Southern Māori Archives Project

letter, 25/07/1935, H.D. Skinner to Manager, N.Z. Missionary College, Mr. Parkin Christian has authorised me to pay you for the relics from the H.M.S. Bounty. This will be authorised at the Museum Management Committee meeting.

letter, 22/07/1935, Principal, N.Z. Missionary College to H.D. Skinner, I have received authority by Mr. Parkin Christian of Pitcairn Is. for you to pay me for a relic of the H.M.S. Bounty.

letter, 30/10/1935, H.D. Skinner to Lady Nicholson, Thanks for your gift of five large fishhooks for shark and big fish and for the four kahawai hooks.

letter, 06/09/1935, Lady Nicholson to H.D. Skinner, As promised I am sending the fishhooks, brought back from N.Z. by my husband Richard Nicholson c. 1943. I hope they reach you safely and prove to be of interest.

letter, 28/08/1935 to Mr Mason, Thanks for the New Britain hat.

letter, 08/02/1935, H.D. Skinner to Lady Nicholson, On behalf of the Hocken Library Committee, thanks for your gift to the library of letters from your late husband, which give historical light to NZ in the forties. I look forward to seeing the fishhooks collected at that time.

letter, 19/12/1934, Lady Nicholson to H.D. Skinner, Enclosed are the letters written by my late husband lord Richard Nicholson. Some are faded and are not easy to decipher.

letter, 25/10/1935, H.D. Skinner to C.I. Nicholson, Mrs Jackson Purdie says you have a hand-embroidered Chinese Shawl from c. 1830. Would you lend it for the museum's exhibition of textiles and laces?

letter, 02/12/1935, H.D. Skinner to Dr. C. North, Thanks for the Solomon Island comb, as well as your visit and the advice regarding Dick.

letter, 27/01/1935, ? to E.S. Nutting, Thanks for your letter to Mr. H.D. Skinner, I have forwarded the contents to him. He is very interested in the subject.

letter, 19/12/1935, E.S. Nutting to H.D. Skinner, Thanks for your letter and enclosed cutting. I don’t want to part with any of the things in my possession, which belonged to Bligh. If you are ever in Inglewood I'd be glad to show you what I have.

letter, 07/12/1935, H.D. Skinner to Dr. E.S. Nutting , The Museum is holding an exhibition on Bligh and the muting of the Bounty. We have a lot of material already, but I know you have some Bligh material, is there any chance you'd be willing to sell it to us? Enclosed is a clipping describing some of the exhibits