Letter to Taylor from Leverett, April 26, 1924

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 17

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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: April 26, 1924

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 have read the paper by Mr. Cook on the glacial geology of eastern NY. Cook writes as if he had cleared up the whole matter, and I presume he has convinced Dr. Clarke to think so. If so, it will do no good to write Clarke a derisive letter. Rather you should point out your own evidence that the birder features of the receding ice are recognizable to a person educated to see them. I am getting sdome quartzites from the Big Sandy and Little Sandy valleys in eastern KY that occur in high-level gravels; the State Geologist thinks these did not come from the Blue Ridge but are likely to be from Canada. These are in Lawrence and Elliott Counties, well S of the Ohio River, and still further S of the supposed southern limits of glaciation. I have the prospect of some very interesting work in that region.