Letter to Taylor from Leverett, April 2, 1926
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 2, 1926
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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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
Your MS and lantern slides came at noon yesterday but we had a luncheon for the geology section at the Union so I did not come home for dinner. Mrs. L did not know it was important to get the MS to me so I did not find it until after the geology section had completed its program. Mrs. L thought the program would continue through today. I am sorry it missed connections this way. I will hold the MS a few days to let Scott and others read it before returning it to you, but I will send the lantern slides back by express as soon as I can get to the express office. I do not know who is responsible for you being announced as a member of the USGS, but I am sure I had no part in it. I presume the Secretary, Mr. Dice, assumed you were still with USGS. I will speak to him about it, and show him that it is aggravating to you to be thus misrepresented. I am anxious to hear what evidence you have for recurrent depression and resilience in the Great Lakes region in the paper you have not yet written. I am not aware of any features that might bear such an interpretation, nor do I see any reason for such an interpretation, except for the one depression due to ice weighting and the one resilience due to relief from the ice load. Perhaps you can give me an outline of your thoughts when you write again. I am sorry to hear that your health is so poor, and I hope you are getting back to normal. I have an aggravating cough and have had a couple "colds" that made it worse, but I have been able to keep working. I plan to go to Philadelphia and Washington at the end of the month for the meetings of the American Philosophical Society and the National Academy of Sciences. Yours with best wishes.
Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository