River - Official document - 5/12/1978 - agenda for the Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meeting - Newspaper clipping - 7/3/1978 - “Hearing set on controversial scenic Delaware plan” - The Pocono Record - Newspaper clipping - 9/23/1974 - “Shapp administration ‘corrupt,’ Scott charges” - The Pocono Record - attached note - invitation to a reception for High Scott in appreciation of his service on 9/21/1974 - Official document - 5/8/1978 - notice to members of the Four-County Task force on Tocks Island Dam of the next meeting on 5/12/1978 - attached official document - 3/10/1978 - minutes of last Four-County Task Force meeting held on 3/10/1978 - attached official document - notice of the canoe trip on the Delaware River on 5/14/1978 - Newspaper clipping - 5/14/1978 - “You’ve only seen the beginning of school closings” - Philadelphia Inquirer - Official document - 5/2/1978 - details next meeting of the Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam on 5/12/1978, including proposed bylaws and other items of interest for the meeting - attached official document - 2/28/1973 - transcript of testimonies at the Public Hearing of the Delaware River Basin Commission - Official document - 12/9/1977 - details next meeting of the Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam on 12/9/1977 and items of interest for the meeting - Official document - “By-laws of the Four-County Task Force on the Tocks Island Dam Project” - details bylaws of the Task Force, including the name, purposes, membership, etc. - Official document - 6/1/1965 - “Tocks Island Regional Advisory Council Agreement” - final draft of agreement between Orange, Warren, Sussex, Monroe, Pike, and Northampton counties establishing the Tocks Island Regional Advisory Council and detailing efforts against the Tocks Island Project - Official document - “Draft: General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Delaware Water gap National Recreation Area” - details general management plan for the Tocks Island recreation area and its effects on the surrounding area - Official document - 12/18/1980 - “Comprehensive Water Quality Management Plan, Upper Delaware Area” - details plan for water quality management in Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties - Newspaper clipping - 3/10/1978 - “Tocks: Basin Commission cites three more problems” - Official document - 5/15/1981 - agenda of meeting of the Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam - Correspondence - 4/14/1981 - From: Dirk C. Hofman, To: Nancy Shukaitis - acknowledges Shukaitis’ letter and details importance of the matter - Correspondence - 4/9/1981 - From: Jerry Fitzgerald English, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for a letter regarding the current water drought and the efforts by Dought Coordinator Paul H. Arbesman - Correspondence - 4/22/1981 - From: Russell C. Mt. Pleasant, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details New York’s considerations regarding Shukaitis’ letter regarding the Pt. Pleasant Project - Correspondence - 3/2/1981 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Gerald Hansler - discusses water resource issues at the Delaware River, specifically the pumping station by Philadelphia Electric Company - Newspaper clipping - 3/13/1981 - “So there’s water to drink: Regulations are everywhere on control of supply and its use” - Official document - “Why You Should Oppose the Project” - booklet pushing against the construction of the Tocks Island dam - Environmentally Greenwich Against the Dam - Handwritten letter - 3/27/1981 - To: Nancy Shukaitis - gives sympathy for Shukaitis’ father’s death and congratulates her on her efforts with the Delaware River Basin Commission - Official document - details a comprehensive list of alternates to the construction of Trexler Dam and includes management of water resources in those alternates - Northwestern Lehigh Citizens Coalition - Official document - 5/7/1981 - reminder of the Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island dam meeting on 5/15/1981 and details the agenda - Official document - 2/20/1981 - draft minutes of the Four-County Task Force meeting on 2/20/1981 - 2 copies - Correspondence - 3/2/1981 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Amos Hawkins - answers questions brought up at the Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meeting - attached correspondence - 1/15/1981 - From: James W. Dyer, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for her input regarding the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and details the Appropriations bill for the Zion Lutheran Church - Official document - 11/10/1980 - details upcoming Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meetings on 11/17/1980 and 11/21/1980 - Official document - 10/2/1980 - details review process for the General management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Delaware Water Gap national Recreation Area by the National Park Service - Correspondence - 11/6/1980 - From: Carl R. Kindred, To: DWGNRA Planning Team - details comments and suggestions on the Draft General management Plan for development of the Delaware Water Gap National recreation Area - Official document - 9/9/1977 - agenda for the Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meeting on 9/9/1977 - Official document - 9/1/1977 - details enclosed minutes of previous Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meeting and details the next meeting on 9/9/1977 - attached handwritten note - hand drawn map of Routes 209 and 6 in Milford, PA - Official document - 10/14/1977 - handwritten agenda of Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meeting - 2 copies - Official document - 8/12/1977 - agenda of Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meeting - Official document - 8/5/1977 - details attached minutes and next Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meeting on 8/12/1977 and items of interest - attached newspaper clipping - “200,000 Jobs To Be Created By New ‘CCC’” - Correspondence - 5/31/1979 - From: Centa T. Quinn, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details appointment of Carson O. Helfrich, Planning Coordinator for the Pike County Planning Commission - Correspondence - 6/21/1978 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Cecil Andrus, Brendan Byrne, Hugh Carey, Pierre Dupont, Milton Shapp - gives support for designating the Delaware River as a part of Wild and Scenic Rivers System - Correspondence - 11/30/1977 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Carl - asks for review of the enclosed bylaws and memorandum of the Four-County Task Force and investments by the Pocono Mountains Industries - Newspaper clipping - 3/10/1978 - “Tocks: Checkerboard Park?” - The Morning Call - Correspondence - 9/1/1977 - From: Robert E. Copeland, Roy F. Weston, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details conference on October 16-18, 1977 regarding water resources and land planning at Pocono Manor Inn and Golf club - attached official document - program of the conference 10/16 through 10/18/1977 at Pocono Manor Inn and Golf Club - Official document - 9/9/1977 - agenda for Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam meeting and includes various attached documents relating to the Delaware River Basin - attached picture - map of Delaware River Basin and Service Area - Official document - list of the dates and locations of regular meetings of the Four-County Task Force on Tocks Island Dam in 1977 - attached handwritten letter - 1/5/1977 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Sussex County Department of Finance - details check of $14.25 for stationery - attached correspondence - 12/23/1976 - From: Morris R. Wilson, To: Nancy Shukaitis - details approval of the $14.25 for stationery and includes other attached documents regarding the payment to the printer for stationery - Newspaper clipping - 8/2/1974 - “Senate limits endorsement to $1.5 million Tocks study” - The Pocono Record - Correspondence - 5/24/1983 - From: Nancy Shukaitis - asks for more information and data on river basin systems in the US and how they operate to compile alternatives to the Tocks Island Project - Newspaper clipping - 5/9/1978 - “River bill is revised” - 2 copies - Official document - notice of public hearing by the Delaware River Basin Commission on 6/26/1974 on amendments to the Comprehensive Plan, including the agenda for the hearing - Correspondence - 11/4/1974 - From: Howard J. Grossman, To: James L. Kelly - details proposed establishment of an advisory council to the study by the US Army Corps of Engineers - Official document - 10/24/1974 - resolution for the establishment of an advisory council for the Tocks Island Project Feasibility Study - Correspondence - 11/11/1974 - From: Gabrielle Ramsauer, To: Nancy Shukaitis - thanks Shukaitis for copy of her testimony and details her included statement regarding a request for the establishment of a study advisory council - Correspondence - 11/26/1971 - From: D. M. Skean, To: Ron Wingerter - details permeability testing at the proposed landfill site in Warren county, NJ - attached official document - “Specification for Test Boring for Landfills” - details how to take tests to determine the safety of a proposed landfill - Official document - notice of public hearing by the Delaware River Basin Commission on 2/22/1972 regarding the Tocks Island Regional Environmental Study and waste management in the Tocks Island region - 2 copies - Official document - transcript of Nancy Shukaitis’ statement on the proposal for Wild and Scenic River Designation for the Delaware River - Handwritten note - 7/16/1976 - notes on the Task Force and several items of discussion, likely meeting minutes
Dates
- Creation: 6/1/1965 - 5/7/1981
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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