Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 04/08/1938, H D Skinner to Under-secretary Department of Internal Affairs, Suggestions as to who may be able to answer questions relating to the Maori population in pre-European times, namely Mr Roger Duff. Keeper of the Department of Anthropology at the Christchurch museum.

Letter, 09/08/1938, Under-secretary Department of Internal Affairs to H D Skinner, Advises is in touch with Mr Roger Duff regarding tribal boundaries and will also enquire regarding population and density.

Letter, 26/05/1938, J R Irvine, Timaru to H D Skinner, Description of a trip made by the author, Mr Beck, andMr McCully to the flint quarry at Grays Hills in the McKenzie Country. They seek informaion on a number of samples of flint stones they recovered.

Letter, 30/05/1938, H D Skinner to J R Irvine, Timaru, Thanks for slate sample. Advice on managing and recording a site like the quarry.

Letter, 06/07/1938, J R Irvine, Timaru to H D Skinner, Request for return of slate knife

Letter, 08/07/1938, H D Skinner to J R Irvine, Timaru, Apology for delay in sending slate scraper. Suggests publicatiion of the account of the site.

Letter, 14/06/1938, J R Irvine, Timaru to H D Skinner, A letter with a full hand-written account of the hut site found at Grays Hills by the author, Mr Beck, andMr McCully

Letter, 23/11/1938, H D Skinner to J R Irvine, Timaru, Advises has received from H S McCully, an interesting pendant found at Georgetown. Skinner would liketo buy it.

Letter, 24/11/1938, J R Irvine, Timaru to H D Skinner, Agrees to sell at whatever price Skinner thinks is fair.

Letter, 30/11/1938, H D Skinner to J R Irvine, Timaru, Offer of £1 for pendant. Suggests Willi Fels should see itt also.

Letter, 09/05/1938, H D Skinner to W J Jamieson , Thanks for helping Teviotdale. He went to Golden Bay but found no moa hunter camps, only pieces excavated on Puponga Is., including the moa bones you helped with - would it be possible to secure more?

Letter, 09/02/1938, H D Skinner to M E Joachim , Thanks for gifting the Santa Cruz pendant to the museum.