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This article describes a meeting of the Roosevelt Highway Association (held in Wellsboro, PA) attended by Dr. E. H. McCleery. Officers were re-elected at this meeting and discussion topics included advertising and the extension of Route 6. Partial text of the article is quoted below.
Date: October 17, 1931

This article reports that in February, Jack Lynch will move the wolves to a site near the Olympic National Park in Washington. He had been considering a move for the past few years because planned highway changes will diminish tourism potential, and meat for the wolves has been difficult to obtain.…
Date: January 17, 1972

Many companies offered their appreciation for and well-wishes to Dr. E. H. McCleery and Jack Lynch in this special edition of the Kane Republican. This advertisement by the Kane View Motel honors Dr. McCleery for his contribution to local tourism and for saving the lobo wolves, and expresses…
Date: February 20, 1962

This article profiles Jack Lynch (54 years old), the keeper of the last of the lobo wolves, of which he currently owns 72. He has an additional 26 wolves of five other subspecies. Lynch describes the lobo subspecies as Canis lupus nubilus, whose historic range overlapped with Canis lupus irremotus,…
Date: November 5, 1979

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This photograph depicts two wolves in separate pens at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located within the town limits of Kane, PA. The house in the distance on the left side of the photo looks like the Jones' house. This photograph is included in the photo album of Margaret R. Jones and is captioned…
Date: Between 1921 and 1924

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This photograph depicts Jack and Marjorie Lynch's male Malamute dog named Kim in a house, looking out a window.
Date: Probably 1962

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This back-lit sign displays four photographs depicting the Kinzua Dam, Lobo Wolves, Rimrock Overlook, and Kinzua Bridge. The lobo wolves photograph depicts two wolves in a pen at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.

This sign is one of a kind and was created for…
Date: Around 1964

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This photograph depicts Lady Silver, the wolf in the 1922 silent film "Brawn of the North." The 1926 Kane High School Yearbook (the Hurri-Kane) claimed that this wolf was from Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf pack, but she was probably never owned by Dr. McCleery; she was, however, related to some of the…
Date: November 25, 1922

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This lamp hung at the lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This article describes the lobo wolf, the war against it by the United States and Canada, its former range, the origin of its name, quotes Stanley P. Young's book, etc. My copy of this article is cut off, so I will finish the description when I view the item again.
Date: February 20, 1962

This article describes Dr. McCleery's pack of the last of the lobo wolves, of which he usually maintains about 60. An anecdote is given of Dr. McCleery's interaction with wolves about 30 years previous. He was traveling the West and observed a pair of wolf pups devour animal bones without…
Date: August 1939

An introduction to the special edition of the Kane Republican which honors Dr. E. H. McCleery's work with wolves. Dr. McCleery's wolf pack became famous, attracted many notable people to the area, and boosted the reputation of Kane, PA. The article provides information about wolves, Dr. McCleery's…
Date: February 20, 1962

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This photograph depicts Leora Hoge (then 10 years old) holding a six-month-old wolf pup named Wendy at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Another person's hand can be seen holding the wolf pup as well.
Date: August 1968

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This photograph depicts Leora Hoge (then 10 years old) holding a six-month-old wolf pup named Wendy at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA.
Date: August 1968

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This photograph depicts Leora Hoge (then 10 years old) under the stone archway at Jack Lynch's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A sign stands in front of the arch which reads "NO POLAROIDS, NO RECORDING, NO PETS." The ticket booth is visible behind the arch, on…
Date: August 1968

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This photograph depicts Leora Hoge (then 10 years old) standing in front of Jack and Marjorie Lynch's trailer on the lobo wolf park property, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The Lynches' Chevrolet pickup truck is also visible. The truck has an image of a howling wolf on the door…
Date: August 1968

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This photograph depicts Leora Hoge (then 10 years old) holding a cat and standing next to Jack and Marjorie Lynch's Chevrolet pickup truck on the lobo wolf park property, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The truck has an image of a howling wolf on the door and reads "Lobo Wolf…
Date: August 1968

Letter from Dr. E. H. McCleery to John L. Cliff, editor of the Kane Republican newspaper, in which Dr. McCleery requests that Cliff hold off on publishing a recently-drafted article about the sale of his wolves until such a sale is certain, and offers to pay for the involved expense. Dr. McCleery…
Date: July 20, 1959

Letter from Emerson Carney (Manager of the West Virginia University Book Store in Morgantown, WV) to Dr. E. H. McCleery. Carney expresses fascination with the wolves, praises Dr. McCleery for the work he has done, and states that he expects to return to see the wolves again the following summer with…
Date: December 29, 1932

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Letter from Harold M. Anderson of The Sun newspaper to Graydon F. Smart of the Kane Republican newspaper regarding the collection of affidavits pertaining to Dr. McCleery's wolves. Full text of the letter is quoted below.
Date: January 22, 1932