Otago Museum Records/Archives

Letter, 16/08/1938, C J McGrath to H D Skinner, Proposing dates for viewing the Nokomai Station moa skeleton in 1939.

Letter, 14/12/1938, H D Skinner to C J McGrath, Regarding plans to arrive at Nokomai Station on Friday 3rd February.

Letter, 29/01/1938, Reginald A McGregor, Owenga to H D Skinner, Reminds Skinner to return borrowed photographs. Discusses Canterbury Museum receiving an order for 8,000 photographs of Tame Horomona Rehe/Tom Solomon, the 'last Moriori'.

Letter, 10/02/1938, H D Skinner to Reginald A McGregor, Owenga, Thanks McGregor for reminder to return photographs. Mr Falla, director of Canterbury Museum, had heard nothing of an American order for photographs of Tom Solomon.

Letter, 16/11/1938, H D Skinner to D McKay, Portobello, Thanks Mr McKay for allowing Teviotdale to dig on his section previously, and to retrieve a large number of 'ordinary pieces'.

Letter, 27/05/1938, H D Skinner to F D McCarthy, Australian Museum, Sydney, Introduces Mr Voyce, his membership in the Methodist Mission on Bougainville, and his large collection of stone axes. Skinner proposes McCarthy's museum purchase this collection so that Skinner can study it - Otago Museum cannot afford it.

Letter, 30/05/1938, A J McPherson, Timaru to H D Skinner, Informs Skinner of his intention to trade the New Caledonian axe-head for a gun. McPherson offers Skinner a double-end chisel instead.

Letter, 01/06/1938, H D Skinner to A J McPherson, Timaru, Returning nephrite club-head with regret. Hope good exchange for gun comes off, if not please advise and we will finalise.

Letter, 03/06/1938, A J McPherson, Timaru to H D Skinner, List of books and journals wanted for a friend in the USA.

Letter, 07/06/1938, H D Skinner to A J McPherson, Timaru, Comments on the list of books requested and possible source. Hoping exchange for the gun does not eventuate.

Letter, 30/07/1938, A J McPherson, Timaru to H D Skinner, Exchange for gun did not work. Interested to know what you will offer for nephrite club-head. Had several hunts for the old Maori lamp at Willowbridge. Got a remade chisel and adze, also and interesting piece of flint that I dropped and it broke.

Letter, 03/08/1938, H D Skinner to A J McPherson, Timaru, Have had quartzite flake mended, not that interesting. Enclosed onewa from the Fels collection and basis of an exchange for the New Guinea club-head. Purchased in England some 30 years ago. Probably from Waikato or North Taranaki. Interested in finds from Willowbridge.