Diaries, 1905-1947.

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Diaries, 1905-1947.

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Beginning with his college life at Harvard, Morley's diaries continue through his earliest travels in Central America, with information on the study of Mayan hieroglyphs, publications, the study of Central American ruins, and the manners and customs of the jungle Indians. Five volumes are devoted to four separate archaeological expeditions: Copan expedition (1937), Uxmal expedition (1941-1942), Central American expedition (1944), and Guatemala and Honduras expedition (1947). There are no diaries for 1908-1911, 1913, 1926-1930, 1933-1936, 1938-1940, and 1943.

39 v. : typed.

American Philosophical Society Library

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American Philosophical Society Library

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