Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 06/05/1919, W W Smith, New Plymouth to Professor W B Benham, Confirms shipment to Benham of two unusual specimens of common English garden worm.

Letter, 19/02/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Regarding Miss Betts' proposed research project on several common species of Poa, Danthonia, and Festuca grasses.

Letter, 17/04/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Regarding several proposed theses on: Parsonsia grass; Veronica grass; and the anatomical relation between the hybrid Helichrysum purdiei and its probable parents, H. glomeratum and H. bellidioides.

Letter, 20/04/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Regarding one of Benham's students potentially studying either Pennantia corymbosa or Elaeocarpus hookerianus.

Letter, 15/05/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Confirms shipment of Elaeocarpus material (El. dentatus material not yet collected). Discusses next research steps for Miss Betts, in terms of collecting Poa and Festuca specimens.

Letter, 25/06/1917, W Petrie to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the supply of grass specimens for Miss Betts' proposed research, and the prevalence of grass specimens in Dunedin.

Letter, 05/07/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Promising future provision of references for the studies of Benham's student on Veronica grass varieties.

Letter, 06/07/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Confirms shipment of a list of literature on Veronica grass varieties, for Miss Betts' research.

Letter, 08/09/1917, A Eastwood to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the loan from Eastwood of four fish-hooks. Eastwood proposes that Benham send in return a New Hebridean adze-head and an item or two from New Guinea.

Letter, 15/07/1917, A Warburton to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the discovery of a (possibly Māori) skeleton north of Auckland. Warburton asks if either Benham or Dr Gowland are interested in obtaining this skeleton for the University.

Letter, 11/09/1917, C Chilton to Professor W B Benham, Chilton encloses a letter (16/07/1917) from John Hewitt, director of the Albany Museum in South Africa. Hewitt requests specimens of the Amaurobioides (possibly maritima or piscator) spider.

Letter, 21/12/1917, John Hewitt, director of the Albany Museum to Professor W B Benham, Hewitt thanks Benham for the Amaurobioides piscator specimen and requests a specimen of the Migas genus. Hewitt sends three specimens of the South African Amaurobioides from East London.