Maya Society
administrative history
Citation:
NIC files (hdg.: Maya Society; imprint: Maya Society, at the Johns Hopkins University)LC in RLIN, 8-10-86 (hdg.: Maya Society)
Checklist of Mesoamerican manuscripts, 2003 (Maya Society; est. 1920 in Auburn Hill, Va. by William Gates; dedicated to collection and dissemination of information on Maya languages and culture; published more than twenty publications)
The Maya Society and its work, 1937: p. 3 (est. July 21, 1930 in Washington, D.C.; dedicated to promotion of knowledge and understanding of Indian races of Middle America, past and present, especially the Maya people and their country; publishing and research on topic)
Found in 122 Collections and/or Records:
William Gates photographic negatives, approximately 1898-1940
Contains photographic negatives of people, places, and objects associated with Gates' travel in Latin America.
William Gates photographs, approximately 1940
Contains photographs of various people, buildings, documents, and other items.
William Gates photographs from Handbook of North American Indians, approximately 1898-1940
Contains photographs of various North American Indians.
William Gates photographs of Mexico and Central America, approximately 1860-1940
Contains photographs of people, places, and objects from Mexico and Central America.
William Gates photographs of Peru and Ecuador, 1860-1930
Contains stereographs and photographs of people, places, and objects from Peru and Ecuador.
William Gates photographs, postcards, and other material, approximately 1860-1960
Collection includes photographs, postcards, stereographs, tintypes, glass negatives and positives, lantern slides, and negatives. Includes images of South American archaeological sites and peoples, some of which were taken by E. & H. Anthony.
William Gates photographs unrelated to Latin America, approximately 1898-1940
Contains photographs and postcards taken in various places in North America and Europe.
William Gates printed matter, 1898-1940
Contains materials both relating to Gates' studies of Mesoamerica as well as other non-Mesoamerican interests, such as documents related to the Congress of Americanists and the American Indian Defense Association. Materials span Gate's entire 1898 to 1940 academic career.
William Gates research notes, 1898-1940
Contains Gates' research notes, produced both in the field (Southern Mexico and Guatemala) and in Baltimore and California, between the years 1898 and 1940, on various codices, early Mesoamerican vocabularies and grammatical studies, as well as astrological and calindrical studies. Many of the notes are in organized into lengthy charts and tables.
William Gates research notes, 1898-1940
Contains notes in the form of notebooks and typescripts, compiled by Gates between the years 1898 and 1940, on both Mesoamerican and non-Mesoamerican languages, as well as geographical notes and calindrical studies.