Maya Society
Organization
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 2 Collections and/or Records:
William Gates papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 279
Scope and Contents
Containts transcripts, printers' proofs, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, personal correspondence, 44 original manuscripts, imprints, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, notes, memoranda, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type. Many of the items are reproductions. The materials relate to the languages history and archaeology of the Indian peoples of Central...
Dates:
1524-1947
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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William Gates papers
William Gates collection of Mixe source materials, 1870-1901
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 15
Scope and Contents
Contains a photocopy and a letter, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Mixe language.
Dates:
1870-1901