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Letter to Taylor from Leverett, June 20, 1907

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13

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 20, 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

General

Returning your maps and copies of base map; send one to Nillist to get his soil data. Chamberlin only got $9000 for the year; getting Goldthwait's work will be tight. Talked yesterday with RS Woodward of Carnegie Institute on beach tilting in Great Lakes region. He thinks the weight of the ice depressed or compressed the land underneath. Higher altitude of Maumee along NE Defiance Moraine expected. Woodward might be interested in creating a large project to investigate tilting shores of Great Lakes. Davis will be taking up Holmes investigations July 1st. Talked with Count de Montesses(?), guest of Hobbs, about the paleolithic implements found in terraces of the Somme.

Repository Details

Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository

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