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letter, 06/06/1933, W Todd, Box 4 Luggate to H D Skinner, Sending Maori stone. Willing to sell for £3 or £3/10. Cal you tell me it's age?

letter, 30/05/1933, W Todd, Box 4 Luggate to H D Skinner, Maori club Miss Sutherland, Luggate school teacher was asking about. Found at Kid's Creek 200 yards from the Clutha. 14" long 5" wide.

letter, 28/01/1933, Lionel Trenn to H D Skinner, Someone will leave the drill I promised from the village of Tamae in Moorea at the museum. I sail for Sydney next week then to America and Tahiti

letter, 24/08/1933, A D Trendall, London to H D Skinner, Heard of your wish to build up collection of Greek vases. Studying Paestan pottery for a monograph and will be visiting principal museums in Europe and Athens. I will enlist Professor Cook at Cambridge and Professor Beazley at Oxford to advise on vase purchases. Will see if British museum can help when I work there

letter, 11/12/1933, A H Voyce, Takapuna to H D Skinner, I have written up drums (or gongs) and drumming systems of Motuna on Southern Bougainville. Sending to you for comment. I have a great deal of material dealing with native legend and folklore on hand most still in native dialect as gathered

letter, 09/11/1933, A H Voyce, Christchurch to H D Skinner, Leaving an adze from Papau; stone originally from Woodlark. Requests a drawing and geological identification of the adze and an axe. Also leaving various other listed items.

letter, 02/11/1933, A H Voyce, Christchurch to H D Skinner, List of items requested to be placed on deposit while on a short trip to Palmerston and Waikouaiti. Asks when he should visit Skinner; outline of plans while in Dunedin.

letter, 05/02/1933, Miss Cynthia H. Wadmore, Whakatane to H D Skinner, Recalls how her and Skinner became acquainted, states Skinner knew her surname. Obtained a kiwi mat, valued at four guineas, selling at three. Advised to find buyer in Dunedin; is it worth taking it there, especially in "these hard years"?

letter, 16/08/1933, Herbert Warapi, Bishop Court Napier to H D Skinner, Just seen piece in the Journal on the eyes of tiki. Describes method of making eyes by using a drill.

letter to H D Skinner, You wrote Mr Burnet questioning where the door pieces from the Wanganui Public Museum office doors came from. Burnet and I had a disagreement on this. Warns Skinner to be cautious not to believe all Burnet says.

letter, 14/07/1933, J H Burnet, Wanganui Public Museum to H D Skinner, Lintel and carved posts by office door are Arawa work and come from the Bay of Plenty. They were purchased for £3. Won't forget other duties.

letter, 10/07/1933, J H Burnet, Wanganui Public Museum to H D Skinner, Have eel traps and pots to spare but very few wooden bowls. We cannot undervalue your taiahas. Can get more eel traps, hooks, lines, and general gear. We got the collection of [illegible name] but pieces missing.

letter, 28/07/1933, Hope Gibbons, Wanganui to H D Skinner, Thanks for 19 June letter. How do we go about applying? Captain Markham remarked that if Carnegie's did anything, it would be on his report. Should that be accepted as a finality of what we can do?

letter, 15/06/1933, Hope Gibbons, Wanganui to H D Skinner, Re report about gift to museum and Mr Downes 'extreme annoyance.'

letter, 16?/03/1933, J H Burnet, 65 Nelson Street, Wanganui to H D Skinner, Has posted whale-bone pieces and pounamu.

letter, 06/03/1933, J H Burnet, 65 Nelson Street, Wanganui to H D Skinner, Details cutting techniques and discusses preservation of greenstone mere and where they have been found. Notes that artifacts were previously found in sand dunes between Patea (?) and Manawatu but that lupin growth has stopped this supply.

letter, ?/02/1933, J H Burnet, 65 Nelson Street, Wanganui to H D Skinner, Notes reluctance to part with two bone artefacts. Details provenance of some of the items in Wanganui museum. Describes one ceremonial mere that was purposely made for and presented to Hon. John Ballance. Discusses register of collection holdings and gap in recording. Notes that the other carved patu ( sketch included) came from Pipiriki.

letter, no date , J H Burnet, 65 Nelson Street, Wanganui to H D Skinner, Has purchased another mere as replacement.

letter, 08/02/1933, Hope Gibbons, President, Museum Trustees, Wanganui to H D Skinner, Letter received and will be presented to Barnes and Crawford. Notes reference to Register and supports Skinner's ideas. Discusses visit to Wanganui by Captain Markham and Mr Oliver.

letter, 06/02/1933, J H Burnet to H D Skinner, Invoice for patu, mere pounamu, and tiki.