Otago Museum Records/Archives

Letter, 31/05/1907, Edgar R Waite to Professor W B Benham, Description of vessel and proposed route to and from Stewart Island.

Letter, 28/05/1907, Edgar R Waite to Professor W B Benham, Southern trawling expedition. Mentions Aysen's name and Hedley's Bucket

Letter, 18/05/1907, Edgar R Waite to Professor W B Benham, Discussion of auction of exhibition cases; enquires re management of specimens from trawler expedition.

Letter, 26/10/1907, Edgar R Waite to Professor W B Benham, Encloses a list of the trawling stations of the S.S. Nore Niven.

Letter, 31/10/1907, Edgar R Waite to Professor W B Benham, Advising despatch of balance of Trawling expedition specimens by carrier.

Letter, 11/06/1906, Charles Hedley, Australian Museum, Sydney to Professor W B Benham, Acknowledging receipt of manuscript and drawings which will appear in the next record.

Letter, 08/11/1906, G Hudson, General Post Office, Wellington to Professor W B Benham, Discussion of identification of larva in specimen. Apparently closely related to Leptoperla opposita

Letter, 23/10/1906, Hubert Lyman Clark, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass.,U.S. A. to Professor W B Benham, Reports that the Museum of Comparative Zoology would like to enter into an exchange of Echinoderms with Otago Museum. Notes that New Zealand and Western Pacific Echinoderms are of particular interest to the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Encloses booklet listing the Echinoderms available for exchange.

Letter, 04/01/1906, Thomas Cheeseman, Auckland Museum to Professor W B Benham, Regrets no earth worm specimens currently stored in Auckland Museum and very few duplicate eggs of North Island birds. Notes that eggs are abundant on Little Barrier Island. Notes that he could send eggs of sea birds from the Kermadec Islands. Refers to publication of "Flora."

Letter, 27/01/1906, N. L. Buchanan, Paturau, via Collingwood. to Professor W B Benham, Describes search for native earth worms and regrets that this was not very successful. Has sent two earthworms. Reflects that "this appears to be…a very wormless country."

Letter, 26/02/1906, James Begg, Willowburn, Clinton to Professor W B Benham, Sending a "peculiar kind of lizard," found near Clinton. Has not previously seen a lizard the same as this specimen. Notes that it is still "fairly cheerful" despite loss of tail.

Letter, 17/10/1906, Charles William Ablett, Native School, Te Kao, North Auckland to Professor W B Benham, Sending three "peculiar worms" in a tin box. Notes Professor Benham's special knowledge about worms. Describes worms found and notes they are flat not round.