Southern Māori Archives Project

letter, 22/09/1934, H D Skinner to Mr. S. Russell, P.O. Box 64, Papeete, Tahiti, Confirms that the museum wanted to purchase the list of items Russell had offered.

letter, 24/08/1934, Mr. S. Russell, P.O. Box 64, Papeete, Tahiti to H D Skinner, Russell offers Skinner various items, Skinner accepted the ones that had been mentioned in previous entries. Includes a photo of a an old iron wood house post, which Russell theorises came from Ravavae.

letter, 06/07/1934, H D Skinner to Muirhead, Moffat & Co., Blythswood St., Glasgow, Regarding Maori and Alaskan pieces offered for sale

letter, 02/07/1934, Muirhead, Moffat & Co., Blythswood St., Glasgow to H D Skinner, Includes sketches and details about two Greenstone tiki, purchased in 1896. Lists names of chiefs who are said to have owned the tiki.

letter, 28/05/1934, Murihead, Moffat & Co., Blythswood St., Glasgow to H D Skinner, Says a Maori piece Skinner was interested in had been sold. Discusses a Basalt Carving made by Alaskan Native Americans that the museum might be interested in. Includes a drawing of the carving.

letter, 21/03/1934, H D Skinner to Murihead, Moffat & co., Blythswood St., Glasgow, Says the museum would like to purchase a Maori piece offered to them in a previous letter. Also discusses the worth of Polynesian and Melanesian pieces.

letter, 06/02/1934, Murihead, Moffat & Co., Blythswood St., Glasgow to H D Skinner, Offers the museum a Maori piece for purchase, with a drawing of it. Mentions it is difficult to find nice Maori pieces.

letter, 13/08/1934, Chair, Hocken Library Books Committee to Dr. P. Marshall, Lower Hutt, Wellington. , Thanking Marshall for his gift of photographs of Charles Heaphy's pictures.

letter, 09/03/1934, H D Skinner to M F Mumford, Skinner confirms that he received a note from Miss Mumford that she will not be able to attend a class.

letter, 08/03/1934, M F Mumford to H D Skinner, A note informing Skinner that she will not be able to attend anthropology lectures

letter, 21/04/1934, H D Skinner to J W Murdoch, Oamaru, Thanking for Murdoch for a portrait and three Maori pieces, saying that had been registered and were in a collection

letter, 17/04/1934, J W Murdoch, Oamaru to H D Skinner, This letter was mailed with a parcel, the letter says there in it were a portrait, a small adze, gouge and needle mentions that Fenwick may soon finish his digging at Moeraki, where all the pieces are from.