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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 vocabulary studies, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 18: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491636], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3 File 2
Scope and Contents

Contains hand-written and typed notes on Mayan vocabularies, the various languages represented being arranged by town.

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 vocabulary studies

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS3_B18_F2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates writings, 1912-1922

 Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains selected writings of Gates prior to 1930, including notes, printed studies and articles, and public addresses. All items pertain to the study of Mesoamerica, with the exception of an article on the conditions in post-revolution Mexico and an article on Chinese art.

Dates: 1912-1922
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers

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
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, approximately 1922-1924

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Includes one page of typed plans in Spanish for the 1924 quadricentennial celebration of the founding of Guatemala; a copy in Spanish of the agreement with T. T. Waterman establishing him as acting director of the National Museum in Guatemala; hand-written notes on topics relating to the National Museum in Guatemala as well as archaeology in Guatemala; three copies of a law issued by the government of Guatemala establishing laws relating to archaeological expeditions; a one page of typed...
Dates: Other: approximately 1922-1924
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 writings with the Aryan Theosophical Society, 1912-1915

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains administrative notes relating to the Aryan Theosophical Society branch in Point Loma, California, as well as one set of notes on the Society's study of Isis Unveiled. Gates' involvement with the Aryan Theosophical Society lasted from the 1905 until the years following the First World War.

Dates: 1912-1915
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates institutional affiliations

William J. Glackens, date of production not identified

 File — Box 5: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197231193522], Folder: 63
Identifier: MSS 4 Series 3
Dates: date of production not identified
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 4, Mahonri M. Young papers / Materials for projected autobiography

William L. Hayes class notes, 1888

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239247445]
Identifier: MSS 9159 Item 1
Dates: 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 9159, William L. Hayes class notes

William R. Tubbs, 2006-2008

 File — Box 52: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233644746], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 8000 Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 276
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical info and handwritten notes on William R. Tubbs, Battalion Trail guide featuring William, family group records for William and wife Sophia, family research correspondence on William and Sophia, biographies and photocopies on Sophia Gribble/Sophia Tubbs/Huldah Sophia Smith Bribble Tubbs (with handwritten draft), and family notes. Materials dated 2006 to 2008.

Dates: 2006-2008
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8000, Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association records / Mormon Battalion Association biographies of original members

William Riley Hurst memories of Boy Scouts of America, 1972 March 28

 Item — Box 10: [Barcode: 31197232578705], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8812 Item 39
Scope and Contents

Pages where William writes some of his memories from the 1920s of his involvement in the Boy Scouts of America.

Dates: 1972 March 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8812, William Riley Hurst papers

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