Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 20/04/1911, Edgar R Waite to Professor W B Benham, Sent model of large nugget to Sydney, named Maitland Bar Nugget.

Letter, 29/01/1911, Edw. H Watson to Professor W B Benham, Sent skin of wild goat of the Caucasus, Russia area. Horns attached. Almost extinct, found at 13,000 ft.

Letter, 12/04/1911, H S Kingsford, Royal Anthropological Society, London to Professor W B Benham, (Hard to read). Location of various materials in public and private collections?

Letter, 16/08/1911, H G A Braner to Professor W B Benham, Request for information about location of earthworms. Following up if 1, there are no earthworms in Manitoba and 2. there are more earth worms in South Africa.

Letter, 17/04/1910, J ? Bryant to Professor W B Benham, After heavy seas in Jacks Bay found remains of a human skeleton in the cliff. Details of position of bones and evidence of blow to the head. Also remains of a whale skeleton nearby. Site of Maori ovens close by. Uncertain if should report to the police, do you want it.

Letter, 05/10/1910, James F Healey, Pine Hill to Professor W B Benham, Remains of long fallen trees all over Otago with a durable red wood. I found trees which might be similar in 1856 North of Flagstaff near a hut called "The hut near the clump of trees"

Letter, 12/01/1910, M Wasserbramal, Dunedin to Professor W B Benham, The black pointed Malaysian darts are said to be very poisonous. Also sent native mat

Letter, 13/12/1907, Jas, Laird, Deborah to Professor W B Benham, Sending you an insect for identification. It has a long sting and made a whirring buzzing noise

Letter, 16/01/1909, Ernest Panting, Te Awamutu to Professor W B Benham, Enclosed drawing of a skull with an extra large bone. Is it significant?

Letter, 03/04/1907, I F Rayner, Nuggets to Professor W B Benham, Sending small bird possibly grey backed sormy petrel

Letter, 02/10/1907, A S Polson, Napier to Professor W B Benham, Do you have a small mounted mammal skeleton for sale and how much?

Letter, 04/07/1907, W C ?Mackinlay Naseby to Professor W B Benham, Sending fossil of a large claw found 18 foot down near Mount Ida below the auriferous drift. Finder Moses Brown.