Letter to Taylor from Leverett, May 10, 1915

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 8

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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: May 10, 1915

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 think it will be very satisfactory if Clarke will support the expense of the NY work even if you have to wait a year. The report you will prepare would be supplementary to Fairchild's and should appear in the same series. Mr Alden writes that he is trying to get you about one season's folio work for you this year. If you get this, the Canadian work probably should be deferred, unless the folio work miscarries. My ear trouble continues, with a unusual discharge in the fall and early winter. After an X-ray a few days ago, the doctor finds extensive necrosis of the temporal bone all through mastoid and above the middle ear. The mastoid cavities are filled with dead matter, and is so encysted now that it will not spread. I will have the opinion of Dr. Canfield ( the University specialist in ear diseases) as to whether surgery is needed. He told me he usually finds extensive necrosis of the temporal bone when the ears have been affected a long time. I am somewhat uneasy about this, and would not want to go into the field where the ear might get worse if exposed to overheating. The doctor will advise me as to what is best.