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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3644 Collections and/or Records:

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

 File — Box 31: Series 7 [Barcode: 31197232491826], 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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Gates papers / William Gates personalia / William Gates mementoes
Image of William Gates studies of Maya grammar and vocabulary
Image of William Gates studies of Maya gra...

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 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 / William Gates papers / Maya Society records / Maya Society draft materials for publication no. 13

William Gates study of Maya mathematics and astronomy, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a 24 page manuscript titled "Maya Mathematics and Astronomy."

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

William Gates study of Maya mathematics and astronomy

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S4_B19_F14
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates translation of Tzeltal grammar, approximately 1521-1940

 Item — Box 65: Series 8 [Barcode: 31197232492261], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 26
Scope and Contents

Possibly Gates' English translation of an unidentified grammar.

Dates: approximately 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Gates papers / William Gates collection of Mesoamerican source materials / William Gates collection of source materials on grammars and vocabularies of native languages / William Gates collection of Tzeltal source materials

William Gates typescripts of various dictionaries, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 61: Series 8 [Barcode: 31197232492147], Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Dates: approximately 1898-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Gates papers / William Gates collection of Mesoamerican source materials / William Gates collection of source materials on grammars and vocabularies of native languages / William Gates collection of Cakchiquel source materials

William Gates unidentified notes, 1898-1940

 Item — Box 129: Series 11 [Barcode: 31197233635520], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 11 Sub-Series 2 Item 1311
Dates: 1898-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Gates papers / William Gates photographs, postcards, and other material / William Gates text items

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 / 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 / William Gates papers / William Gates institutional affiliations / William Gates writings on the Middle American Research Institute

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