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Letter, 06/05/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, The chipped cream vase and the chips. Confirmation that the damage occurred in Dunedin by packers

Letter, 10/06/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, The insurance certificate for the Chinese Loan Exhibition. Offer to return a maori carving from Belmont in the Hutt Valley.

Letter, 02/03/1938, H D Skinner to Director, Dominion Museum, Wellington, Advises the acceptance of the war canoe hull if offered by the Blenheim Town Council, or that it be placed on permanent, covered, loan with Canterbury or Otago Museums. Reference to possible exchange of ethnographical material. Request for acknowledgement of return of Chinese Art Collection. Praise for the work of Miss Daff on the Loan Exhibit.

Letter, 21/03/1938, H D Skinner to Acting-Director Dominion Museum, Reports receipt of Canterbury Museum's exchange exhibit "Bird Structure", in good condition.

Letter, 21/03/1938, H D Skinner to Acting-Director Dominion Museum, Interest in the possibility of the transfer from Auckland of collection of Mr Clark but a final decision has to be delayed pending the appointment of a keeper in zoology.

Letter, 08/04/1938, H D Skinner to Acting Director Dominion Museum, Canterbury Museum Loan Exhibit No 2 despatched. Noted damage to one of the toes of the skeleton. Reference to the canoe at Blenheim recommending that it be made available to the Canterbury Museum.

Letter, 01/06/1938, H D Skinner to Acting-Director Dominion Musuem, Acknowledgements: recept of Fulton Insect Collection now handed over to Mr Salmon; Notornis is to be forwarded to Mr Archey at Auckland; the shell hook and adze helve to be forwarded; a photograph of the Fijian sennit Temple will be sent to Mr Harry Beasley of Cranmore Ethnographical Museum.

Letter, 27/06/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Have dispatched the Waitahi exhibit.

Letter, 03/08/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Have received the dog skin cloak sent on circulation from Taranaki. Request date in the new year for start of circulation of exhibits.

Letter, 08/08/1938, H D Skinner to Director Dominion Museum., Request for photographs of the museums loan exhibit.

Letter, 19/08/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Thank you for photographs. Starting plans for next loan exhibit.

Letter, 23/08/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Thanks for paper on Maori carving. Discussion of pataka in Moturoa St. Would like to try and trace its location in England. Request for photograph of pare. Skinner states he saw prow and stern of canoe, as noted in paper, in Berlin. Carved with steel tools and in excellent repair. Suggests made late 60's, not 1857 as given by Germans. Type of canoe is of much interest and deserves full documentation.

Letter, 29/09/1938, H D Skinner to Acting Director, Dominion Museum, Have dispatched the Taranaki Loan Exhibit.

Letter, 05/10/1938, H D Skinner to Acting Director, Dominion Museum, The Taranaki Museum exhibit of a dog skin cloak has been forwarded to you. Auckland exhibit has been received and installed.

Letter, 13/10/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Discussion of amount of contribution of Local Government to Museums in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin.

Letter, 17/11/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Forwarding a copy of Sports Post and a requst to talk to Lyndsay regarding the photos included without refrence to Gibson's services to the museum.

Letter, 17/11/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Acknowledgement that previous letter has been received and will recommend the loan be continued over an extended period at the meeting of the Museum Management Committee.

Letter, 01/12/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Thanks for the letter explaining how the article in Sports Post came to be published.

Letter, 23/12/1938, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Thanks for the letter explaining the situation of Gibson's payments

Letter, 08/08/1938, H D Skinner to Mr George Humphreys-Davies, Dominion Museum, Wellington, C J McGrath found a complete Moa skeleton and inquired its value, the musuem is uninterested in purchasing but will cover his expenses and time