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William Gates collection of Chortí source materials, 1892-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscripts, notes, and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Chortí language.

Dates: 1892-1940

William Gates collection of Maya source materials, 1550-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents

Contains numerous photocopies, manuscripts, notes, and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Maya language.

Dates: 1550-1940

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

William Gates lists of ailments and recipes for remedies from the Sotuta Manuscripts, approximately 1898-1940

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 19 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains lists of ailments and recipes for remedies in the Sotuta manuscripts.

Dates: approximately 1898-1940

William Gates medicinal recipes from an unidentified source, approximately 1920-1940

 File — Box: 30, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 19 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains two medicinal recipes from an unidentified source.

Dates: approximately 1920-1940

William Gates writings on the Middle American Research Institute, approximately 1922-1924

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains notes, reports, and other materials related to Gates' work with the Department of Middle American Research at Tulane University. Includes information on the history and archaeology of Guatemala, as well as to the contemporary situation in the region. Most prevalent are documents relating to Tulane's 1925 agricultural survey of the Southern Mexican state of Tabasco. Materials date from between approximately 1920 and 1926.

Dates: approximately 1922-1924