October 9, 1958
Dear Mr. Thwaites:
Thank you for your letter of October 7th. I hope your wife will soon be recovered from the cataract operation and that she will not be too handicapped. A very close friend of mine has just gone through a second cataract operation and I know what that means.
Thank you for your letter of October 7th. I hope your wife will soon be recovered from the cataract operation and that she will not be too handicapped. A very close friend of mine has just gone through a second cataract operation and I know what that means.
Thank you for your acceptance of your appointment to the Citizens Committee. I do not know anyone who could be of greater value than you. I have given up over four-fifths of my time this summer on this project and it has given me a great deal of pleasure. Not being a geologist, although I have studied glaciers and their work considerably, I feel a reticence in speaking of the glaciers of Wisconsin . I would appreciate any corrections you make of anything I write or say. I knowingly call the last glacier the “Wisconsin ” Glacier, rather than the glacier of the “Wisconsin Glacier Period.” When I made a reconnaissance of the terminal moraines of the state I lived with your Geology of Northeastern Wisconsin and the map was always beside me. I found it of tremendous value. I wish that you could, however, sometime expand the summary statement of this small pamphlet into a larger book which would be suitable for the non-geologist. I believe that it would be of great value. The people know so little about the wonderful glacial background of Wisconsin . I am wondering whether I could have the further privilege of referring to you as “Advisor to the Citizens Committee on Geology”.
I am enclosing herewith check for Three Dollars ($3.00) for the “Outline of Glacial Geology”.
Sincerely yours,
Raymond T. Zillmer