Letter to Taylor from Leverett, June 3, 1907

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13

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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: June 3, 1907

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 your letter of June 1st. I wrote Chamberlin and expect to go to Washington this week. The Pleistocene map of Ann Arbor is in my hands ready for changes and approval before going to the engraver. I can make my changes better understood if I am there in person. Perhaps you can defer your trip to Chicago and Lansing until I get back but I also can defer my trip for another week. Lane wants to talk with you about Hobbs' leveling work in UP that will continue where Goldthwait left off. Lane also wants Gregory leveling beaches between Alpena and north side of Saginaw Bay. Hobbs is very interested in block faulting on N end of Green Bay since glaciation of ledges occurred and the differential uplift seen there. These results will be useful to you for the Monograph. Goldthwait has been urging the proposed work on the eastern side of Lake Michigan; you should talk this over with him and Chamberlin. If these three lines of study are completed this summer, it will be very useful to you. Looking forward to hearing about your European trip and the proposed work. Discussion of Lake Maumee and its outlets at Fort Wayne and Imlay should be the first matter for you to write about. It could then be correlated with Lake Chicago stage unless you want to take one lake basin at a time.