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 38 Collections and/or Records:
William Gates collection of Nahuatl texts, 1521-1940
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 16
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies, typescripts, and manuscripts from Gates' collection of texts in the Nahuatl language.
Dates:
1521-1940
William Gates collection of Opata historical texts, 1521-1940
Sub-Series — Box: 96, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 17 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies, typescripts, and manuscripts from Gates' collection of historical texts in the Opata language.
Dates:
1521-1940
William Gates collection of Opata texts, 1521-1940
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 17
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies, typescripts, and manuscripts from Gates' collection of texts in the Opata language.
Dates:
1521-1940
William Gates collection of Opata vocabularies, 1702-1775
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 17 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Contains discourses and a book that have vocabularies in Opata.
Dates:
1702-1775
William Gates collection of Otomí texts, 1507-1940
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 18
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies from Gates' collection of texts in the Otomí language.
Dates:
1507-1940
William Gates collection of Pocomam texts, 1720
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 19
Scope and Contents
Contains a photocopy and a typescript from Gates' collection of texts in the Pocomam language.
Dates:
1720
William Gates collection of Pocomchi texts, 1521-1940
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 20
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies and typescripts from Gates' collection of texts in Pocomchí.
Dates:
1521-1940
William Gates collection of Spanish texts, 1521-1940
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 22
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies and a typescript from Gates' collection of texts in the Spanish language.
Dates:
1521-1940
William Gates collection of Tarascan texts, 1521-1940
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 23
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies of Christian-related texts from Gates' collection of Tarascan texts.
Dates:
1521-1940
William Gates collection of texts in native languages, 1521-1940
Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9
Scope and Contents
Contains photocopies, typescripts, manuscripts, and notes of texts collected by Gates in various Mesoamerican languages.
Dates:
1521-1940