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letter to H D Skinner, list and prices of arms and armour

letter to H D Skinner, Armour lent by Mr Fenton with prices

letter, 08/09/1926, Louis C G Clarke Acqui Italy to H D Skinner, Surprised Mr Duncan thinks the fish hook pendant is from Banks Island as it has such a Tongan look. We have the Rivers collection from Tores Island which I shall photograph. Stopped over in Basle worked on New Hebridean stuff Appalling muddle. Speiser is a maverick have you read his book? Goes on to describe recent purchases and gifts. Lists friends of mine you will meet in America

letter, 12/08/1926, O G S Crawford Ordnance survey office Southampton to H D Skinner, Subscriber to Antiquity in NZ. Ramsey gravel pits show no sign of diminished output, the tabular flints are still there. Good luck in the US

letter, 14/05/1926, E W Gifford University of California museum of Anthropology to H D Skinner, Delighted you are coming to the US Will talk to you about excavation in Fiji, Kroeber will be in Peru

letter, 20/04/1926, Import entry NZ Express to H D Skinner, Ship Manuka 1 crate for display at OU Museum value L30

letter, 22/01/1926, J S Castle Heretaunga School Havelock North to H D Skinner, Can you help with material for a course in Anthropology for senior form.

letter, 29/01/1926, William L Crowther 180 Macquarie St Hobart to H D Skinner, Interested in exchange of specimens of the stone culture in NZ for those of the extinct Tasmanians

letter, 31/03/1926, H.D. Skinner to H D Skinner, Sorry can't help but if you sent me 4 or 5 Hawks Bay Maori Adzes I could send several times that number of West European stone things

letter, 30/01/1926, H D Skinner to H D Skinner, Account for Tracing paper and carpenter's pencil

letter, 16/02/1926, Assistant curator to H D Skinner, Agreeing to exchange Maori for Tasmanian material

letter, 23/07/1926, ? to H D Skinner, Photos of the Durrad collection appear not to be Torres Island objects. Clarke was sent Moriori and Maori 'things' and in exchange sent a hundred stone pieces with no record of locality, type or period which are useless for teaching or exhibition. Anxious to secure items for exchange for display in the new Ethnographic wing.

letter, 17/06/1926, ? to H D Skinner, Awaiting arrival of the photographs of the Torres Island things

letter, 02/03/1926, ? to H D Skinner, Looking forward to receiving Torres Island things. Discussing exchanges with Copenhagen museum

letter, 30/03/1926, E Stanley Closs to H D Skinner, Seeking advice on textbooks and any other matters desirable for presenting a course on Anthropology at Wellington

letter, 30/04/1926, O G S Crawford Ordnance survey office Southampton to H D Skinner, Canvassing for subscribers to his quarterly review of archaeology - ANTIQUITY

letter, 29/03/1926, ? R Chapman to H D Skinner, He will be keeping his Heitiki. Talks of his other purchases and travels

letter, 17/09/1926, W H Denton to H D Skinner, Congratulations on his outstanding successes. Wants Pataka photo back

letter, 24/09/1926, J Allen Thomson, Director, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Remits from the Press re museum specimens, transportation, bequests,

letter, 02/08/1926, J Allen Thomson, Director, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Addresses question of interpretation of the Maori Antiquities Act and collections of smaller museums as well as request for permit for combs. Also mentions Museum Conference.