Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 06/04/1938, A Low, The Museum, New Plymouth to H D Skinner, Advising of despatch of exhibits loaned by the Otago Museum as part of the Carnegie Museum Exchange System.

Letter, 09/03/1938, HD Shinner to The Chairman, Taranaki Museum Cimmittee, New Plymouth, Sets out the mechanism for the exchange of five wooden shark hooks fro Taranaki and the 6 kahawai hooks purchased in Wellington, should be exchanged for for the Waka-ika purchased in London in 1918.

Letter, 07/03/1938, W H S to H D Skiner, Further discussion of the mechanism for completing the exchange of items.

Letter, 23/04/1938, H D Skinner to The CuratorTaranaki Museum, Advises sending back te cast of the adzes found in the parapet of the Rahotu Redoubt. Also advises that Skinner wanted a wahaiku, not a tewhatewha, which has been sent. Skinner will return this, and asks again whether New Plymouth wil consider the exchange of fish-hooks for the wahaiku.

Letter, 23/06/1938, H D Skinner to The Director, Taranaki Museum, Suggests that the matter of the proposed exchange can be allowed to lapse.

Letter, 28/07/1938, A R Low, Taranaki museum to H D Skinner, Advises receipt of the Otago Museum Exhibit in the Carnegie Museum Exchange system.

Letter, 04/08/1928, H D Skinner to A R Low, Taranaki museum, Acknowledging receipt of the dog skin mat sent by their museum.

Letter, 14/02/1938, Drector, he Tasmanian Museum to H D Skinner, Discusses the exchange from Otago a bust of Truganini. Dr Pearson will consider this on his return from England on 4th December.

Letter, 31/08/1929, C Leonard Woolley, Director of the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and University of Pennsylvania Museum to Mesopotamia to, Acknowledging shipment of beads (3500-3300 BC) from Ur.

Letter, 05/07/1938, H D Skinner to Joseph Taylor, Nelson, Requesting Mr Taylor forward (via Nelson Museum) moa bones in his possession to Otago Museum for identification.

Letter, 08/01/1938, Alan Telfer, Ratanui to H D Skinner, Sends fish caught at Hina Cove, for identification.

Letter, 10/01/1938, H D Skinner to Alan Telfer, Ratanui, Identifies fish caught by Telfer as Rough Leather Jacket (Pseudomonacanthus scaber).