Southern Māori Archives Project

letter, 11/11/1932, E. ? Blackman, Secretary, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii to H D Skinner, Requesting a 'statement of activities' during 1932 and Museum plans for 1933, for use in Annual Report.

letter, 02/11/1936, Beatrice Blackwood, Mauki Village, New Guinea to H D Skinner, Describes work in New Guinea, difficulties in travel to the interior, ( could not get to area professor Balfour proposed) and problems understanding Papuan dialects. Regrets unable to visit New Zealand. Discusses her book on her Buka-Bougainville work. Encloses stamps for Dick.

letter, 06/10/1935, Beatrice Blackwood, University Museum, Oxford to H D Skinner, Reports on publication of her book, sending complimentary copy. Describes changes at the Department of Anatomy, her work situation and work by Balfour.

letter, 05/02/1934, H D Skinner to Beatrice Blackwood, Department of Human Anatomy, University Museum, Oxford, Reply to her letter regarding her book and her work colleagues. Describes his garden which is progressing successfully and Dick's packing-case house and their pride in his cross country run win. Mentions A.H. Voyce and his collection of adzes.

letter, 12/11/1934, Beatrice Blackwood, University Museum, Oxford to H D Skinner, Wishing Skinner a merry Christmas, and updating him on a prof. Thompsons's retirement from Oxford. Then inquiring after their colleagues wellbeing.

letter, 22/04/1932, Beatrice Blackwood, University Museum, Oxford to H D Skinner, Apologies for not yet sending boxes to Skinner. Discusses the prints and X-rays of Moriori skulls. Discusses issues with work cuts in both NZ and Oxford and how little free time she has. Updates on their colleagues wellbeing

letter, 15/01/1933, Beatrice Blackwood, University Museum, Oxford to H D Skinner, Begins by saying that she has found the previous letter and she had forgot to post it. Discusses the publishing of her writings both in a journal at Skinner's request and that prof. Thomson is keen on her writing a book. Blackwood is getting frustrated writing her book. And further updates on her wellbeing.

letter, 02/01/1934, Bledisloe to H D Skinner, Writes as a representative of Dunedin Museum, details further correspondence sent with this letter

letter, 16/11/1933, George Hill, Director and Principal Librarian, British Museum, London to The recipient is only addressed as "your Excellency", Instructed by the trustees of the British Museum to communicate in reply to the recipients letters to the Archbishop of Canterbury asking for assistance in improving the collections in the museums of Auckland and Dunedin. Details that the board thinks it best to keep a broad concentration of artifacts at the British Museum as it is the central point of the empire. But offers they want to assist in other means than sending original artifacts such as sending reproductions. And a note of objects that can be spared as duplicates

letter, 20/02/1935, H D Skinner to, Letter of recommendation for Jessie Florence Boroman who attended the class in Anthropology[ology in 1929

letter, 30/08/1932, Jan Bonnie to H D Skinner, Author has applied for a fellowship at Knox College and has asked Skinner submit work they had done together.

letter, 21/05/1934, H D Skinner to C. H. Broad, Detailing that the author has no worthwhile anecdotes of Porky