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letter, 15/10/1936, H. Chapman, Registrar, University of Otago to H.D. Skinner, Report on NZ Advisory Committee's proposals for Carnegie Corporation museum grants is enclosed. Please submit comments on it to the council.

letter, 24/11/1936, P.H. Buck, Director, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu to H.D. Skinner, Consider publishing articles in J.P.S. of your Cook Island artifacts such as bowls & the Manihikian knife. The missing pataka door in Best's Bulletin cannot be the one we have. Dr. Stearns tells me you are short of Hawaiian material, which could be matched with Cook Island material and exchanged.

letter, 22/05/1936, Bluett & Sons to H.D. Skinner, Early Chinese pot from Tang period with horse and rider, Abbes Collection.

letter, n.d., Egypt Exploration Society to H.D. Skinner, Telegram listing Egyptian artefacts.

letter, 05/03/1936, Reginald A. Smith, Dept. of British and Medieval Antiquities, British Museum to H.D. Skinner, Enclosed are a few specimens of Bronze Age as a gift to Otago Museum.

letter, 01/01/1936, John Forsdyke, Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum to H.D. Skinner, We have the pieces of a large plaster model of the Parthenon which Mr. Harper may have to rebuild a new model from plaster of Paris.

letter, 07/09/1936, T.A. Joyce, Dept. of Oriental Antiquities and Ethnography, British Museum to H.D. Skinner, Thanks for the drawing of the Tubuai adze, I am returning it. It settles the question of the origin of the piece in the British Museum.

letter, 22/12/1936, T. Lindsay Buick, Alexander Turnbull Library to Mr Skinner, Letter congratulating Skinner on his appointment as director of the Otago University Museum in succession to Benham. Buick expresses he hopes his relations with the museum can continue to be 'most cordial' as they have been in the past. The second half of the letter discusses a moa-hunter camp at the mouth of the Waitaki River, and although much of the passage is illegible it appears there is some type of conflict between Buick and Otago Museum staff working at the camp site which he wishes to resolve with Skinner. Buick expresses he would like to come to Dunedin to discuss the 'problem' of the 'moa-hunter camp' with Skinner, and to view the collection of stone tools which were found there.

letter, 03/07/1936, Prof P.W. Burbidge to H.D. Skinner, Request for confidential opinion on Buck being awarded and honorary degree.

letter, 17/12/1936, J. H. Burnet, Wanganui Public Museum to H.D. Skinner, Congratulations on your appointment. Re the circulating collection, the museums bit is ready. Completed fishing outfit including waka and fishing gear , would like you to see it before it is painted. Good for museums to work together. Would like to get more material from London where you could get more "genuine old Maori stuff than you can here".

letter, 11/07/1934, J.M.Butler, Chemistry Dept, University Otago to H.D. Skinner, Method of metering electricity use in the Museum and Biology Departments. Please provide a letter of introduction to Miller the Librarian in Wellington. Re comment Dr Batchelor and taking positive action.

letter, 09/11/1936, Robert Allan to H.D. Skinner, Hercus and exchange displays for the Carnegie cases. Temporary staff person at Canterbury Museum doesn’t want to prepare exchange material. Allan will do a case on calcite. Are you preparing a case?

letter, 12/03/1936, L.J.B. Chapple to H.D. Skinner, Enclosed copy of letter sent to Editor of the P.S.J. Please advise re the stone. Excavation in the area might be worthwhile.

letter, 13/10/1936, J Charteris, Timaru to H D Skinner, I have had for 40 years a whalebone carving of an arm and hand with five finger. The arm carved with faces and figures. Found under a shop in New Plymouth. Are you interested in it?

letter, 18/02/1936, Parkin Christian, Pitcairn to H D Skinner, About the rough stone god sent last November on the S S Tamaroa. Did it arrive?

letter, 25/11/1936, Mrs F Cosgrove, Taieri Mouth to H D Skinner, Your letter said the money for the adze would come in a fortnight. Has it been sent?

letter, 21/10/1936, Mrs F Cosgrove, Taieri Mouth to H D Skinner, I accept your offer of £4 for the adze

letter, 27/10/1936, Dr C E Hercus to H D Skinner, You will have received the standard show case for exchange exhibits and £5 for your exhibit. Send account for packing and freight to NZ Council for Educational Research Wellington. Details to be advised when shipping dates are found

letter, 30/09/1936, Dr C E Hercus to H D Skinner, The programme for educational and public activities in museums sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation includes provision of show cases. Each museum is asked to make a display around one idea or subject for exchange. Each museum may draw £5 for the display.

letter, 12/11/1936, W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Should be glad to examine the moa bones