Letter to Taylor from Leverett, February 9, 1914

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 7

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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: February 9, 1914

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

After I finish work tomorrow at the Survey, Mrs. Leverett & I will start for Louisiana tomorrow night, stopping at Knoxville, Chattanooga and Vicksburg. We may reach our destination Mooringsport, LA, at the end of the week and return to Ann Arbor the last of the month, hoping to stop and see you and Mrs. Taylor on the way back. The Committee raised a question about the name "Index Moraine" in our Monograph. Since "Index" no longer has a postoffice and the name does not appear on any Michigan map, I wonder if we should not call it the Deanville moraine since it runs past Deanville, and that town is on the map. I took the liberty of changing it on the manuscript, but if you do not approve of the name or would prefer some other name, we can change it on the proof. All of the other names were formally accepted by the Committee, and the manuscript should go to the Editor tomorrow, and the illustrations to Ridgeway. The Committee also recommended a table of moraines in their proper time sequence to the several lobes. I did this and it makes a good addition to the manuscript. The Committee also recommended a separate moraine map in black and white with moraine areas stippled to cover both IN and MI. Our glacial maps are so full of detail, it is hard to see the moraines clearly. This map will remedy that defect. I will finish that map tomorrow. I know of nothing more that will hinder our Monograph from going to the printer within a few days.