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Gates, William, 1863-1940

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1863 - 1940

Biographical History

William Gates (1863-1940) was an author, linguist, archaeologist, collector, publisher, museum director, and president of the Maya Society.

Citation:
His Rural education in Mexico and the Indian problem, 1935: t.p. (William Gates)

LC in RLIN, 2-26-87 (hdg.: Gates, William Edmond, 1863-1940; usage: William Gates)

Weeks, J.M. Mesoamerican ethnohistory in United States libraries, c1990: t.p. (William E. Gates) p. 9, etc. (b. 12-8-1863; grad. of Johns Hopkins Univ.; owned printing business 1887-1905; became collector of Mesoamerican historical & linguistic mss.; d. 4-24-40 in Baltimore)

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

William Gates collection of Tzotzil source materials, 1550-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 27
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source material in the Tzotzil language.

Dates: 1550-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of Mesoamerican source materials / William Gates collection of source materials on grammars and vocabularies of native languages

William Gates collection of Tzotzil texts, 1521-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 25
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies and typescripts of Christian-related texts from Gates' collecton of texts in the Tzotzil language.

Dates: 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages

William Gates collection of Tzutuhil texts, 1605-1635

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 26
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of Christian-related texts from Gates' collection of texts in the Tzutuhil language.

Dates: 1605-1635
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages

William Gates collection of unidentified texts, 1521-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 29
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies and a typescript of unidentified texts from Gates' collection of texts in native languages.

Dates: 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages

William Gates collection of Zapotec source materials, 1578-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 28
Scope and Contents

Contains a photocopies, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source material in the Zapotec language.

Dates: 1578-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of Mesoamerican source materials / William Gates collection of source materials on grammars and vocabularies of native languages

William Gates collection of Zapotec texts, 1567-1882

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 27
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies and a typescript of Christian-related texts from Gates' collection of texts in the Zapotec language.

Dates: 1567-1882
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages

William Gates collection of Zoque source materials, 1672-1733

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 29
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source material in the Zoque language.

Dates: 1672-1733
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of Mesoamerican source materials / William Gates collection of source materials on grammars and vocabularies of native languages

William Gates collection of Zoque texts, 1696-1709

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 28
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of Christian texts from Gates' collection of texts in the Zoque language.

Dates: 1696-1709
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages

William Gates collection on the Popul Vuh, 1521-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 21 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies, manuscripts, and typescripts from Gates' collection of Popul Vuh-related texts in Quiché.

Dates: 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages / William Gates collection of Quiché texts

William Gates correspondence, 1899-1947

 Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Gates and book dealers and colleagues. Most of the materials relate to Gates efforts to either sell or purchase publications for his Mesoamerican research. Materials date from between 1899 and 1947.

Dates: 1899-1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers

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