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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 notes on Maya glyphs and preliminary outline of glyph dictionary

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S6_SS4_B21_F10
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on Maya grammar and vocabulary, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 18: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491636], Folder: 7
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains four notebooks. One notebook contains a list of Mayan verbs from Beltrán. One notebook contains Mayan verbs. Two notebooks contain Mayan grammar.

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 notes on Maya grammar and vocabulary

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS3_B18_F7
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on Motul, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 18: Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491636], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains 144 typed pages of notes on the Motul dictionary and grammar.

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 notes on Motul

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS3_B18_F13
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on Motul grammar, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], 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 notes on Motul grammar

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S3_SS3_B19_F1
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on Peter Martyr, Richard Eden, and Christopher Columbus

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS279_S4_B19_F15
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

William Gates notes on Peter Martyr, Richard Eden, and Christopher Columbus, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 19: Series 3; Series 4; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197232491701], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains 31 hand-written pages of notes on Peter Martyr. See Gates' correspondence with Adolf Bandelier. Contains also one page of typed notes on Richard Eden. Contains also six pages of what appears to be a bibliography relating to Christopher Columbus.

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

William Gates notes on photographs and Mayan glyphs, approximately 1898-1940

 File — Box 12: Series 2; Series 3 [Barcode: 31197232491669], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains a notebook from early in Gates' career. Notebook contains notes on the location of original photographs taken by Gates and the location of the photographs sold. Notebook also contains brief notes on Mayan glyphs.

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

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