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Gates, William, 1863-1940

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1863 - 1940

Biographical History

William Gates (1863-1940) was an author, linguist, archaeologist, collector, publisher, museum director, and president of the Maya Society.

Citation:
His Rural education in Mexico and the Indian problem, 1935: t.p. (William Gates)

LC in RLIN, 2-26-87 (hdg.: Gates, William Edmond, 1863-1940; usage: William Gates)

Weeks, J.M. Mesoamerican ethnohistory in United States libraries, c1990: t.p. (William E. Gates) p. 9, etc. (b. 12-8-1863; grad. of Johns Hopkins Univ.; owned printing business 1887-1905; became collector of Mesoamerican historical & linguistic mss.; d. 4-24-40 in Baltimore)

Found in 100 Collections and/or Records:

William Gates collection of Popoloca source materials, 1904

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 21
Scope and Contents

Contains a manuscript, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source material in the Popoloca language.

Dates: 1904
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, 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 Quiché Christian texts, 1521-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 21 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies from Gates' collection of Christian texts in Quiché.

Dates: 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages / William Gates collection of Quiché texts

William Gates collection of Quiché source materials, 1550-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 22
Scope and Contents

Contains numerous manuscripts, typescripts, and photocopies, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Quiché language.

Dates: 1550-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, 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 Quiché texts, 1521-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 21
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies, manuscripts, and typescripts from Gates' collection of Popul Vuh-related texts and Christian texts in Quiché.

Dates: 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages

William Gates collection of sales catalogs, 1924

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains catalogs related to the late 1920s sale of portions of William Gates' collection of Mesoamerican language source materials.

Dates: 1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of Mesoamerican source materials

William Gates collection of source materials on grammars and vocabularies of native languages, 1520-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains source materials, largely photocopies, of numerous Mesoamerican, Central American, and South American Indian languages. All materials were compiled throughout Gates' 1898 to 1940 academic involvement with Mesoamerica.

Dates: 1520-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of Mesoamerican source materials

William Gates collection of Spanish texts, 1521-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 22
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies and a typescript from Gates' collection of texts in the Spanish language.

Dates: 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages

William Gates collection of Tarascan source materials, 1569-1886

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 23
Scope and Contents

Contains a photocopies and pamphlets, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source material in the Tarascan language.

Dates: 1569-1886
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, 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 Tarascan texts, 1521-1940

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 23
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of Christian-related texts from Gates' collection of Tarascan texts.

Dates: 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of texts in native languages

William Gates collection of texts in native languages, 1521-1940

 Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies, typescripts, manuscripts, and notes of texts collected by Gates in various Mesoamerican languages.

Dates: 1521-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers

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