Southern Māori Archives Project

letter, 21/03/1926, Hiner G Hastie to H D Skinner, A Mr Sharp in Owaka has a very fine Maori Adze. A letter from you might prompt a gift or deposit. He told me of a cutting with heaps of moa bones. A full skeleton from there was said to have been sold to Edinburgh university for L500

letter, 08/05/1926, H D Skinner to H D Skinner, I will write to him. We would like to know the location of the moa bones. No Moa skeleton has ever been sold for L500 maybe L50. Would you come back and work for us?

letter, 29/06/1926, Assistant Curator to H D Skinner, We wish to buy the Tiki for L15

letter, 21/06/1926, M M Heinemann to H D Skinner, I could not sell the tiki for L10, If genuine would be worth a lot more than L15

letter, 17/06/1926, H D Skinner to H D Skinner, Thanks for Author's copies. I had accepted the Bishop Museum invite to do field work in Upolo but instead am going to USA for 17 months

letter, 27/04/1928, H L Ferguson Dean to H D Skinner, History of the Cook artifacts possibly stolen from the collection while in Trinity. After Cook died cabin taken over by Gore. He died and cabin taken over by Lt King He thought the artifacts belonged to Gore and sent them to his relatives in Northern Ireland where they were found by Macalister prof of Zoology at Trinity where they were hung in the examination hall

letter, 30/08/1928, Gilbert Archey (Auckland Institute and Museum) to H D Skinner, We should be able to offer hospitality to Emory, Advise Pycroft of whom he should send letters for papers for conference.

letter, 20/10/1928, Annie C Anderson Te Hainga MacAndrew bay to H D Skinner, I have received an Indian Basket from British Columbia woven by an Indian Girl made from Cedar roots grass and deerskin if you want it.

letter, 01/11/1928, Johanes B Andersen NZ Institute to H D Skinner, Re Allan's paper on Geology of the Chathams. 10 figures referred to but no description. Can you describe them?

letter, 13/11/1928, Johanes B Andersen NZ Institute to H D Skinner, To hand batch of Kennedy's Ellice Island notes, good stuff. We prefer to use ng instead g Sending Proofs of Allan's paper for revision. If figs. For blocks not to hand will not wait

letter, 28/11/1928, Gilbert Archey (Auckland Institute and Museum) to H D Skinner, Asked to be abstractor for ethnology for transaction of N Z Institute. Not sure if this is right. More desirable to have only original papers. Glad to have your views.

letter, 03/12/1928, Assistant Curator to H D Skinner, Ethnographic committee wish to purchase statue for $500 conditional on no Government or other regulations forbidding it. Please don't mention this unless you have to we want to keep a low profile. Nordhoff mentioned you have some smaller things from Easter Island