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Box 19

 Container

Contains 26 Results:

William Gates notes on Motul grammar, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains typed, hard-bound notes on Motul grammar titled "Illustrative phrases from the Motul."

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

William Gates practice work in Maya, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains typed practice work in Maya by Gates with a key in English.

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

William Gates grammar and vocabulary notes, approximately 1898-1940

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

Contains typed and hand-written notes on various Maya languages.

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

William Gates calendar and astrological studies and calculations, approximately 1898-1940

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

Contains typed calendar, astrological, and calculations studies.

Dates: approximately 1898-1940
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 astrological study of the Tekax and Nah manuscripts, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a 36 page, typed manuscript titled "the astrological sections of the Tekax and Nah manuscripts."

Dates: approximately 1898-1940
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 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 study on Aztec system of chronology, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a printed article in Spanish and Gates' translation into English of "The Aztec System of Chronology."

Dates: approximately 1898-1940
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 address given at the Panama California Exposition, 1915 August 12

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a typed text of an address delivered August 12, 1915 at the Panama California Exposition.

Dates: 1915 August 12
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates writings

William Gates studies on Copán, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains 43 typed pages of study of Copán, its history, linguistics, geography, and ethnography.

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

William Gates article on the Pérez Codex, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains a 52 page typed article on the Pérez Codex.

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

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