Letter to Taylor from Leverett, April 19, 1918
Scope and Contents
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: April 19, 1918
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
General
Rec'd your telegram at Lawrenceburg. If you had joined me, you would have been disappointed for the deposits we wished to see were underwater, for the Ohio stood 26' above low water level. Mr. Billups has enlisted in the army and is now in Corpus Christi so I did not get the benefit of his knowledge. George Sadler is his successor in the motor boat business. He told me where the blue mud shows under the gravel but it can be seen only at low water. It is likely this fossiliferous silt is pre-Wisconsin, although it may be older. That will depend on whether the Illinoian gravel which partly filled the Ohio Valley was graded up by the Wisconsin stage. Mr. Sadler's description seems to show no till above the blue mud. Perhaps one of us can come back to Lawrenceburg at a low water stage? I am going this PM to Cave City to visit Mammoth Cave tomorrow. Wish you were here to join me.
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository