Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 1/?/38, H D Skinner to E Gerrard & Sons, Acknowledging letter of 31 May with samples of Ivorine labels.

Letter, 31/05/1938, E Gerrard & Sons to Miss L A Daff, Acknowledging letter of 26 April, including details and costs of Ivorine lables.

Letter, 29/10/1938, E H Gibson, Dominion Museum, Wellington to H D Skinner, Reporting on slow progress of restoring bones of Phar Lap and plans to return home.

Letter, 15/11/1938, Peter R Glasson, School, Arthurton, Conical Hills, Gore to H D Skinner, Request for information on two flies. Pencilled notes on reverse giving identification details.

Letter, 22/11/1938, H D Skinner to Peter Glasson, Gore, Identity of flies caught and forwarded is Tussock Fly.

Letter, 15/07/1938, H D Skinner to Mrs Gordon Glennie, Wellington, Responding to questions: Detailed discussion about composition of pounamu; specific names for greenstone; size and carvings on tikis, their significance in relation to deceased ancestors; reasons for three fingers in Maori carvings.

Letter, Mrs Gordon Glennie, Wellington to H D Skinner, List of questions about pounamu, tiki, and Maori carvings.

Letter, 28/07/1938, H D Skinner to Mrs Gordon Glennie, Wellington, Returns copy of The Advancement of Science (loaned by Mr Glennie). Expresses interest in any future papers on greenstone from Mrs Glennie.

Letter, 02/08/1938, Elaine Glennie, Wellington to H D Skinner, Enquires about seeing fragments of serpentine bowl. Expresses intent to publish book.

Letter, 05/08/1938, H D Skinner to Elaine Glennie, Wellington, Recommends Mrs Glennie look at the serpentine bowl found by Mantell at Te Awamoa (held by Auckland Museum) instead of his bowl fragments.

Letter, 22/08/1938, Elaine Glennie, Wellington to H D Skinner, Inquires about the production of coloured illustrations for her book. Discusses tiki at Otago and Dominion Museums. Quotes "On the Working of Greenstone" about malachite.

Letter, 29/09/1938, H D Skinner to Elaine Glennie, Wellington, Gives advice for producing coloured illustrations for her book. Discusses tiki sizes and Brunner & Heaphy, whose work she quoted.