Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 17/11/1936, H D Skinner to W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum, The bones are packed and on their way to you. Included are a few bones from Little Papanui. I have looked out a fine series of old Polynesian clubs in exchange. One old Marquesan war club we purchased from Oldman in 1927 for £14. Also a carved pillar base from Lower Hutt. Just unpacked a fine feather box and old Easter Island figure. Ebbitt of Hastings showed me a large collection of fakes and 4 or 5 genuine pieces including a stone flute from the East Cape and a hei-matau from Auckland

letter, 23/10/136, H D Skinner to W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum, Interested to hear you are investigating the hangi. Get hold of one or two oven stones for the Geological survey. There is reference to an almost identical earth oven from British Columbia. Two pataka arrived yesterday

letter, 23/10/1936, H D Skinner to W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum, Thanks for the two pataka slabs. We already have the paepae and two of the vertical fronting slabs. We must persuade Buck to let us have the doorway by exchange. It is certain the remaining two verticals are in existence. The existence of the two Maihi less certain.

letter, 20/10/1936, W J Phillipps, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Near Palmerston I collected notes on the Maori hangi. Read again the Elsdon Best article on Maori stem ovens. Place near Taumarunui where oven stones that do not break in the heat may be found

letter, 10/12/1936, W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Congratulations on your appointment as Curator. You should try to get this changed to Director. Moa bones arrived.

letter, 16/12/1939, H D Skinner to W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum, Thanks for congratulations on appointment. Teviotdale and Phillip George leaving for moa-hunter site at the mouth of the Waitaki

letter, 23/12/1936, W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum to H D Skinner, Re Moa bones from Papatowai, are any two or three from same bird? Previous letter forgot to mention the pelvis from Little Papanui is too fragmentary for exact determination, but poss Anomalopteryx didiformis. Thanks for exchange material. On back K Ross note "written Oliver saying you will drop note re the bones and any in contact in the natural position when found. "

letter, 24/12/1936 to W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum, Not surprised re your estimate of work of Haast or Hutton. Are the bones from Little Papanui able to be identified. Teviotdale and George are working at Waitaki, unfortunately not found any middens full of bones. Discussion arrangements re Museum Exchange Collections, objects and delivery dates.

letter, 31/12/1936 to W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum, Not sure if any bones belong to same bird, will ask Teviotdale. Good to have agreement on exchange of material. Buick wrote asking for duplicates from the Cook collection, have some for you.

letter, 31/12/1936 to W R B Oliver, Dominion Museum, Dates for dispatching material for loan collection, discussion packing and notes for setting up display.

letter, 25/05/1936, Eric P. Bone to Dr. C.E. Hercus, I am interested in the teaching position set out in the report of the Advisory Committee on the Carnegie Corp. benefactions, could you give me some more information on the selection of educational officers?

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