Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 16/10/1935, Dr. R.M.S. Taylor, Dental Clinic, Wellington to H.D. Skinner, Thanks for the casts for thesis, and congratulations of Carnegie travelling grant - very interested on Skinner's upcoming tour. Discusses applying for grants and fellowships, and museum positions.

letter, 29/04/1935, H D Skinner to Iris Wood, Christchurch, Advice on holding an exhibition of oriental art in Christchurch. Mentioned Sir Lindo Fergusson, Mr C Balk, Willi Fels, Percy Halstead, Miss Theomin, my wife and I.

letter, 24/04/1935, Iris Wood, Christchurch to H D Skinner, Miss Moncrieff has told me about your exhibition of oriental art in Dunedin and I would like your advise about the one we intend to hold here

letter, 12/01/1935, R M Wishart, Hawthorne E3 to H D Skinner, Melanesian material is almost impossible to obtain as customs will not allow export. What little I have is not enough for exchanges

letter, 07/03/1935, B Woodhouse, St Clair to H D Skinner, Thank you for agreeing to lecture on The Maori Collection and the Primary Teacher

letter, 08/03/1935, H D Skinner to B Woodhouse, St Clair, With reference to my talk at 7.45 pm on 7 March please remind me nearer the time

letter, 25/11/1935, H D Skinner to Dr J C Wadmore, Whakatane, Maclachlan has the matter in hand. I look forward to receiving your manuscript

letter, 19/11/1935, Dr J C Wadmore, Whakatane to H D Skinner, I wanted photo of the carved ruru at the gable end of the house. This is Moko era the grandfather of Tui Wepiha who built the house. Other figures described and named

letter, 13/11/1935, H D Skinner to Dr J C Wadmore, Whakatane, Russell is now at the Imperial College of Science so I cannot secure the photos you want. Let me have a copy of you material

letter, 28/11/1935, H D Skinner to C R Waghorn, Banks Peninsular, I am substituting your information for that given by Vagioni as it is first hand

letter, 29/10/1935, H D Skinner to Luke Waghorn, Little Akaroa, I am writing up the carved skull box found in a cave at Sandy Bay near Little Akaroa containing a skull 2 pendants and a carved piece of wood painted red. Could you send any information about it. Judge Harvey said there were three of these boxes. We have the front of what must have been a skull box with an almost identical face fro the John White collection

letter, 23/10/1935, H.D. Skinner to Dr. R.M.S. Taylor, Dental Clinic, Wellington, Posting the cast of the Piltdown canine and jaw fragment for use on Taylor's thesis, which Skinner is very interested in. Also suggests contacting Buck if he becomes the next director of the Bishop Museum in hope of publishing thesis, otherwise contact Clark Wisler of the American Museum of Natural History. Also mentions he was awarded a Carnegie travelling grant, and is booked for England in mid-December.