Letter to Taylor from Leverett, January 9, 1904

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10

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Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The correspondence series includes approximately 1100 letters written between 1892-1939. The majority of the collection are letters between Frank Leverett and Frank Bursley Taylor; they discuss their field work, Monograph 53, other publications and various related problems. There is also other correspondence with other geologists, including T.C. Chamberlin, Grove K. Gilbert, J.W. Goldthwait, H.L. Fairchild, et alia. There is extensive correspondence with the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geological Survey of Canada, and the Michigan Geological Survey. The primary subject of this series is the surficial glacial geology of the midwestern U.S. and Canada. Leverett & Taylor's work was essential for understanding how the Great Lakes were formed as the Pleistocene glaciers advanced and retreated from the midwestern states. The letters describe the 30 year process of gathering data, mapping the data and constructing the picture of glacial processes during the last Ice Age.

Dates

Creation: January 9, 1904

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

The material is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General

Glad to hear you are so much better and that you are planning to work on your Michigan results. Some field work needs to be done in spring, including Arkona in northern Huron Co., and whether Grassmere and lower Forest are the same. You should also give some attention to the lake sediments -- depth, character -- in Saginaw Basin. Singular that the sedimentation in this area so slight considering several beaches were formed. Gordon's moraine maps of Sanilac is very incomplete so you may need to redo that Co. Enclosing map of Huron Co. which you lent me; Lane has the other maps. On revising your book, it may be well to delay it for a time until your health is better and you can concentrate on it. Descriptive work, like your results in Michigan and Canada is easier to take up and put down. After talking with Schaeberle, I am impressed with difficulties authors face when engaged in speculative inquiry. Chamberlin's work is being labeled speculative and being a waste of time. Schaeberle's careful work with telescope may make more impression on the science than Chamberlin and his coterie of assistants.