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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 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 on the Popul Vuh, 1521-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 9 Sub-Series 21 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies, manuscripts, and typescripts from Gates' collection of Popul Vuh-related 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 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

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