Letter to Taylor from Leverett, November 12, 1912

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 5

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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 12, 1912

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

Have you finished field work and are in wainter quarters yet? I am still plugging away here in Minnesota and won't get home until the ned of next week. I will only be there for a month or so, and will spend January and February in Washington. I return to Ann Arbor in March to give lectures at the University. Mrs. Leverett will go with me to Washington, and we will let Lloyd & Eleanor run the house. I had an interesting field season, and worked out the waterlaid moraines in the bed of Lake Agassiz as far N as Fargo. I determined the limits of the Milner(?) stage and its outlet running S from Hankinson ND SW end of Lake Louise. After studying the old drift in eastern SD and SW MN, I find it to be Kansan. The moraine on the E edge looks old for Wisconsin but may be a contemporary of the Shelbyville. The inter moraine of the James River is very fresh looking, as is the 2nd moraine of the Des Moines lobe. This the moraine Upham calls the First or Altamont, but it does not run through Altamont; it goes between Goodwin and Kranzburg. The Altamont moraine that goes through Altamont goes much further E in MN, passing into IA on W side of Des Moines River S outh Jackson, MN. I did get some good data on beach deformation in Red River Basin that may show the influence of ice weighting. I need to finish working it out. I intend to keep urging the early publication of our monograph. I made arrangements with Dean Woods at University of Minnesota to make a soil map of MN. It will take another year to complete the field work in this state. The Dean and Prof. Emmons will furnish assistanrs to help me. Write me in Ann Arbor and let me know how you are and what you are doing.