Letter to Taylor from Leverett, August 4, 1910
Scope and Contents
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: August 4, 1910
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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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
Rec'd your letter. It seems the editor will not be ready for the Monograph now, so don't feel rushed to finish. You will regret it if you do not make every subject complete. I feel your part will be of much more interest than mine. Penck's address is 48 Kuesebeckstrasse (?), Charlottenburg (?), Germany. Merrill used his transit to level highest Duluth at 1087' and we both leveled it to 1095' at a point 4 miles NE, so uplift is 1.5' per mile. The grey drift of the western lobe extends far beyond known limits and overlaps Superior drift, so there is no Lake Upham. Winchell's lake bed is a swamp. Superior lobe had shrunk and lake discharged to St. Louis River. Western lobe was as far east as Birch. We found the lowest drift on the Mesabi Range -- blue-black till with Manitoba limestone overlain by red Mesabi overlain by gray drift. The Superior Lobe seems to have never reached up to Mesabi Range.
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository