Southern Māori Archives Project

letter, 27/02/1939, H D Skinner to Sir Apirana Ngata, Suggestion to publish "Classification of ground stone cutting implements of NZ" designed as foundation of "Ground stone cutting implements of Polynesia"

letter, 12/03/1939, Sir Apirana Ngata to H D Skinner, Awaiting Govt subsidy of £1500 for publications for NZ Centennial, I will recommend your memoir if we get it

letter, 04/08/1939, R J M Bunnett Atlas Committee to Hon F Waite, Could you and Skinner scrutinise list of Maori place names for 1800 maps

letter, 22/08/1939, H D Skinner to Hon F Waite, Quote me as authority for Taramakau. Hocken has map of Otago harbour with Maori names in red ink.

letter, 14/08/1939, H D Skinner to Sir Apirana Ngata, Anderson's judgement is slipping with age and it's time he was replaced as editor of Polynesian Journal. Suggest Roger Duff.

letter, 17/08/1939, Sir Apirana Ngata to H D Skinner, Duff too far away Beaglehole keen. Possibly Taylor of the Turnbull library. Meantime hold you hand. Re place names most misspelling are from defects of ear. MacKay especially on h. I favour Taramakau the private parts of the female lover rather than Taremakau

letter, 22/08/1939, H D Skinner to Sir Apirana Ngata, Suggest Beaglehole as joint editor and Taylor as assistant editor. Traditional side has been under-represents for the last 20 years

letter, 06/03/1939, Director to Parr 26 Evans St Opoho, Cowan is an authority on Maori English wars but has no judgement dealing with Maori traditional history Just written to Joseph Heenan on this point

letter, 07/11/1939, T T Paterson Cambridge University to H D Skinner, War makes travel impossible, Museum packed in boxes and sent to Wales and in caves and bomb proof shelters

letter, 20/03/1939, Director to Southwick Phelps Conn. US, Re death of Sapir I knew him little and could not sponsor the book in memory

letter, 13/06/1939, W J Phillipp Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, I have written to congratulate Sir Willam Benham on Knighthood

letter, 23/09/1939, H D Skinner to Postmaster, Please put Dr. in front of my name in phone book