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letter, 12/03/1932, Keeper of Department of Anthropology to The Director, British Museum, Acknowledging promise of next season's duplicates, and request for future consideration as matter of course.

letter, 07/04/1932, H D Skinner to Cpt A.T.Joyce, British Museum, Discussion re purchasing a feather box owned by ? Dr Collinge of York. Exchange of paddle.

letter, 24/02/1933, H D Skinner to Assistant secretary British Museum, Material mentioned in your letter of 31 Dec arrived thank you

letter, 14/02/1933, H D Skinner to Assistant secretary British Museum, Thanks for promise of material from Ur. Account for £1/10/- sent for payment

letter, 18/09/1933 to H.F.Brownholz, Assistant-Keeper, British Museum. , Discussion on bowl and provenance; Ellice Island or Samoan.

letter, 28/08/1935, H D Skinner to Mr Reginald A. Smith, Department of British and Medieval Antiquities, British Museum, On behalf of the department, thanks for the gift. Difficult to secure such materials with distance from the sites that produce it. The museum has a small collection from Britain representing Stone and Bronze Age, as well as Roman times. Material from pre-Roman Italy would barely fit one table case. The material from your department is much appreciated. I heard you speak while on war service with the New Zealand division on the subject of Mr Reid Moir's discoveries in East Anglia

letter, 28/08/1935, H D Skinner to Mr F. N. Pryce, Keeper, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, On behalf of the department, thanks for the gift. Otago museum is the most remote museum from the Mediterranean region, the difficulties of securing material varies inversely with the distance. Otago's small collection has been built up by gifts from Mr Fels and others, as well as purchases from funds of the Association of Friends of the Museum. The British Museum's gift will strengthen our Aegan sections. Archaic pottery from Cyprus is the only Archaic head we have, if any future duplicates show up we'd be happy to receive.

letter, Undated draft, H D Skinner to The Director British Museum, Thanks for gift to the Museum of archaeological material from the Aegean.

letter, 03/06/1936, The Curator, Otago Museum to The Director, British Museum, Acknowledgement of a case containing Egyptian artifacts presented to H.D. Skinner

Letter, 27/01/1937, H D Skinner to Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities British Museum, The Model of the Parthenon arrived and is being set up. Some parts are missing and we would be grateful for them, if they should turn up

Letter, 31/03/1938, H D Skinner to Director, British Museum, Thanking for casts of objects from Maori collection and Parthenon model.

Letter, 28/11/1938, H D Skinner to Adrian Digby, Ethnographic Dept. British Museum, request for a drawing of the cutting edge of a Maori stone axe/adze, in order to determine whether it is an axe or adze, for the purposes of Duff's research