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Letter from Jack Lynch to the editor of the Kane Republican. Lynch has enclosed a newspaper clipping regarding Ed. A. Andrews, a self-proclaimed wolf expert who visited Kane in the spring of 1979, falsely claiming to represent the Dr. E. H. McCleery Lobo Wolf Foundation and making untrue statements…

Date: January 5, 1980

Letter from Jack Lynch to the editorial staff of the Kane Republican. Lynch recently learned Edward Andrews' visit to Kane earlier this year, during which time he claimed to represent the Dr. E. H. McCleery Lobo Wolf Foundation. Andrews stole slides and tape-recordings from Lynch's home in Gardiner,…

Date: December 28, 1979

Letter to Dr. E. H. McCleery from Leonard Rue III (of Leonard Rue Enterprises, signed "Lennie Rue"), who photographed Dr. McCleery’s wolves for True Magazine. Rue tells Dr. McCleery about his friend, Fred Space, a mink farmer and owner of the largest zoo in New Jersey, who is interested in…

Date: Between 1958 and 1960

Letter from Marjorie "Margie" Lynch to the Kane Republican and the people of Kane, written on stationary from Port Angeles Motor Inn. Marjorie implores the Kane people to do all they can to bring the wolves back to Kane and expresses sorrow for moving them to Gardiner, saying she knows Jack is sorry…

Date: March 5, 1980

Letter from Oliver F. W. Cromwell VIII, a real estate broker in Yonkers, NY, to Dr. E. H. McCleery. Cromwell offers to act as a negotiator between Dr. McCleery and a potential buyer, and mentions last hearing from Dr. McCleery in 1956 at which time Dr. McCleery was not ready to sell his lobo wolves.…

Date: June 30, 1959

A letter from Richard Coleman, editor of the Kane Republican, to Jack and Mary Lynch (he got their address from their friend Jim Sirianni). Coleman mentions that each year, the Kane Republican distributes a calendar featuring a local picture to its customers. The most popular calendar featured Dr.…

Date: December 8, 1986

Letter from Rose V. Carroll, Dr. E. H. McCleery's secretary, to John L. Cliff, editor of the Kane Republican. Carroll primarily describes the national recognition the wolves have received, various sources in which stories about the wolves have appeared, and Dr. McCleery's invitation to the unveiling…

Date: January 12, 1962

This article reports that Bil Gilbert has earned his third Penney-Missouri Magazine Award. Gilbert's most recent article appears in the same issue and profiles Jack Lynch and his work with buffalo wolves. Gilbert greatly admires Lynch, and this article offers an additional anecdote from Gilbert's…

Date: November 5, 1979

A lengthy letter from Curtis J. Carley, a concerned member of the Wolf Specialist Group, to several newspaper editors regarding articles that recently appeared in their newspapers about Ed Andrews and the Wolf Country Foundation (located in Washington with plans to relocate near Fort Collins, CO).…

Date: December 28, 1979

This article showcases photos of Dr. E. H. McCleery and his wolves. Dr. McCleery expresses his feeling of accomplishment in saving the lobo wolves from extinction, as the government has saved the bison, and credits the wolves for all the honors he has received over the years. He is happy to have…

Date: February 20, 1962

This photograph depicts a light-colored wolf lying down in the grass at Jack Lynch’s lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. Rocky Holland took this photo between 1963 and 1964.

Date: Between 1963 and 1964

One of Dr. McCleery's original wolves.

Birth Date: Early 1921

Death Date: Was still alive in 1929 to be transferred to the new park^1(p.15)

This photograph depicts a wolf at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. This is an AZO postcard. The ink writing over the photograph reads, "Lobo Wolves Kane Pa. Sept. 4 - 38." The typewritten caption under the photograph reads, "Lobo Wolf at Kane Pa.…

Date: September 4, 1938

This photograph depicts a lobo wolf lying in the grass in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. The year 1952 is written on the back of the photo.

Date: 1952

This photograph depicts two wolves together in a pen with a metal "den" at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. More wolves are visible in neighboring pens. This is a postcard. The number 5108 is printed on the front of the card.

This photograph was…

Date: Between 1929 and 1972

This article reports that the lobo wolves, which are being moved from near Kane to Washington state, were in Montana last night. Jack Lynch (owner of the wolves) and John Shetler of Mt. Jewett are conducting the move of the 52 wolves and one mountain lion. They expect to reach their destination by…

Date: February 19, 1972

This is a silent 8mm film of Dr. McCleery's lobo wolves filmed by John and Virginia Darnley who lived in Heidelberg, PA. The film shows several of the wolves in their pens howling, pacing, and scratching. The year range 1941-1942 was written on the film reel.

Date: Between 1941 and 1942

This leaflet was distributed to visitors at Dr. E. H. McCleery's wolf park. It describes lobo wolves in general and their history, physical characteristics, and behavior, and provides stories about the individual wolves in each of the pens. The leaflet was updated from time to time, so different…

Date: Between 1933 and 1962

This photograph depicts two wolves in a pen at Dr. McCleery's lobo wolf park, located along Route 6 five miles east of Kane, PA. A few more wolves can be seen in the background. The photo also depicts the wolf pen gate door, wire laid on the ground at the bottom of the fence, a tree stump, and a…

Date: Between 1929 and 1941

This humorous article describes Dr. E. H. McCleery's hobby of raising a pack of lobo wolves, the history of the wolf pack (Dr. McCleery first became interested in wolves on a big game hunt before 1900 with the late J. P. Morgan), the psychology of the wolves, the culling of the wolf pack (Dr.…

Date: February/March 1950