Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 24/05/1938, H D Skinner to Mr C B Brereton, Thanks for approval to thin the exhibit, details of changes given. Making sketches for the Taranaki exhibit, the exhibits are hard for all the smaller museums.

Letter, 13/06/1938, Mr C B Brereton, Nelson Institute and Museum to H D Skinner, Lately the City Council made a long excavation in the street of Mr Joseph Taylor of 36 Cambria St, Nelson. Taylor collected about 20 specimens of Moa bones, other birds and wood at the depth of about 12 feet. "He reckons he has very early bird bones from when birds had teeth." Sketch of jaw showing some teeth intact and tooth sockets. Please advise if you can investigate.

Letter, 05/07/1938, H D Skinner to Mr C B Brereton, Have heard of Mr Taylor, through Mr F V Knapp. As mentioned material belongs to the City Council and should go to your museum. Suggest the jaw belongs to a black fish or a lesser whale. Therefore the location was formally a mud flat. Please send jaw and Dr Benham will identify it.

Letter, Mr C B Brereton, Nelson Institute and Museum to H D Skinner, Thank you for the help with the exhibit. I collected the mineral specimens and made the labels, but lacked skill to set up the exhibit. Thanks to you, Miss Duff and Miss Wilson. If any of the minerals taken out of the exhibit are of interest to the museum, if want others I can collect for you.

Letter, 01/11/1938, Father J Nayret, Fiji to H D Skinner, I am working on the can+F7860:F7886oes of Oceania, especially rigging on old Manihiki canoes. You have an early model I seek information as to mast and rig

Letter, 18/11/1938, H D Skinner to Father J Nayret, Fiji, Your Diector of education, Russel was with me at Victoria Universirt. Canoes of Oceania have been well described by Dr A C Haddon and Mr Hornal and have been published by the bishop museum.

Letter, 01/11/1938, Father J Nayret, Fiji to, 1, Single outrigger canoes. Description and sketches of sailing methods. 2, Double outrigger canoes, Questions and speculation as to placement of masts and method of sailing

Letter, 23/12/1938, H D Skinner to Father J Nayret, Fiji, Description of masts and rigging on the single outrigger canoe. Description of Double canoe masts and rigging. For further information contact Drury Low in Whakatane

Letter, 29/03/1938, H D Skinner to N Z ShippingCo. Ltd., Thanks for shipping freight free casts of Maori carvings from the British museum

Letter, 30/04/1938, N Z Express Co to H D Skinner , Invoice and receipt for 18/- for transport Nelson Museum exhibit

Letter, 31/03/1938, H D Skinner to Otago Early Settlers Association, Sending you a walking stick made of whale bone and whale or walrus ivory presented to us by Sir Louis Barnett

Letter, 09/04/1938, Otago Early Settlers Association to H D Skinner, Thank you for the walking stick