Letter to Taylor from Leverett, May 16, 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: May 16, 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

If you are at home on May 26-28, I might go through Fort Wayne on my way to field work in southern IN. I will probably work in southern IN & OH until July 1st, and then go to KY for the rest of the season, except when I go to the British Ass'n meeting in Toronto in August. The KY Geological Survey will pay my salary and expenses for my work there. & I am to write it up for publication. by Dec. 31, which is speedier than in USGS. Did you hear that I was elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society this spring. I was very surprised as I had no thought of any likelihood of such an honor. Hobbs was elected a few years ago. I take my last trip with the class tomorrow. I had 20 this year; between lectures and field work, it is now a 2 hour course. I hope you and Mrs. T are in good health, and I hopr to see you both soon. Mrs. L is at a Women's Alliance meeting so I assume she sends greetings to you both too. P.S. Mrs. L is going to Denmark right after May Festival is over. She wants to be there before hot weather sets in, as she is more comfortable here in the hot weather.