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letter, 27/11/1928, Gilbert Archey (Auckland Institute and Museum) to H D Skinner, I have a fresh negative of the pare you wanted and had a slide made for you

letter, 25/07/1928, Johanes B Andersen NZ Institute to H D Skinner, Beasley's book is good. New Guinea paper on blood-customs badly translated we have original and will get it translated. It will show what degraded people still exist and how superior the Polynesians are. Could I have the copy of Marsdens journal of his first visit for publication?

letter, 30/08/1928, Johanes B Andersen NZ Institute to H D Skinner, Allan's paper on Chathams if right will go in Sept number of Transactions.

letter, 30/08/1928, Johanes B Andersen NZ Institute to H D Skinner, Re copy of Marsden material Could you check the 2 long document in the Hocken. Account of first visit in Vol 55 and report vol 54 to see if same as MacNabs Historical records Vol 1

letter, 25/05/1928, Gilbert Archey (Auckland Institute and Museum) to H D Skinner, Wanganui does not want our Island cases. If you want then will send details and price

letter, 09/01/1928, Johanes B Andersen Editor Polynesian Journal to H D Skinner, Your papers on out riggers and the carved box published in the Dec. number. As to Fox's Dictionary waiting to here re grammar etc.

letter, 06/12/1928, Gilbert Archey (Auckland Institute and Museum) to H D Skinner, Will hold the slide and get a print made for publication. Glad you agree about abstracts in the transactions

letter, 04/04/1928, Margaret Mead (American Museum of Natural History) to H D Skinner, Discusses exchange of Fijian artifacts. Leaflet Skinner spent a lot of time criticising is to be titled “The Maori and their Arts” and not “Art,” which would have outraged Skinner. Puzzles over Maori “village virgin.” Asks for Skinner’s assistance regarding Micronesian influence in Hawaii, Central Polynesia, and Eastern Melanesia, and poses several questions relating to commonalities between cultures.

letter, 11/05/1928, Gilbert Archey (Auckland Institute and Museum) to H D Skinner, Encloses invitation to tender and specifications of showcases, discusses dimension of the showcases

letter, 08/12/1928, Chris Auton to H D Skinner, Lists artifacts and says where he found them, like tooth, axe, flower pot, shell

letter, 11/07/1928, Acting Director, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Encloses photographs of two articles from Miss B. Howes' collection. Advises cannot identify a basalt axe. Anticipates an announcement that mayor will promise £70,000 for Dominion Museum building, and to fundraise additional £30,000.

letter, 05/07/1928, Johannes Andersen, Joint Editor, Polynesian Society Journal to H D Skinner, Regarding £1 that Skinner had sent to purchase reprints.

letter, 19/12/1928, Johannes Andersen, Joint Editor, Polynesian Society Journal to H D Skinner, Praises Kennedy's paper on Ruvettus fishing.

letter, 18/07/1928, Johannes Andersen, Joint Editor, Polynesian Society Journal to H D Skinner, Asks for review of Buck's "Material Culture." Sending Buck's "Evolution of Maori Clothing." Questions Skinner's comment "suppression of a considerable scale" concerning Maruiwi paper.

letter, 19/06/1928, E.W. Gudger, American Museum of Natural History to H D Skinner, Regarding where paper Mr Kennedy is writing for Gudger should be published, encloses Ruvettus material, advises Ruvettus has been caught in Bay of Plenty

letter, 06/11/1928, Johannes Andersen, Alexander Turnbull Library to H D Skinner, Information about different types of obsidian.

letter, 07/07/1928, E.W. Gudger, American Museum of Natural History to H D Skinner, Thanks for information about Ruvettus fish hooks. Asks for measurements of fish hooks.

letter, 08/11/1928, E.W. Gudger, American Museum of Natural History to H D Skinner, Encloses Kennedy's paper on Ruvettus fishing at Vaitupu. Recommends it be published in Journal of the Polynesian Society. Also encloses another article about Ruvettus.

letter, 25/06/1928, Gilbert Archey (Auckland Institute and Museum) to H D Skinner, Discusses progress of museum's construction. Says his carver's restoration work is sometimes better than the original he is copying.

letter, 31/08/1928, Margaret Mead (American Museum of Natural History) to H D Skinner, Regarding proposed exchange. Advises the specimens that Skinner selected are ready for shipment.