Skip to main content

Box 31

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

William Gates papers on American Indian Defense Association, approximately 1924-1940

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains numerous documents related to Gates' tenure as director of the American Indian Defense Association.

Dates: approximately 1924-1940

Archaeological Institute of America announcements and programs, 1911-1931

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains announcements and programs for meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America.

Dates: 1911-1931

International Congress of Americanists announcements and programs, 1900-1928

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains announcements and programs for meetings of the International Congress of Americanists.

Dates: 1900-1928

William Gates invitations, announcements of professional programs, and literature from various foundations, 1898-1940

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 7 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains non-Maya Society publication announcements, hotel pamphlets, a protestant missionary tract, Gates' invitation to join the College Art Association of America, International Congress of Prehistoric Anthropology and Archaeology publication from 1912, three Review of Maya-Quiche Studies publication lists, Contributions from the Museum of the American Indian, Introduction to the Cortes Society, three San Diego Museum pamphlets, Annual Report of the Maryland Academy of Sciences, 1921...
Dates: 1898-1940

William Gates photographs, newspaper clippings, and passport, 1922-1923

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains six photographs of Alvarado working with scholars, clippings from four different newspaper articles, and Cipriano Alvarado's temporary 1922 passport.

Dates: 1922-1923

William Gates strips from kymograph recordings, 1922

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 7-7A
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 7 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains numerous strips from Cipriano Alvarado's kymograph recordings.

Dates: 1922

William Gates statement on his life's work, clippings of Mayan discoveries, and agreement of 1924 materials sale, 1918-1939

 File — Box: 31, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 7 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains newsclippings for 28 newspaper articles on Mayan discoveries and American Indians. Budget for 1922 field work at Tayasal. 1921 agreement of Gates' purchase from the American Art Association. 1918 agreement of Gates' purchase of Mexican manuscripts from the Anderson Galleries. Gates' identification issued in 1920 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 1939 hand-written and typed copies of a statement by Gates on his life's work.

Dates: 1918-1939