Letter to Taylor from Leverett, December 16, 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: December 16, 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

I was very glad to receive your letter from Toronto, and trust you are back home now. You are not listed for a paper on the GSA program. I was hoping to see you in New Haven because I am not attending the Cleveland meeting. I will leave my baggage in Washington before going up to New Haven for the meeting. Mrs. Leverett will join me in Washington afterward. When I am in Washington, I will try to hurry up the publication of our monograph and also your Niagara Folio, as I don't think Alden has enough force to move them along. It seems something of a farce to have Alden as Chief of the Pleistocene Section; I have written to the Direcor to that effect and suggested that Alden's field be limited to the Mountain region and Alaska of the western US, and that continental drift sheet investigations be under my supervision. I have covered 10 times as much area in the continental drift region as Alden has, and a great part of the supervision of the folio work would fall to me. I just mailed to letter, but I don't expect to hear from the Director until I get to Washington. What do you think of my scheme? Perhaps you and Mrs. Taylor could run down to Washington while I am there and we could have a jolly time together. I will be back in Ann Arbor the first of March and will be here til field work begins. Best wishes to you both and to your parents.