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 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.

Found in 4936 Collections and/or Records:

William Gates card file for glyph identification

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS2_B14-17
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates chart of day names in Mesoamerican languages, 1933

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], 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 chart of day names in Mesoamerican languages

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS4_B19_F6
Dates: 1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates collection of Chortí source materials, 1892-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 6
Scope and Contents

Contains manuscripts, notes, and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Chortí language.

Dates: 1892-1940
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 Huastec source materials, 1767-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies, notes, and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Huastec language.

Dates: 1767-1940
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 Maya source materials, 1550-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 13
Scope and Contents

Contains numerous photocopies, manuscripts, notes, and typescripts, compiled by Gates between 1898 and 1940, of source materials in the Maya 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 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

William Gates collection on Maya medical literature, 1930-1940

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 6 Sub-Series 19 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains plant lists, classifications of ailments, Maya medical vocabulary, and notes relating to Gates' 1930-1940 study of Maya medical literature.

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Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / Maya Society records / Maya Society unpublished material

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

 File — Box 13: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491586], 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 critique of Benjamin Whorf's translation of Nahuatl and notes on Abraham Castellanos map

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS1_B13_F2
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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