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Borrador para la formacion del vocabulario de lengua Kiché / Manuel G. Elgueta, 1900

 Item — Box: 57, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 22
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 Quiché source materials

Carl Sapper field notes on the Chortí vocabulary, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 42, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains Sapper's field notes on the Chortí vocabulary. Contains also two letter-size sheets which contain an index to the words in the list.

Dates: approximately 1898-1940
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 Chortí source materials

Fred Baker notebook with Mam vocabulary, 1875-1876

 Item — Box: 44, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains a small notebook belonging to Fred Baker containing 40 pages of expense logs and five pages of Spanish-Mam vocabulary.

Dates: 1875-1876
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

Primera parte de el tesoro de las lenguas cakchiquel, quiche, y tzutuhil en que las dichas lenguas se traducen en la nuestra española / compuesto por el R. P. F. Francisco Ximenez del Sagrado Orden de Predicadores, cura doctrinero por el Real Patronato del pueblo de Santo Tomas Chichicastenango quien lo dedica y consagra ala mas hermosa flor del campo, mas fragrante rosa de las orillas del agua y mas candida azuzena de los valles la V.S.S. Maria Señora n. debaxo del tilo del valle cuya milagrosa imagen esta en el convento de S. Geronimo extra muros de la ciudad de Ezija mi patria a los margenes de surio genil, 1710

 Item — Box: 58, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 22
Scope and Contents

Item appears to be Gates' notes on Ximenez's work.

Dates: 1710
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 Quiché source materials

Spanish-Maya vocabulary practice phrases, approximately 1521-1940

 Item — Box: 48, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents

Item appears to contain practice phrases and translations, with most of the vocabulary dealing with governmental functions and functionaries/

Dates: approximately 1521-1940
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 Maya source materials

William Gates analysis of the Chilam Balam of Chumayel and of Kaua, Cartas Mayas de 1847, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains bound and unbound analysis and description of the 13 Ahuaes of the Chilam Balam of Chumayel compared with the Chilam Balam of Kaua. Also found in the bound volume are transcriptions of "Cartas Mayas de 1847."

Dates: approximately 1898-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates research notes / William Gates research notes

William Gates chart of day names in Mesoamerican languages, 1933

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a comparative chart of the day names in Maya, Quiché, Pokonchi, Aztec, and Zapotec with English language translation. See also Gates' notebook in Box 13 folder 1. Also contains an unrelated typed document titled "Outline of Maya History."

Dates: 1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates research notes / William Gates Mesoamerican astrology and calendric studies

William Gates cutouts from Quiché and Cakchiquel to Spanish dictionaries, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 61, Folder: 3-4
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains strips cut from various dictionaries ready to be pasted.

Dates: approximately 1898-1940
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 Cakchiquel source materials

William Gates early drafts of Maya grammar, 1898-1940

 Item — Box: 24, Folder: 7-8
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains typed notes on Maya grammar.

Dates: 1898-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / Maya Society records / Maya Society draft materials for publication no. 13

William Gates early vocabulary notes, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 File 9
Scope and Contents

Contains a notebook on Mayan vocabulary from early in Gates' career.

Dates: approximately 1898-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates research notes / William Gates Mesoamerican language studies

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