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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 practice work in Maya

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS3_B19_F2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates register to personal collection, 1930-1940

 Item — Box 116: Series 3; Series 6; Series 9; Series 10 [Barcode: 31197233635389], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Dates: 1930-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates research notes / William Gates research notes

William Gates reports from 1925 Tabasco expedition, 1925

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], Folder: 25
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains two lists of photographs taken in Tabasco in 1925 by E.S. Haskell -- one of the lists incomplete. Extensive lists of expenses incurred by the members of Tulane's 1925 expedition. Outline of certain points to be covered in the report by E.S. Haskell of 1925 expedition. Outline of points to be covered in report on crops and on points of vital importance to the agriculture of Tabasco.

Dates: 1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates institutional affiliations / William Gates writings on the Middle American Research Institute

William Gates reports from 1925 Tabasco expedition

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S5_SS3_B19_F25
Dates: 1925
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates research notes, 1898-1940

 Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains Gates' research notes, produced both in the field (Southern Mexico and Guatemala) and in Baltimore and California, between the years 1898 and 1940, on various codices, early Mesoamerican vocabularies and grammatical studies, as well as astrological and calindrical studies. Many of the notes are in organized into lengthy charts and tables.

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

William Gates studies of Maya grammar and vocabulary, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 25: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197232491768], Folder: 1-3
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 11
Scope and Contents

Contains extensive notes on Maya grammar and vocabulary.

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 studies of Maya grammar and vocabulary

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S6_SS11_B25_F1-3
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates studies of Tzeltal grammar, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 18: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491636], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains hand-written Tzeltal grammatical studies. Contains also a portion of Mayan dictionary.

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 studies of Tzeltal grammar

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS3_B18_F4
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates studies on Copán, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains 43 typed pages of study of Copán, its history, linguistics, geography, and ethnography.

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

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