Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 15/03/1934, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, National Museum Melbourne to H D Skinner, Invitation to Association meeting to be held during Victorian centenary celebrations. Includes questionnaire re attendance and submission of papers.

letter, 07/01/1937, H D Skinner to J. C. Bailone, Roslyn, Dunedin, Requesting gate plank to be replaced.

letter, 27/06/1934, H D Skinner to Mr Begg, Re attendance at Astronomical Branch of Institute

letter, 07/10/1935, H D Skinner to Dr. H.E. Gregory, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, Describes classification of adzes as delivered at Science Congress. Details work of Miss Daff in a series of drawings which show typology of "ordinary rocks" and greenstone adzes. Notes distinctive characteristics of greywacke.

letter, 15/04/1935, Dr. H.E. Gregory, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii to H D Skinner, Regarding study of stone tools of Polynesia.

letter, 26/11/1934, Dr. H.E. Gregory, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii to H D Skinner, Unable to supply films for Science Congress. Raises possibility of New Zealand hosting Pacific Science Congress in 1936 or 1937.

letter, 03/10/1934, Dr. H.E. Gregory, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii to H D Skinner, Inquires about Skinner's manuscript on Polynesian stone tools.

letter, 14/03/1935, H D Skinner to Dr. H.E. Gregory, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, Regarding descriptions of stone adzes and lack of time to fully describe adzes from all Polynesian Islands. Reports on lecture from Buck.

letter, 30/01/1935, Dr. H.E. Gregory, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii to H D Skinner, Reply to Skinner's letter of 24/12/1934. Discusses Skinner's work on stone adzes and proposes more work.

letter, 11/11/1932, E. ? Blackman, Secretary, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii to H D Skinner, Requesting a 'statement of activities' during 1932 and Museum plans for 1933, for use in Annual Report.

letter, 02/11/1936, Beatrice Blackwood, Mauki Village, New Guinea to H D Skinner, Describes work in New Guinea, difficulties in travel to the interior, ( could not get to area professor Balfour proposed) and problems understanding Papuan dialects. Regrets unable to visit New Zealand. Discusses her book on her Buka-Bougainville work. Encloses stamps for Dick.

letter, 06/10/1935, Beatrice Blackwood, University Museum, Oxford to H D Skinner, Reports on publication of her book, sending complimentary copy. Describes changes at the Department of Anatomy, her work situation and work by Balfour.