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Folder 33: Mastadon, 8/20/1968 - 4/23/1999

 File — Box: 0238.25, Folder: 33
Identifier: 0238.25.33

Scope and Contents

- Bulletin - “A New Jersey Mastodon” Bulletin 6 Revised 1964 - Document - “Marshalls Creek Mastodon” with handwritten notes by Shukaitis - Correspondence - 1/26/1998 - From: Ted Daeschler, To: Nancy Shukaitis - suggesting libraries for Shukaitis to conduct research on Pleistocene mammals - Document - “ Port Kennedy Local Fauna and Flora–Daeschler, Spamer & Parris - Correspondence - 1/21/1998 - From: Elizabeth A. Hill, To: Nancy Shukaitis - providing Shukaitis a list of all Pennsylvania Pleistocene mammals cataloged in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Document - List of all Pennsylvania Pleistocene mammals cataloged in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History - Correspondence - 4/28/1995 - From: Robert M. Sullivan, To: Nancy Shukaitis - informing Shukaitis that the State Museum of Pennsylvania has no publications on the Marshalls Creek mastodon and the only publications outside of the news are several articles that he is providing - Handwritten note - questions for the William Penn Memorial Museum regarding the Marshalls Creek Mastodon with answers to these questions - Handwritten note - general information on mastodons and information on a hot spring were fossils were found - Newspaper clipping - “Day trip into history: Pennsylvania State Museum tells story of our state” from Pocono Record (1/11/1998) - Newspaper clipping - “A Closer Look” from The Fanlight - Magazine - Newsweek (4/26/1999) - Correspondence - 12/10/1997 - From: Robert M. Sullivan, To: Nancy Shukaitis - providing a list of Pleistocene fauna as he was unable to find a list of Pleistocene mammals native to Pennsylvania - Correspondence - 4/24/1995 - From: Nancy Shukaitis, To: Albert G. Mehring - requesting that the information on the Marshalls Creek Mastodon be made free as well as asking for information and images of it - Newspaper clipping - “Another first for Poconos” from Pocono Record (8/20/1968) - Newspaper clipping - “Unearthing the area’s pre-history” from Pocono Record - Newspaper printout - “Mastodon at Marshalls Creek” from Pennsylvania Game News (2/1969) - 2 copies - Photocopy - “Review and New Data on the Port Kennedy Local Fauna and Flora (Late Irvingtonian), Valley Forge National Historical Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania” - Document - Animal life found in the Minisink area - Newsletter - “At the Museum” Winter 2001-2 - Journal - “Found: A Beauty of a Beast” from Pennsylvania Heritage Volume 2 Number One (Fall 1968) - Handwritten note - individuals to contact and notes on the Pleistocene Mammals native to Pennsylvania

Dates

  • Creation: 8/20/1968 - 4/23/1999

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

Contact:
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