Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 04/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; Fiji, Taonga, Cooks, NZ (box, whistle), India, Borneo, Burma, Malay

letter, 03/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; Hervey, Persia, India, Parung, Turkey, Circassian, Burma

letter, 03/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; Persia, India, Ceylon, Burma, China, Kolar.

letter, 03/09/1923, Francis Alfred Russell Sellers to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios; India, Tibet, Turkey, New Guinea, Albania

letter, 15/09/1923 to H D Skinner, Invoice of curios: New Hebrides, Fiji, Solomons, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Tibet, Samoa, NZ (Haui x 2, paddles), Tahiti.

letter, 18/02/1936, Henry Joosten to H D Skinner, Draft of a letter agreeing to arrange accommodation and speaking opportunities for Skinner and son in London and various unrelated personal topics.

letter, 10/05/1927, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Itemised list of shipment of artifacts from Tahiti and accompanying letter detailing where they came from and costs. Suggestion he ship back what is not wanted if the cost is too great. Description of Marquesan crown that the museum might be interested in acquiring. Comment that the place (Tahiti?) has been "cleaned to the bone by the representatives of some Scandinavian museum"

letter, 07/02/1926, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Offer to collect items from Tahiti for museum. Hope that an article be rejected so it can be updated with information from Skinner. Comment on potential Polynesian heritage of Santa Rosa Island Indians

letter, 01/04/1927, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Suggestion that a sum of money be left with AB Donald Ltd to be used to buy items for museum without having to exchange correspondence

letter, 01/05/1927, Chas Nordhoff to H D Skinner, Apologies for having lost a book. Details of a bonito lure and pearl-shell Katavi sent with letter. Note that other artifacts have been 'snapped up' by another collector.

letter, 07/11/1927 to H D Skinner, Latest letter (September 25th) to be forwarded to Skinner

letter, 25/02/1927 to H D Skinner, Acknowledgement of receipt of items in document 42. Request for enquiries to be made about price of Marquesan crown. Request to inform Mr Spitz that purchase of a stone human figure from Borabora and waist map of human hair will require agreement of committee