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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.

Found in 4937 Collections and/or Records:

William Gates notes on the Maya alphabet, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 24: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197232491750], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains extensive typed notes on Maya grammar.

Dates: approximately 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 notes on the Maya alphabet

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S6_SS11_B24_F9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on the Pérez Codex, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 13: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491586], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains hand-written notes on the Pérez Codex. Notes contain a list of Mayan glyphs found in the codex.

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

William Gates notes on the Pérez Codex

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS2_B13_F9
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on the school of antiquity, 1915

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains notes on the School of Antiquity, including notes related to lecture schedules, school members, and other administrative notes.

Dates: 1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates institutional affiliations / William Gates writings with the Aryan Theosophical Society

William Gates notes on the school of antiquity

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S5_SS1_B19_F18
Dates: 1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on town names in the Yucatán Peninsula, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 13: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491586], Folder: 3
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains extensive typed notes by Gates for locating town names in the Yucatan peninsula and their proper names in the Chumayel language. Place names are taken from a 1549 tax list, the Chilam Balam of Chumayel, and a text titled "Relaciones." Contains also notes on the characteristics of various Mayan places in the Yucatan peninsula, including population, geographic features, rulers, and deity.

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 notes on town names in the Yucatán Peninsula

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS1_B13_F3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on Tzeltal and Quiché, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 18: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491636], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains five notebooks. Two notebooks contain notes on Tzeltal vocabulary. One notebook contains notes on Quiché. One notebooks contains notes on grammar taken from Pineda, a published source. One notebook contains Catholic doctrinal writing in Spanish and its Ixil translation.

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

William Gates notes on Tzeltal and Quiché

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS3_B18_F6
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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