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Letter, 05/06/1925, Herbert E. Gregory (Bishop Museum) to H D Skinner, Request to look out for Miss Marie C Neil of the museum during her visit to Dunedin

Letter, 13/06/1925, Herbert E. Gregory (Bishop Museum) to H D Skinner, Notice that the bill for Bauke's Moriori manuscript has been passed on and payment sent. Request for Skinner to undertake field work on Upolu for the Bishop Museum.

Letter, 27/10/1925, Herbert E. Gregory (Bishop Museum) to H D Skinner, Request for details of proposed schedule and cost estimates for fieldwork on Upolu

Letter, 23/07/1926, H. Beasley to H D Skinner, Note of dispatch of Maori artifacts and discussion of difficulties in obtaining permission to export such items.

Letter, 08/10/1924 to H D Skinner, Thanks for enclosures. Discussion of the futility of the Commonwealth government promising to establish a chair in cultural anthropology in Sydney when the cannot carry through with it. Request for payment for Bauke's manuscript.

Letter, 15/05/1926 to H D Skinner, Invoice for materials sent to London Wooden comb Bone comb ? Tattooing chisel plus needle Fund for Wiring at $17,000

Letter, 10/11/1925, Bernice P Bishop Museum to H D Skinner, Chatham Island material forthcoming. Loaded down with Marquesan and Society Island material

Letter, 21/12/1925, Bernice P Bishop Museum to H D Skinner, forwarding paper for Science Congress in Dunedin in January Submit to editors Polynesian Journal

Letter, 18/05/1924, Bankfield Museum Halifax (H Lin Roth) to H D Skinner, Sent 3 copies of "The Maori Mantle" Buck's work should be very interesting Hope it will be well illustrated

Letter, 15/12/1924, Ida M Burton 12 Alva St to H D Skinner, Request to join The Otago Institute Miss Smith will second

Letter, 15/12/1924, L.M.Brown Cashmere Hills Christchurch to H D Skinner, Re Honorary Director of Ethnological Museum Santiago Chile Dr Aureliano Ayarzin and possible purchase or exchange of materials. Easter Island antiquities.

Letter, 23/08/1924, British School of Archaeology in Egypt (G M Swindon for Director) to H D Skinner, Despatched through E & S Morgan Ltd case of Predynastic Egyptian Antiquities and labels

Letter, 00/08/1924, British School of Archaeology in Egypt to H D Skinner, List of Antiquities (34)

Letter, 22/12/1924, Ethnology Dept U of O to H D Skinner, Thanks for antiquities. 2 not specified in list and 2 missing Ivory Bangle and spouted pot, We beg one or two implements of Chilean Acheulean and Mousterian flint instruments. Evidence seems to connect Maori rafter patterns with Eastern Mediterranean and Egypt

Letter, 13/10/1924, Sir James Barrett 105 Collins St Melbourne to H D Skinner, re Chair of Anthropology. Federal Govt will give $1000 per year provided States will find the rest

Letter, 17/01/1925, G J Black to H D Skinner, Sent photos of Bone club (Cracks filled with putty)

Letter, 16/02/1925, G J Black to H D Skinner, I will have the Patu-Patu photographed. Got it in the Chathams 25 years ago. Also a good many stone axes and clubs Over 40 years collecting I have about 200 axes. 21 greenstone Tiki

Letter, 10/03/1925, Barbie to H D Skinner, Note you do not want some of the pieces, Large greenstone piece worth $5 I will be satisfied with $15 for the lot

Letter, 31/03/1925, G J Black to H D Skinner, Snaps of Bone Mere Mere collection of Tiki Greenstone axes and Mere

Letter, 13/07/1925, G T Barker Box 3 GPO Fiji to H D Skinner, Old Fiji tales from gathered from old people. Differences confirm dissimilar races in Fiji today, Pygmies dark skinned followed by another dark skinned with different language followed by a lighter skinned race driven from Tonga I have no stone axes ( long dissertation on implements used in Fiji and their decorations) I could send Tapa beaters beater braid and samples in various stages