Letter to Taylor from Leverett, January 19, 1906

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12

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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 19, 1906

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

Rec'd letter from J.H. Bretz, Flint H.S. teacher, asking to present a paper at the Michigan Academy on glacial features of Genesee Co. He did not want to give paper unless you were in favor of it. I wrote him that the descriptions of features in his paper seems of sufficient importance to present, but he might wish to leave the interpretations incidental not the main focus. I am chair of the Geologic Section this year and hope you will give a paper or two. If you present on the relation of moraines to the Imlay Channel, then Bretz' paper could follow yours. At the Academy we will have on joint session with the Sanitary Science section to discuss municipal water supply. May be a "pretty warm meeting". I wrote Leighton of USGS asking him to attend or send a paper on topic of pollution in Michigan streams. Vaughan, Lane, Russell & Sherzer have promised to attend. Jefferson sent a title on the influence of topography upon rainfall in the Great Lakes region. My paper will be on general results from UP. Hope you and Mrs. T. can come.