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Books -- Private collections

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

William Gates collection of sales catalogs, 1924

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 8 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains catalogs related to the late 1920s sale of portions of William Gates' collection of Mesoamerican language source materials.

Dates: 1924
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers / William Gates collection of Mesoamerican source materials

William Gates correspondence, 1899-1947

 Series
Identifier: MSS 279 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between Gates and book dealers and colleagues. Most of the materials relate to Gates efforts to either sell or purchase publications for his Mesoamerican research. Materials date from between 1899 and 1947.

Dates: 1899-1947
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 279, William Gates papers

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