Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 08/03/1911, W A Mason to Professor W B Benham, Mr Gibson of Auckland has been appointed to position of Taxidermist at the Museum. The council will pay his passage from Auckland to Dunedin.

Letter, 04/10/1911, H Chapman to Professor W B Benham, List of payments for salary and equipment, and actions approved by the Council.

Letter, 13/04/1911, H Farquhar, Dpt of Lands and Survey to Professor W B Benham, Request for specimens, and research into various species.

Letter, 05/06/1911, Barham Berris ? Waitaki Pharmacy, Oamaru to Professor W B Benham, Thanks for the papers. Sending samples, details of location and conditions in which material was found.

Letter, 05/07/1911, Hedley L Coleman, Australia Museum to Professor W B Benham, Comments and discussion on research papers. Discussion on various species.

Letter, 20/08/1911, Barham Berris ? Waitaki Pharmacy, Oamaru to Professor W B Benham, Information re preparation of material sent and search for more samples.

Letter, 22/05/1911, T Wayland Vaughan, Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey to Professor W B Benham, Explaining delays re production of paper on corals. If you can wait a bit longer I can deliver it.

Letter, 20/04/1911, Edgar R Waite to Professor W B Benham, Sent model of large nugget to Sydney, named Maitland Bar Nugget.

Letter, 29/01/1911, Edw. H Watson to Professor W B Benham, Sent skin of wild goat of the Caucasus, Russia area. Horns attached. Almost extinct, found at 13,000 ft.

Letter, 12/04/1911, H S Kingsford, Royal Anthropological Society, London to Professor W B Benham, (Hard to read). Location of various materials in public and private collections?

Letter, 16/08/1911, H G A Braner to Professor W B Benham, Request for information about location of earthworms. Following up if 1, there are no earthworms in Manitoba and 2. there are more earth worms in South Africa.

Letter, 17/04/1910, J ? Bryant to Professor W B Benham, After heavy seas in Jacks Bay found remains of a human skeleton in the cliff. Details of position of bones and evidence of blow to the head. Also remains of a whale skeleton nearby. Site of Maori ovens close by. Uncertain if should report to the police, do you want it.