Letter to Taylor from Leverett, November 23, 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: November 23, 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

Had a letter from Goldthwait inclosing one from you about position of ice front in UP in Algonquin time. My work this year has been on N and W sides of Driftless area in Upper Mississippi Valley --very interesting. Iowan drift protrudes in long narrow strips into loess covered tracts and may underlie and/or overlie the loess. Clearly related to the loess in time of deposition. Pre-Kansan is nearly as extensive as Kansan drift, and extends from IA to near Peoria, IL. This drift carries limestones from Manitoba. The Kansan drift carries Lake Superior "stuff" all through SE MN and NE IA, so it is a question whether it was from Keewatin or Labrador. What have you done in MI this year? We oght to push the Monograph right along now and have it ready to submit for publication early in spring. We need to get together to work on illustrations, etc. Shall I come to Fort Wayne or do you want to come here? Mrs. Leverett's mother came back with her so I have a chance to see what a motherinlaw is like. She is a nice old lady and we enjoy her company. Mrs. Leverett has a cold. Regards to you and your "better half".