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Composition book : arte breve y compendiosa de la lengua Pocomchi de la provincia de la verapaz / compuesto y ordenado por el venerable Padre Fray Dionysio de Zúñiga, para los principiantes que comienzan a aprender ; traducido en la lengua Pocomam de amatitlan por el padre Fray Pedro Moran, quien lo empeco a escribir en este convento de N. Padre Santo Domingo de Guatemala, 1720

 File — Box: 52, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 19
Scope and Contents

Contains an unbound typescript of Gates' English translation of Moran and a notebook relating to the translation.

Dates: 1720
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 Pocomam source materials

Dialecto Pocomame de Jilotepeque, dialecto de Camotán / Ruano Suárez, 1892

 Item — Box: 42, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Dates: 1892
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 Chortí source materials

Doctrina en Kekchi, 1905 February 17

 Item — Box: 72, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains Christian doctrines in Kekchi, including "El Todo Fiel Cristiano," "El Padre Nuestro,"El Ave Maria," "El Credo," "La Salve," "Los Mandamientos de la Ley de Dios," "Los Mandamientos de la Santa Madre Yglesia," "Los Sacramentos de la Yglesia," "Acto de Contricion," "Los Articulos de la Fé," "Las Obras de Misericordia," "Preguntas del Misterio de la Santisima Trinidad," "La Confecion General," and "El Bendito."

Dates: 1905 February 17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages / William Gates collection of Kekchí texts

Doctrina en Kekchi, 1915

 Item — Box: 72, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains various doctrines in the Kekchi language, concluding with the note: "The above is from a Doctrina in the Brinton collection; original in the Archivo at Coban, "parece copia de obra antigua." Copy made by Adela Breton in 1915. WG-3/30/30."

Dates: 1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages / William Gates collection of Kekchí texts

Exercise folio : Buenaventura I-III : Arte de la lengua Maya / compuesto por el R. P. Fr. Gabriel de San Buenaventura, Predicador, y difinidor habitual de la Provincia de San Joseph de Yucathan del Orden de N.P.S. Francisco, 1684

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents

Contains three notebooks containing Gates' translation of Buenaventura.

Dates: 1684
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 Maya source materials

Instruccion de tiñir anil y tinta / Hipolito F. Hernandez, 1836

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 17 Sub-Series 2 Item 1
Dates: 1836
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages / William Gates collection of Opata texts / William Gates collection of Opata historical texts

John Harrington phonetic transcriptions of Cipriano Alvarado study, 1920-1930

 Item — Box: 56, Folder: 1, 5
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1920-1930
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates personalia / William Gates papers on Ciprano Alvarado

Legend of the sun and moon goddess recited by the old Quicchí healers, approximately 1521-1900

 Item — Box: 72, Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains Kekchí text with translation in English.

Dates: approximately 1521-1900
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages / William Gates collection of Kekchí texts

Libro del Judio incomplete typescripts, 1832

 File — Box: 76, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 11 Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1832
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages / William Gates collection of Maya texts / William Gates collection of Maya codices, books of Chilam Balam, and other native texts

Mam i Español / Manuel García Elgueta, 1900

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents Contains Elgueta's 17-page manuscript and a three page typescript of a portion of Elgueta. Spanish-Mam vocabulary, compiled by Father Manuel Elgueta probably around 1900. Miscellaneous Spanish words and phrases are arranged in list format, followed by equivalents in Mam. There is also a brief Mam-Spanish word list. In addition, there are specialized Spanish-Mam vocabularies for colors, clothing, fruits, herbs, illnesses, birds of prey, types of doves, bees, wasps, flying insects and...
Dates: 1900
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 Mam source materials

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