Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 09/11/1936, Robert Allan to H.D. Skinner, Hercus and exchange displays for the Carnegie cases. Temporary staff person at Canterbury Museum doesn’t want to prepare exchange material. Allan will do a case on calcite. Are you preparing a case?

letter, 04/01/1936 to Professor Percival, Loan collection has arrived and is now on display. Missing is a card stating this is a Canterbury Museum Loan Exhibit.

letter, 24/01/1936, N/A to P.H. Buck, Director, Bernice P Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Following H.D. Skinner's instructions I post to you the typescript and drawings of his paper on the classification of Maori adzes.

letter, 08/03/1936, L.J.B. Chapple to The Editor P.S.J, Wellington, Information about a stone artifact, hoping you will be able to publish it in the Journal. Farmers son on remote farm between Ohahume and Raitihi and extending back to the Maungawhiro river, found stone unearthed by pigs rooting. Detailed measurements. On one side ground wit ridges. On the other side there are a number of grooves, both latitudinal and transcribed longitudinal.

letter, 12/03/1936, L.J.B. Chapple to H.D. Skinner, Enclosed copy of letter sent to Editor of the P.S.J. Please advise re the stone. Excavation in the area might be worthwhile.

letter, 14/03/1936 to L.J.B. Chapple, Please send a photograph or line drawing, not able to identify the stone by description. It could be an elaborate sinker or a talisman. Mr Teviotdale thinks if there are signs of occupation then excavation of the area could be justified.

letter, 14/06/1936, L.J.B. Chapple to Mr Teviotdale, Have sent a photo of each side of the stone to the Editor.

letter, 14/07/1936 to L.J.B. Chapple, Thank you for letter and photograph of Maori artifact found near Raetihi. Am of the opinion it is a sinker but will show Skinner on his return.

letter, 16/10/1936 to L.J.B. Chapple, Have been told about similar pieces. Saw one at the Dominion museum. Suggest they are sinkers of some kind, possibly connected to eel-pots or traps. A lot of interesting material is turning up in your district.

letter, 09/11/1936, H D Skinner to Mr R Charlston, Dunedin, Thanks for gift of small chisel found at Opoho bridge

letter, 13/10/1936, J Charteris, Timaru to H D Skinner, I have had for 40 years a whalebone carving of an arm and hand with five finger. The arm carved with faces and figures. Found under a shop in New Plymouth. Are you interested in it?

letter, 16/10/1936, H D Skinner to J Charteris, Timaru, I will be in Timaru next week and will look at it. (Pencilled note Modern Maori carving of no value)