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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 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

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 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 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 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

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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

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

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

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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

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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) 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) 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) 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

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

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

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

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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

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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 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