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Letter, 28/06/1937, C B Brereton, Curator, Nelson Institute & Museum to H D Skinner, Response to query of map and two coloured sketches of Taranaki that should have been in the loan exhibition.

Letter, 30/06/1937, A ? Lows Taranaki Museum, Librarian to H D Skinner, Advising arrival of Auckland Institute and Otago museum exhibit, in good order and attracting lots of attention.

Letter, 30/06/1937, Mr Low, Taranaki Museum to H D Skinner, Have valued your museum loan collection. Advise 2 drawings, map and long descriptive card have been lost.

Letter, 30/08/1937, R U Sayce, Manchester Museum to H D Skinner, Received your paper on Maori armlets when at house of Lady Boyd Dawkins. Are sorting through collection to develop prehistory exhibition. Follow up request for material, please confirm it was Clactonian you wanted. Have none at moment but expecting a gift soon. Have a lot of material from Miss Caton Thompson's Khara sites and Miss Garrod's Palestinian caves. Rest from Darbishire and America.

Letter, 30/09/1937, Donald March to H D Skinner, Forwarding object found for identification. (very faint pencil)

Letter, 13/07/1937, Mr W M Martin, Brooklyn School, Wellington to H D Skinner, Letter of introduction of Miss A Lismer.

Letter, 26/01/1937, Mrs G D Matheson, Palmerston to H D Skinner, Request for identification of goldfinch.

Letter, 06/03/1937, R. Mayer to H D Skinner, Query regarding cheetah

Letter, 19/06/1937, Mr. Alec Melvin, Invercargill to H D Skinner, Happy to present bowl to museum

Letter, 19/07/1937, Eric Miller, Miller & White Architects, 171 Princes Street, Dunedin to H D Skinner, Extract from account detailing extra repairs in Skinner's office, and requesting chargeable account details.

Letter, 30/03/1937, F. Milner, Waitaki Boys' High School, Oamaru to H D Skinner, Agrees to Mr. Bryant's assisting with lecturing in Dunedin. Notes that he is a very good teacher.

Letter, 18/10/1937, Robert A. Johnson, Deputy Master & Comptroller, Royal Mint, London to H D Skinner, Regarding medal to be struck for University of Otago, commemorating ethnological work of Mr. Stephenson Percy Smith. Outlines costs. Artist to be employed will be Mr. H. Langford Jones.

Letter, 14/05/1937, S. R. Mitchell, Mettallurgist, 22-26 Grosvenor Street, Abbotsford, Melbourne. to H D Skinner, Thank you for letter of 21 April, tiki and report on greenstone. The report will be useful and increase understanding about greenstone.

Letter, 23/02/1937, S. R. Mitchell, Mettallurgist, 22-26 Grosvenor Street, Abbotsford, Melbourne. to H D Skinner, Details items posted to Skinner, including some from Mulka. Mentions descriptions of items by G. Aiston, and C.C. Towle. Reports on visit to Waihi Beach and items found there including an interesting obsidian scraper.

Letter, 10/04/1937, S. R. Mitchell, Mettallurgist, 22-26 Grosvenor Street, Abbotsford, Melbourne. to H D Skinner, Regarding greenstone tiki sent by registered mail. Requests assessment. Will send items (which Skinner returned), to Mr. Downes of Whanganui.Thank you for kind invitation to stay if visiting Dunedin.

Letter, 13/01/1937, A R Kerry., Morison Spratt Morison & Taylor to H D Skinner, Re. Teo Tipene, we received your letter quoting an authority in point. We are referring Dr. Lynch for this book at your suggestion.

Letter, 17/09/1937, S A Murrell to H D Skinner, I am forwarding a bone and the clay that surrounded it, please could you let me know what you think about it.

Letter, 10/03/1937, E W Wignall to H D Skinner, Enclosed is an account of subscription of Institutional Membership for Dunedin Museum, we will send journals once a cheque is receieved.

Letter, 05/10/1937, E W Wignall to H D Skinner, Thanks for the application form, I am glad the Otago Museum is becoming a member. All who attended the conference were interested in Mr. Archey's paper on the museums association.

Letter, 28/02/1937, H S McCully to H D Skinner, I have no complete drawings except Parr's & the moas - it will be impossible to reproduce copies based off fragments of others.