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(2 of 2 parts, A-L) Correspondence sent by or addressed to H.D Skinner. The filing system is alphabetical, arranged by author/recipient name (for example D for Dominion Museum). Coinciding with Skinners promotion, from 1937 onwards the content of the correspondence broadens to encompass the full range of museum business. Within this Individual documents have been applied a running number from 1-450 possibly at time of listing and digitisation. Individual documents are listed in I:\Museum Objects\Archival Images\Archival Material\archives
undated, Ethnological Endowment - appointment of committee
Copy of portion of letter, 25/09/1920, W. J. Anderson to H.D.Skinner, W. Fels Donation
letter, 16/09/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Letter re buying or exchange for Norman's toki.
Letter, No date to H D Skinner, Reply to Skinner's request to view paddle in Sydney
Letter, 11/02/1924, B Oliver? (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Request for Skinner to take pay 2 pounds each for casts of 2 stone kumara gods.
Letter, 02/04/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Apology that the museum will not exchange the stone casts mentioned above and repeated request for payment.
Letter, 09/04/1924, Unnamed curator to H D Skinner, Acceptance of an offer of a cast of a Janus figure and request that it be packed carefully to prevent breakage in transit.
Letter, 16/04/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Advises the museum has made reprints of Skinner's newspaper account of the Pan-Pacific meeting.
Letter, 18/06/1924, Mrs Dean-Buckley? to H D Skinner, Offer of a paddle purchased in Shanghai (or, if not wanted, a request for advice where to sell it).
Letter, 25/06/1924, J Allan Thomson (Dominion museum) to H D Skinner, Advising a kiwi 'mat' has been sent down and that he would be prepared to offer 30 pounds (if the Minister agrees) in order to keep it in the country