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Box 19

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Contains 26 Results:

William Gates writings on the Middle American Research Institute, approximately 1922-1924

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 21
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Includes one page of typed plans in Spanish for the 1924 quadricentennial celebration of the founding of Guatemala; a copy in Spanish of the agreement with T. T. Waterman establishing him as acting director of the National Museum in Guatemala; hand-written notes on topics relating to the National Museum in Guatemala as well as archaeology in Guatemala; three copies of a law issued by the government of Guatemala establishing laws relating to archaeological expeditions; a one page of typed...
Dates: Other: approximately 1922-1924

William Gates outlines for proposal for Tulane's agricultural survey of Tabasco, 1925 January 23

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 22
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains five typed pages of a suggested outline for Tulane's proposal for an agricultural survey of Tabasco Mexico, submitted January 1925.

Dates: 1925 January 23

William Gates notes on Tabasco, approximately 1920-1925

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains three bound sets of notes on Tabasco. "Mexican Bananas: The Tabasco-Chiapas Banana District" by William S. Allen. "Notas Para la Historia de la Agricultura de Tabasco." Contains also "The River Systems of Tabasco" by C. Arcadio Zentella.

Dates: approximately 1920-1925

William Gates bibliography of scientific works on Tabasco and other materials related to the Tabasco expedition, 1925

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 24
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents Contains a seven page bibliography of scientific works on Tabasco. Numerous typed notes and documents relating to the industrial development, economy, and trade possibilities of Tabasco with the United States. Numerous documents on agricultural matters in Campeche and Tabasco. "Directory of all 'Fincas Rusticas' of 200 hectareas or over in the state of Tabasco" in 1925. Notes on the production and trade of fruit in Tabasco. Extensive list of daily temperatures in Tabasco from 1884 to...
Dates: 1925

William Gates reports from 1925 Tabasco expedition, 1925

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains two lists of photographs taken in Tabasco in 1925 by E.S. Haskell -- one of the lists incomplete. Extensive lists of expenses incurred by the members of Tulane's 1925 expedition. Outline of certain points to be covered in the report by E.S. Haskell of 1925 expedition. Outline of points to be covered in report on crops and on points of vital importance to the agriculture of Tabasco.

Dates: 1925

E. S. Haskell manuscript on the Tabasco-Chiapas rubber area, approximately 1925-1926

 File — Box: 19, Folder: 26
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 5 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains a typed, 82-page draft of E.S. Haskell's "The Tabasco-Chiapas Rubber Area of Southern Mexico," based on Tulane's 1925 expedition to survey the agriculture of the state of Tabasco.

Dates: approximately 1925-1926