Letter to Taylor from Leverett, August 11, 1916

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 9

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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: August 11, 1916

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

From Yellowstone Park. We are just leaving Yellowstone PArk tonight for Minneapolis and will be back in Ann Arbor about August 20. We will be glad to hear about what you have been doing while we were away. We spent 3 weeks in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, and I think I found a correlative for the Wisconsin, Iowan and Kansan drifts there. We visited the Grand Canyon of the Colorado and the Petrified Forest of Arizona on our way to the Coast. We visited many points on the coast from San Diego to Tacoma, including side trips to Yosemite and Mt. Rainier. Yosemite seems to have Illinoian moraines as well as Wisconsin. In Washington, I made certain of an old drift SE of Spokane; it seems as old as the Kansan and is badly eroded and deeply weathered. The "Admiralty Till" of Puget Sound seems as old as the Kansan and the peat beds over it have partially changed to lignite. We spent a wonderful week in Yellowstone. Yellowstone and Yosemite went beyond our expectations, but the Grand Canyon did not come up to expectation. I expect to do "odds and ends" of field work in IL, IA, WI and MN for the remainder of the season, with the State Surveys bearing my field expenses. I paid my own expenses on this western trip, in addition to giving up a month's salary, but I feel well repaid. Hoping to hear from you soon, and that you are both well and happy.