Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 03/05/1938, H D Skinner to Mrs Rutherston, Regarding Mrs Rutherston's upcoming visit to New Zealand.

Letter, 20/03/1938, F H Rutland to H D Skinner, Regarding origins and what should be done for the preservation of a canoe in Blenheim.

Letter, 24/03/1938, H D Skinner to F H Rutland, Reasons canoe should be preserved, while not as old as I thought "... clearly the work of men that had learnt their job on the sea-going canoes of pre-European times". Can only be preserved under cover.

Letter, 11/01/1938, Frank Stevens, Controller, Salisbury, South Wilts and Blackmore Museum to H D Skinner, Delay in getting permission to present a Pressigny core. Will add some Palaeolithic material and send to your agent. Sir Lindo and Lady Ferguson are on the way to NZ.

Letter, 3/2/1838, Frank Stevens to H D Skinner, Sending photo of the toki-poutangata. Flints have been added with Core and sent to the London agent.

Letter, 25/03/1938, H D Skinner to Frank Stevens, Thank you for the photographs, it is a beautiful piece and I hope one day this Museum can purchase it. Today unwrapped plaster casts of Maori piece at the British Museum. Comments about the British Museums collection of Maori artifacts.

Letter, 01/03/1938, Frank Stevens to H D Skinner, Have sent to the Crown Agency box containing Pressigny Core and a few Palaeolithic implements from Woodgreen and Dunbridge, Hampshire.

Letter, 11/05/1938, H D Skinner to Frank Stevens, Thank you for material sent, some will go on display and some used for teaching. Thank you for the offer of American stone implements, we would be keen to obtain them,

Letter, 14/06/1938, Frank Stevens to H D Skinner, Glad parcel arrived. Will take request for American stone tools [arrow heads], to the next Trustee meeting.

Letter, 26/09/1938, Frank Stevens to H D Skinner, Sending to dispatch a few American stone implements.

Letter, 23/12/1938, H D Skinner to Frank Stevens, Thank you for the stone implements. Do you know the locality? Introduction to Mr Bestall, curator from Hawkes Bay Museum who is due to visit. He is travelling on a Carnegie grant.

Letter, 18/11/1938, H D Skinner to Stephen Savage, Raratonga, Would like to visit, but are unable to. Following up objects secured by Trenn at Manihiki from the grave of Ngari Kura. Trenn secured three Tau Tifa and advises you secured an adze and scrapper. Told a story about Ngari Kura but said you knew more. Am keen to see the adze, are you willing to present it to the Museum? The Museum has a very strong Cook Island collection.