Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 07/02/1935, Minister of Internal Affairs to Professor W Benham, Thank you for letter of 5 February. Gives assurance that no permit issued for importation of two mongooses.

letter, 21/02/1935, Minister of Internal Affairs to Professor W Benham, Further information about the two mongooses: not permitted to land in Dunedin or Bluff and remained on board "Narbada." Will be destroyed and dumped at sea.

letter, 06/02/1935, David Miller, Chief, Entomological Department, The Cawthron Institute, Nelson to Professor W Benham, Regarding Miss Jeffreys and requesting approval of project for her thesis on the New Zealand Hu-hu beetle. Includes description and scope of thesis.

letter, 02/03/1935, J. Kirk, Victoria University College, Wellington to Professor W Benham, Regarding subject of Miss Jeffrey's thesis, and importance of doing original work.

letter, 08/03/1935, J. Kirk, Victoria University College, Wellington to Professor W Benham, Regarding choice of beetle that Miss Jeffries can study for her thesis. Refers to copy of his reply to Miller. See document 28.

letter, 08/03/1935, J. Kirk, Victoria University College, Wellington to David Miller, Regarding supervision of Miss Jeffrey's thesis. Suggests reading for Miss Jeffries including general chapters in Parker and Haswell.

letter, 27/03/1935, Professor of Zoology [Dr. Benham]. to Professor of Zoology, Kings College, London, Regarding collection of land planarians made by Professor Dendy while he was resident in New Zealand. Notes that Miss Marion Fyfe would like to examine this collection and requests that a series of named specimens might be sent to Dunedin for Miss Fyfe to examine.

letter, 04/04/1932 to Re David Graham, Letter of reference enumerating his achievements on dispensing with his services due to financial problems

letter, 19/06/1934, H. Leighton Kesteven, "Green-bank," Bullahdelah, New South Wales. to Professor W Benham, Requesting an adult specimen of kiwi for dissection in order to compare this with an emu.

letter, 20/07/1934, H. Leighton Kesteven to Professor W Benham, Reports that baby Apteryx [kiwi] has arrived safely and will later go to the Museum of comparative anatomy at Sydney University, Zoology Department.

letter, 28/04/1933, unsigned to Keller & co. Stutthart. , Re exchange rate for payment for micro-slides.

letter, 26/04/1935, Professor W Benham to The manager Kempthorne Prosser & Co, Stafford Street, Dunedin, Regarding failure to supply boxes of biological instruments. Has arranged for an alternative supplier.