Letter to Taylor from Leverett, March 17, 1920

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13

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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: March 17, 1920

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

Mr. Ehlers tells me you have submitted a title for the Academy meeting so I look forward to seeing you then. There will be a discussion of the waste sands of Michigan which Sauer has been working on. We shall be glad to have you and Mrs. T stay with us. The May Festival does not interest us this year, so we are debating about buying tickets. We have pre-Festival ticket stubs good for $3.00 for the Festival tickets, which we would give to anyone wanting to buy Festival tickets. I will be gone from the city at that time, so I would miss you if you did come up then. I go into the field in May to look for road materials for the State Highway Commission. I have just sold the house on Church Street by contract to the lady who has rented it for 3.5 years; she will pay $5800, which is $2300 more than I paid for it. I did put in another $1700 of repairs, bringing the cost up to $4000, but I am well satisfied with the price. She will make additional improvements and could get considerably more than what she will pay, as property is rising in value. I suppose you are in your new quarters by this time, but I will send this to your old address. We hope to see you locate up here before long.