Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 18/01/1916, Austin H Clark, Washington to Professor W B Benham, Thank you for the crinoid. It is representative of the Comanthus Trichoptera but differs considerably. It is similar to the Tasmanian ones. Would like to arrange exchange. Would like your local species such as Pentagonaster

Letter, 26/11/1916, Dean R chapman, Wellington to Professor W B Benham, I have noted pages where Moa occurs in Whites LHM

Letter, 29/11/1916, Joseph Hunter, Gore High School to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for gift of labelled moa bones and consenting for Mr Strachan to accompany you

Letter, 29/11/1916, E C Smith, Gore High School Board to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for gift of Moa bones.

Letter, 20/08/1916, W T Gordon, New Plymouth to Professor W B Benham, I have for sale many photos of officers and men who served in the Maori wars, Hauhaus, friendly natives and old Redoubts etc. Also collection of coins such as wellington Museum purchased. Contact if interested

Letter, 14/10/1916, W T Gordon, New Plymouth to Professor W B Benham, Enclosed list of photos many of which took considerable research to attribute for £10. Also list of coins which you might get valued

Letter, 20/11/1916, W T Gordon, New Plymouth to Professor W B Benham, Please return lists and sample photo. I have some other items of interest

Letter, 03/06/1916, Scott Murray, Bluff to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the identification of an aquatic bird resembling a penguin. Includes several letters (3/06, 10/06, and 21/05), a sketch, and a foot tracing.

Letter, 14/10/1916, R McKenzie to Professor W B Benham, Forwarding matter taken from the "crops" of several kea.

Letter, 03/09/1916, W A Scarfe, Caversham to Professor W B Benham, Forwarding five specimens of the gastropod Marinula filholi, of the 50 discovered at Blackhead.

Letter, 28/07/1916, T Wayland Vaughan, Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey to Professor W B Benham, Vaughan sends the names of Benham's other specimens from Kermadec Islands: a bryozoan from the genus Callepora, and Polytrema mineaceum (Linaeus). The specimen of Goniastrea benhami is being forwarded to Benham via the National Museum.

Letter, 04/08/1916, R Rathbun, Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for the gift of 15 corals, 1 Foraminifera and 1 Bryozoan, from the Kermadec Islands. Rathbun returns specimen no. 3.