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letter, 29/05/1935, T Barr, District Manager, Public Trust Office, Oamaru to H D Skinner, Advice that Mr Hugh Robertson left an Australasian portion of his stamp collection to the Dunedin museum.

letter, 21/03/1935, District Manager, Public Trust Office, Dunedin to H D Skinner, Offer to sell 3 items from "The Parker Collection", and a list of the entire collection.

letter, 17/08/1935, A T Pycroft, Edmund St., St Heliers to H D Skinner, Advising despatch of 6 shillings in settlement of photographic fee.

letter, 27/06/1935, A T Pycroft, Edmund St., St Heliers to H D Skinner, Request for drawings and photographs of the bird lure.

letter, no date , Johannes C. Andersen, Turnbull Library, Wellington to H D Skinner, Regarding Skinner's amulet paper, requested by Mrs Enrique Riess-Vasquez, Mexico.

letter, 20/11/1935, Johannes C. Andersen, Turnbull Library, Wellington to H D Skinner, Discusses Skinner's paper describing skull-box with photos. Questions Skinner's use of Kai Tahu. Andersen refers to "graceful curves" of pendants. Notes that Panau is the Maori name for Waghorn's farm, and refers to land being used as a refuge during raid of Te Rauparaha on Kaiapoi and Onawe. Notes that Maori artifacts have been found in Sandy Bay.

letter, 23/11/1936, Mr Low, Librarian, Public Library & Museum, New Plymouth to H.D. Skinner, Accepting offer of conditions for loan of Taranaki collection.

letter, 20/11/1936, Mr Low, Librarian, Public Library & Museum, New Plymouth to H.D. Skinner, Thank you for the offer of assistance in the interchange loan exhibit. Would like to renew the offer one day again. Advises the case is mainly filled with a range of wood, not only from Taranaki. He was speaking with Skinner's father who was also assisting with exhibit.

letter, 20/11/1936, Mr Low, Librarian, Public Library & Museum, New Plymouth to H.D. Skinner, Advising that the exhibit loan is set up in the case, letter will follow.

letter, 12/11/1934, Dr. Griffith Taylor, Department of Geography, University of Chicago to H.D. Skinner, New Co-editor of "Journal of Racial Anthropology" with Prof. Dr. E. Frhr. Von Eickstedt, where his field of survey will be Oceania. Asks Skinner to send reprints of his published papers alongside a list of data, so they can be published in the new journal.

letter, 16/10/1935, Dr. R.M.S. Taylor, Dental Clinic, Wellington to H.D. Skinner, Thanks for the casts for thesis, and congratulations of Carnegie travelling grant - very interested on Skinner's upcoming tour. Discusses applying for grants and fellowships, and museum positions.

letter, 20/10/1935, Dr. R.M.S. Taylor, Dental Clinic, Wellington to H.D. Skinner, Nearly finished thesis, quite anxious. Wrote about Smith Woodward's Piltdown restoration. Asks Skinner if he can send a Piltdown canine to be photographed, or a cast, so he can compare it with a modern canine. Also seeks advice on getting his papers published.

letter, 10/03/1931, Paui Te Tau to H D Skinner, Dr Buck due in 3 weeks, please ask him to make contact. I am due for a small operation.

letter, George W Thomson to H D Skinner, Leslie Lockerbie of Clinton School has a number of Maori curios from Papatowai Tautuku etc. He is carefully noting depth and strata. Contact him.

letter, 11/07/1935, G W Thomson to H D Skinner, I picked up the artifact. If there is anything I can do for you in Fiji let me know

letter, 07/07/1935, G W Thomson, Opoho to H D Skinner, May I call for the stone adze I left with you. I am going to Fiji for some time

letter, 17/05/1935, W Thomson, Ettrick to H D Skinner, Enclosed sketch of curio mentioned, possibly unusual grinding stone. I also have a large red stone axe

letter, 17/04/1935, L Traill, Stewart Island to H D Skinner, The Greenstone meres are only in my keeping and belong to Mrs Topi who would never sell them. I enclose a carved piece of bone possibly a fish hook

letter, 30/05/1935, A D Trendall, Cambridge, England to H D Skinner, Article on early Paestan pottery due next month. My book will be some time away. Madrid supplied me with a wealth of new material. Going to Berlin for a few days to confirm what I have written

letter, 05/08/1935, Lionel Trenn to H D Skinner, Going to take up a job in C I T C. Leaving on the Makura tomorrow. I have for you from Drury Low a large wooden chair and a coconut scraper and a case of oranges from Hall, a broken stone pounder from Nordhoff and an adze and coral artifact. Leaving them with Bennett our chief steward. Please see him.