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Letter, 17/04/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Regarding several proposed theses on: Parsonsia grass; Veronica grass; and the anatomical relation between the hybrid Helichrysum purdiei and its probable parents, H. glomeratum and H. bellidioides.

Letter, 20/04/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Regarding one of Benham's students potentially studying either Pennantia corymbosa or Elaeocarpus hookerianus.

Letter, 15/05/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Confirms shipment of Elaeocarpus material (El. dentatus material not yet collected). Discusses next research steps for Miss Betts, in terms of collecting Poa and Festuca specimens.

Letter, 25/06/1917, W Petrie to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the supply of grass specimens for Miss Betts' proposed research, and the prevalence of grass specimens in Dunedin.

Letter, 05/07/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Promising future provision of references for the studies of Benham's student on Veronica grass varieties.

Letter, 06/07/1917, L Cockayne to Professor W B Benham, Confirms shipment of a list of literature on Veronica grass varieties, for Miss Betts' research.

Letter, 08/09/1917, A Eastwood to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the loan from Eastwood of four fish-hooks. Eastwood proposes that Benham send in return a New Hebridean adze-head and an item or two from New Guinea.

Letter, 15/07/1917, A Warburton to Professor W B Benham, Regarding the discovery of a (possibly Māori) skeleton north of Auckland. Warburton asks if either Benham or Dr Gowland are interested in obtaining this skeleton for the University.

Letter, 11/09/1917, C Chilton to Professor W B Benham, Chilton encloses a letter (16/07/1917) from John Hewitt, director of the Albany Museum in South Africa. Hewitt requests specimens of the Amaurobioides (possibly maritima or piscator) spider.

Letter, 21/12/1917, John Hewitt, director of the Albany Museum to Professor W B Benham, Hewitt thanks Benham for the Amaurobioides piscator specimen and requests a specimen of the Migas genus. Hewitt sends three specimens of the South African Amaurobioides from East London.

Letter, 10/02/1916, ? to Professor W B Benham, Requesting the skin of a Saddleback bird.

Letter, 14/11/1916, Freda N Chapman, Wellington to Professor W B Benham, The Easter ?island ?Iconographes are in Vol 1 of the Polynesian Journal. Some of them look like the cave writings. No-one swallows ?Cairoff

Letter, 16/06/1916, Wanganui Museum to Professor W B Benham, Find enclosed order for Mrs Balances specimen to be sent to the Wanganui Museum

Letter, 18/04/1916, Ellen Balance, Wanganui to Professor W B Benham, Kindly send all specimens or articles deposited by My husband the Hon John Balance

Letter, 24/06/1916, Wanganui Museum to Professor W B Benham, In regard to the Balance specimens she is unable to enumerate the various articles but thinks there was a dog skin mat, a Taiaha, and others.

Letter, 24/02/1917, Mr Downes, Wanganui museum to Professor W B Benham, Have been unwell for 6 months. Your letter re the taiaha was put before the board who disagree and request its return to Mrs Ballance

Letter, 09/11/1916, Joseph Hunter, Gore High School to Professor W B Benham, Interested to read of the bones found on the McKinnel farm at Waikawa, Mataura. We have a small museum and would like to accompany you when next you are excavating bone to perhaps secure some for us

Letter, 24/11/1916, J Crosby Smith Gore to Professor W B Benham, Returning your slides. You may be interested to say something about the skulls from Tuturau so sending slides of skulls and bones with flesh on. Also slide of geographic strata to show the greatest prosperity of the Moas

Letter, 18/01/1916, Austin H Clark, Washington to Professor W B Benham, Thank you for the crinoid. It is representative of the Comanthus Trichoptera but differs considerably. It is similar to the Tasmanian ones. Would like to arrange exchange. Would like your local species such as Pentagonaster

Letter, 26/11/1916, Dean R chapman, Wellington to Professor W B Benham, I have noted pages where Moa occurs in Whites LHM