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letter, 02/05/1927, Willi Fels to H D Skinner, Greenstone mere found at Kai Iwi. Museum Purchasing Committee

letter, 18/11/1927, Willi Fels to H D Skinner, letter 1 - Fels to Skinner, Friends, fund raising and advising sale of Tahitian material from Nordhoff. Letter 2 dup Nordhoff to Fels re sale of Marquesan artifacts and information on fishing lures. Letter 3 dup ? to Skinner. Request to write about American Museums, plans of the new wing and state of maori house

letter, 09/11/1927, H J Fletcher to H D Skinner, Polynesian Journal discuss re descriptions of names i.e. maire rangi, marama etc

letter, 23/03/1927, H J Ditzel Field Museum to H D Skinner, Receipt of 1 case Maori antiquities

letter, 13/03/1926, Assistant Curator to H D Skinner, Request to be gifted Roman and Medieval material in the British Court of the NZ and South Pacific Exhibition.

letter, 17/09/1926 to H D Skinner, Duplicates from the Guildhall London presented to the University of Otago. 23 items

letter, 12/08/1926 to H D Skinner, Dup. Exhibition material from Guildhall has already left NZ to London, will be returned to NZ as a gift.

letter, 23/05/1926 to H D Skinner, Discussion re freight cost. Consignment "undoubtedly the most valuable consignment that any of our museums have sent away." Dr Linton suggests adzes might be unnecessary.

letter, 22/07/1926, Flora D Fraser, Timaru to H D Skinner, Basket sent, is it cordyline? Have you received information re moa bones at Fairlie. Was stone implement black basalt?

letter, 15/07/1927, ? Hallensteins Bros Ltd. to H D Skinner, Duplicate. Notice of arrival ethnographic specimens, insurance cover etc. Thanks re Curator of Guildhall museum re newspaper coverage of gift.

letter, 21/10/1927, W.Knox Hallensteins Bros Ltd. to H D Skinner, News from Mr Rawson re exact location of where he found the greenstone mere - Tataronga stream, Wanganui. 2nd mere found same place, other is with brother of Dr Earle. Interesting history, according to older Maoris, recorded in his diary.

letter, 25/05/1926, Hubert E Gregory Director Bishop Museum to H D Skinner, Acknowledgement of archaeological material. Journey to Yale. Query re Moriori paper incorporating Baucke's material.

letter, 18/10/1927, ?..waite Librarian and Curator Guildhall Library to H D Skinner, Thanks re newspaper article. Further duplicates will be sent via agent Messrs Michaelis Hallenstein.

letter, 04/09/1927 to H D Skinner, Enclosed reports. Request for bronze age material.

letter, 14/01/1927, K W Eivirs ? Bank of NZ to H D Skinner, Received cheque, enclosed receipt.

letter, 06/12/1927, Hubert E Gregory Director Bishop Museum to H D Skinner, see no. 88 index to maori names. Hesitate to fund publication.

letter, 15/04/1926, Unsigned to H D Skinner, Declines to accept membership offered in letter of Feb 17th

letter, 12/05/1926, H D Skinner to H D Skinner, Request for a gift of objects to be considered.

letter, Undated, Guildhall Librarian (presumably Southwaite) to H D Skinner, Telegram confirming museum duplicates (presumably those referred to in document 103) to be sent

letter, 23/06/1926, Assistant curator (H D Skinner) to H D Skinner, Thanks for replicas. Request for Roman and Samoan material and anything between the Palaeolithic and 1000AD. Notes museum currently only has 3 items of early iron age and 6 of bronze age