Otago Museum Records/Archives

Letter, 14/05/1924, R.W Firth to H D Skinner, Personal letter sharing future travel to London University, request for information about studying there.

Letter, 07/04/1905, C.E. Ford to H D Skinner, Shares that read Mr Firth's copy of Skinner's work on the Moriori, describes meeting with Dr Buck, receiving artifacts from Central Africa, describes and draws stone artifact and whalebone charm.

Letter, 12/12/1924, Willi Fels to H D Skinner, Enclose cutting from Auckland Museum, describes meeting about Edge Partington Collection

Letter, 04/09/1924, Willi Fels to H D Skinner, sections 15-19 of bill relating to Auckland Museum

Letter, 09/04/1905, H.D. Skinner to H D Skinner, Agenda of Friends of the Museum meeting; proposal to secure payment for European arms. "Cash book" written on the back page.

Letter, 11/02/1925, J. Renwick to H D Skinner, Thanks for loan of book on Chatham Islands. Offer to sell greenstone chisel.

Letter, 19/02/1925, George Fenwick to H D Skinner, Sending photo of Apirahaina (?) to Hocken Library

Letter, 27/02/1925, Ralph Linton (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago) to H D Skinner, Response to previous letter amending comment on Marquesan feather work. Discusses similarities between Maori and Marquesan culture, Skinner's article about origin of Maori material culture. Advises museum has whale bone clubs from Lord Howe Island. Discusses potential exchange of Philippine or Sumatran artifacts for Maori artifacts.

Letter, 12/03/1925, D.C. Davies (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago) to H D Skinner, Request of Maori artifacts in exchange for Philippine artifacts

Letter, 21/04/1925, H.D. Skinner to H D Skinner, Carbon copy of letter. Agrees to exchange as proposed in previous letter (see 64). Request for photos of Lord Howe Island whalebone clubs and Porak and South China stone implements.

Letter, 25/06/1925, G. Lindo Ferguson to H D Skinner, List of four stone artifacts - proposes to exchange them for (allegedly fake per Skinner) hei-tiki

Letter, 04/10/1925, G. Lindo Ferguson to H D Skinner, Response to Skinner not happy with size of Maori adze sent and refusing to fulfil exchange. Refuses suggestion that sender's father pay for expenses incurred.