Letter to Taylor from Leverett, March 1, 1921

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14

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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 1, 1921

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

Mrs. L left her purse and checkbook here so I inclose checks for her use. She can buy a pocketbook in Fort Wayne. The mail service is so poor on packages; she sent me some handkerchiefs to me in Cleveland last summer and it took a week to arrive. Write me as soon as possible with the citation where you used Lake Duluth instead of Upham's Western Superior Glacial Lake. I have found the name on your map in your "Short History of the Great Lakes" in Dryer's Studies but no further discussion. Will you come to the Michigan Academy meetings at the end of the month? I will give a paper on the Pleistocene history of the Mississippi River and would like to discuss it with you. How far has the mouth of the river has extended southward in the last million years or so of the Pleistocene? I think the lengthening of the stream may partially account for it flowing at a higher level than the preglacial rock floor in its middle course. Do you know where to find a survey of the rapids near Keokuk? The Mississippi River Commission may have made one before the canal was built from Montrose to Keokuk, but I have not been able to find it. Mrs L anticipates a fine time with you folks and would like to stay longer but it is hard for Mrs. Dibble to run things for more than 3-4 days, so we shall look for her back at the end of the week.