Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 27/04/1936, Registrar to Dr W B Benham, Approval for the purchase of a case for the museum.

letter, 03/04/1936, The Curator, Otago Museum to University Council, Request approval to purchase and exhibition case.

letter, 15/04/1936, The Curator, Otago Museum to Mr R W Duncan, Identification of insect, Wood Wasp or Sirex Juvencus. Cawthron Institue has found a Ichneumon fly which parasites the larva. [No85, 86, 89 = same response]

letter, 15/04/1936, The Curator, Otago Museum to Mr W Bennette, Identification of insect, Wood Wasp or Sirex Juvencus. Cawthron Institue has found a Ichneumon fly which parasites the larva. [No85, 86, 89 = same response]

letter, 08/04/1936, The Curator, Otago Museum to Mr Cleaton Davis, Accept our thanks for the series of flakes you sent us. In exchange sending a flax beater from Oruarangi near Thames

letter, 03/04/1936, W.F. Frohag?, Curator Mineralogy and Petrology to Dr W B Benham, Request for sample from Morven meteorite. Will purchase or exchange material. Museum reply sending small sample sufficient for analysis. Will accept exchange material.

letter, 13/03/1936, Mr C.P. Lawless to The Curator, Otago Museum, Identification of insect, Wood Wasp or Sirex Juvencus. Cawthron Institue has found a Ichneumon fly which parasites the larva. [No85, 86, 89 = same response]

letter, 19/11/1936, H.D. Skinner to W.M. Faunce, Vice-Director, American Museum of Natural History, Thank you for the honour of asking me to represent the American Museum. Unfortunately I was excavating Maiden Castle then, and so did not know of your invitation. The Museums of New Zealand are on the upgrade.

letter, 03/03/1936, Rev W.W. Avery to The Curator, Otago Museum, Thanks for gifts of ethnographic material from New Guinea esp lime sticks. Noted 3 shells of interest.

letter, 30/12/1936, Harry G Beasley? Cranmore Ethnographic Museum, Kent to H.D. Skinner, Please send reference to article on Kumete. Polynesian material "is dead - anything good…Fells has cleared up the last few fragments…" Suggest attend the International Congress in Copenhagen 1938.

letter, 27/02/1936, Registrar to Dr W B Benham, Re instruction plates and location of fire extinguishers.

letter, 20/12/1935, H.D Skinner to Dr W B Benham, P George has advised he want his Maori material currently with Otago Settlers Museum to come to "us". Percy Smith prize to be awarded to Sir Frederick Chapman, should happen next year as recipient is not 87 and should not stay with the 4 year cycle. Request to change award cycle denied.