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letter, 07/10/1931, Walter Carl. Frankfurt to H D Skinner, 2 post cards related to Melanesian pieces

letter, 28/10/1929, J W Ormiston Dunferline to H D Skinner, Archey returned photos of exhibits with notes

letter, 09/04/1931, L D Caskey Massachusetts to H D Skinner, Sending complimentary copy of "Attic Vase Paintings in the museum of fine arts" 2 Ft high.

letter, 05/05/1930, L D Caskey Massachusetts to H D Skinner, Account of your new Classical Archaeology section interesting. List of publications and prices from our Museum of Fine Arts

letter, 29/08/1932, G A Lewin Dunedin to H D Skinner, Mr. Kay transferred to museum until repairs to canoe are finished

letter, 10/12/1931, Louis C G Clark Cambridge to H D Skinner, Sending Tahiti Adze

letter, 10/02/1932, W Colquhoun Jersey to H D Skinner, Ordered book cost 12 guineas for your department. Locals spent £2000 opening the Barron covering the dolmen of Hafue Bie. Neolithic shrine dates to about Cheops

letter, C B Cosgrove Peabody Museum to H D Skinner, Sending copy of Mimbres report.

letter, 31/8/, Margerate Cotterill to H D Skinner, letter about young men sailing round uncharted islands

letter, 18/05/1931, W B Oliver to H D Skinner, Otago Institute protested about Weka Pass drawings.

letter, 02/06/1931, W Brown, Wanganui River Trust to H D Skinner, Description (and illustrations) of objects uncovered from a very old Maori (or maybe Melanesian) camp site: A long rata hook (possibly a gaffe), sinkers with the base chipped off, portion of a stone hammer, figures (kumara gods?) One with both man and bird face, another 'Negro' in appearance, comparable to Hawaiian work?, socketed timbers of a house frame. Asks for opinion on uses of objects and likely age of figures.

letter, 27/05/1931, W Brown, Wanganui River Trust to H D Skinner, Canoe "Te Paraki", 52 feet long and 'a fair beam' being sent. Used to take Mr Ballance upriver for first visit of inspection but much older and original name lost.

letter, W Brown, Wanganui River Trust to H D Skinner, Thanks for South Island bone artifacts. Sizes of atua in enclosed photo, one broken adze only part of broken section (~8in) found. Bird head may represent falcon?

letter, 04/10/1932, W Brown, Wanganui River Trust to H D Skinner, Johnson (owner of land on which the Waverly lake site is situated) has dies in an accident and new owners not interested in research so no further work likely to be possible.

letter, 29/06/1931, Director, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Happy to give manaia from Otago Peninsula in exchange for Polynesian/Melanesian artifact. Would like large exhibit of equivalent value for Waitara casts (suggests stone image from Easter Island).

letter, 10/7/1031, Director, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Returning list of Otago Museum articles sent to Honolulu Museum. Double canoe from Mauke has arrived. Possibly still one left in Atui.

letter, 22/06/1932, Lily Daff to H D Skinner, Sending night letter with drawings as hopes to go to Auckland Museum to do bird studies. Thanks for hospitality.

letter, 22/06/1932, Lily Daff to H D Skinner, Telegram: Wire Lyall bay if want drawing done before departure for Auckland.

letter, 04/02/1932, Leonard Davis to H D Skinner, Seeking opinion on human skulls (one complete, others fragments only obtained while camping at Maikawau(?) on West Coast. Taken by Norman Jones to a possible cannibal feast site about a mile away on the coast, where they found bones and complete skeletons. Found near the site of 5 adzes and signs of burning. Will send if Skinner thinks story credible

letter, 01/06/1931, Dora H deBeer to H D Skinner, Marquesan things from Tahiti suggest £20 instalment. Mary, Dr Thompson, Ramsays, Vera Moore concert mentioned