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De la Cruz-Badiano Herbal of 1552 typescript, 1939

 Item — Box: 27, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 18
Scope and Contents

Contains a typescript of the De la Cruz-Badiano Herbal of 1552.

Dates: 1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / Maya Society records / Maya Society draft materials for publication no. 22

Elizabeth Stewart introduction to Corpus of Maya Medical Literature and manuscript of the Nah, approximately 1930-1940

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 19 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains a manuscript of the introduction to the Corpus of Maya Medical Literature and Stewart's manuscript of the Nah with English translation.

Dates: approximately 1930-1940
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / Maya Society records / Maya Society unpublished material / William Gates collection on Maya medical literature

Maya Society photocopies of Maguey manuscripts for publication no. 6, 1935

 File — Box: 23, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of the Maguey manuscript with photographic negatives. Also contains also the publication announcement.

Dates: 1935
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / Maya Society records / Maya Society draft materials for publication no. 6

William Gates chart of day names in Mesoamerican languages, 1933

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a comparative chart of the day names in Maya, Quiché, Pokonchi, Aztec, and Zapotec with English language translation. See also Gates' notebook in Box 13 folder 1. Also contains an unrelated typed document titled "Outline of Maya History."

Dates: 1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates research notes / William Gates Mesoamerican astrology and calendric studies

William Gates critique of Benjamin Whorf's translation of Nahuatl and notes on Abraham Castellanos map, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains one page of a typed critique of Benjamin Whorf's translation of an unidentified nahuatl text. Also contains two pages of a list of names appearing on the Abraham Castellanos map.

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

William Gates notes on comparative vocabularies, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains hand-written and typed notes on comparative vocabularies.

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

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