Maya Society
administrative history
Citation:
NIC files (hdg.: Maya Society; imprint: Maya Society, at the Johns Hopkins University)LC in RLIN, 8-10-86 (hdg.: Maya Society)
Checklist of Mesoamerican manuscripts, 2003 (Maya Society; est. 1920 in Auburn Hill, Va. by William Gates; dedicated to collection and dissemination of information on Maya languages and culture; published more than twenty publications)
The Maya Society and its work, 1937: p. 3 (est. July 21, 1930 in Washington, D.C.; dedicated to promotion of knowledge and understanding of Indian races of Middle America, past and present, especially the Maya people and their country; publishing and research on topic)
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
William Gates collection of Quiché texts, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies, manuscripts, and typescripts from Gates' collection of Popul Vuh-related texts and Christian texts in Quiché.
William Gates collection of texts in native languages, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies, typescripts, manuscripts, and notes of texts collected by Gates in various Mesoamerican languages.
William Gates collection of Tzeltal source materials, 1571-1940
Contains photocopies, manuscripts, and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source material in the Tzeltal language.
William Gates collection of Tzotzil source materials, 1550-1940
Contains photocopies and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source material in the Tzotzil language.
William Gates collection of Zapotec texts, 1567-1882
Contains photocopies and a typescript of Christian-related texts from Gates' collection of texts in the Zapotec language.
William Gates collection on Maya medical literature, 1930-1940
Contains plant lists, classifications of ailments, Maya medical vocabulary, and notes relating to Gates' 1930-1940 study of Maya medical literature.
William Gates collection on the Popul Vuh, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies, manuscripts, and typescripts from Gates' collection of Popul Vuh-related texts in Quiché.
William Gates ethnohistorical materials in European languages, 1521-1940
Contains photocopies, typescripts, and manuscripts from Gates' collection of ethnohistorical materials in European languages, primarily Spanish with some German and English texts.
William Gates research notes, 1898-1940
Contains notes in the form of notebooks and typescripts, compiled by Gates between the years 1898 and 1940, on both Mesoamerican and non-Mesoamerican languages, as well as geographical notes and calindrical studies.