Southern Māori Archives Project

letter, 31/03/1926, H.D. Skinner to H D Skinner, Sorry can't help but if you sent me 4 or 5 Hawks Bay Maori Adzes I could send several times that number of West European stone things

letter, 30/01/1926, H D Skinner to H D Skinner, Account for Tracing paper and carpenter's pencil

letter, 16/02/1926, Assistant curator to H D Skinner, Agreeing to exchange Maori for Tasmanian material

letter, 23/07/1926, ? to H D Skinner, Photos of the Durrad collection appear not to be Torres Island objects. Clarke was sent Moriori and Maori 'things' and in exchange sent a hundred stone pieces with no record of locality, type or period which are useless for teaching or exhibition. Anxious to secure items for exchange for display in the new Ethnographic wing.

letter, 17/06/1926, ? to H D Skinner, Awaiting arrival of the photographs of the Torres Island things

letter, 02/03/1926, ? to H D Skinner, Looking forward to receiving Torres Island things. Discussing exchanges with Copenhagen museum

letter, 30/03/1926, E Stanley Closs to H D Skinner, Seeking advice on textbooks and any other matters desirable for presenting a course on Anthropology at Wellington

letter, 30/04/1926, O G S Crawford Ordnance survey office Southampton to H D Skinner, Canvassing for subscribers to his quarterly review of archaeology - ANTIQUITY

letter, 29/03/1926, ? R Chapman to H D Skinner, He will be keeping his Heitiki. Talks of his other purchases and travels

letter, 17/09/1926, W H Denton to H D Skinner, Congratulations on his outstanding successes. Wants Pataka photo back

letter, 24/09/1926, J Allen Thomson, Director, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Remits from the Press re museum specimens, transportation, bequests,

letter, 02/08/1926, J Allen Thomson, Director, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Addresses question of interpretation of the Maori Antiquities Act and collections of smaller museums as well as request for permit for combs. Also mentions Museum Conference.