Otago Museum Records/Archives

Letter, 19/12/1923, A Kennedy, Secretary, Tost & Rohu to H D Skinner, Regarding receipts that had yet to reach Skinner.

Letter, 25/11/1923, H D Skinner to E B Ellerm, Public Library and Museum, New Plymouth, Confirming the imminent shipment of ethnographic material, part of which was bought in Sydney for Ellerm's museum, and part of which is in exchange for the pendant and adze helve. Exchange material will include Moriori and Otago pieces. Updates on Mr Gibson fulfilling bird order.

Letter, 27/12/1923, W O Oldman, London to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Confirming order of 4 ethnographical specimens, to be shipped by Hallenstein Bros.

Letter, 19/03/1924, H D Skinner to H Chapman, Registrar University of Otago, Encloses: Messrs. Friedlander's account for German ethnological books (purchased for Hocken library by Willi Fels); Fels' letter requesting he be repaid for this; an account from J M McNaughton, Invercargill; and Francis Edwards' account.

Letter, 06/07/1921 to Otago University Museum, Two lists of Australasian items bought from the estate of George Denton, watchmaker and jeweller.

Letter, 18/08/1921, W H Denton, estate of late George Denton, Wellington to H D Skinner, Informing Skinner of imminent shipment of pataka front and North Queensland shield. The pataka front is missing a piece.

Letter, 05/08/1921, W H Denton, estate of late George Denton, Wellington to Willi Fels, Updates on value of pataka front for sale; Denton suggests it to be worth £100 rather than £20.

Letter, 12/09/1921, H D Skinner to W Sim, Esq., Thanks for care shown when packing and shipping Denton carvings to the Museum. Skinner will send a photo of the pataka after restoration.

Letter, 26/08/1921, W H Denton, estate of late George Denton, Wellington to H D Skinner, Updates on the purchased pataka. It came from a pā inland from Tauranga, and the piece missing from it was the teko teko.

Sketch to, Pencil sketch of a pataka (presumably that purchased from the estate of George Denton).

Letter, 03/10/1923 to Mr Thorpe, Reporting on return to Dunedin following holiday in Australia. Reporting on items (canoe figure head, Santo boomerang, working ongreenstone, Moriori bones) to be sent to Sydney.

Letter, 03/10/1923, H D Skinner to Mrs W K Milne, Mornington, Thanks for New Hebridean food bowl and pottery pieces (presumably from Nguna?). While in Sydney, Skinner also obtained native items, and met Mr & Mrs Riddell and Mr & Mrs Dunn.