Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 21/01/1936 to Mr G Simpson, Covering letter for draft memorandum to go to next Management Committee. Fells is seeking a statement from the University Council's re its intentions regarding the future of the museum.

letter, 26/11/1936 to George Salby, Thank you for opportunity to purchase the book, library funds are currently over drawn so we need to decline at the moment.

letter, 01/12/1936 to Johannes C Andersen, Turnbull Library, Sent book Art and Life in New Guinea. Corrections to paper on amulets.

letter, 19/12/1936 to Mr Edward Samuel, Seeking a copy of image of a short leg moa. Photographer W.F.E. Simpson of Cargill St. Don’t have image of larger Moa or certain it was hunted by Maori. Was a reconstruction with bush setting and x3 Maori staking it. The leading Maori was Dr Peter Buck, who was a student at the time. Source of image Otago Daily Times.

letter, 11/12/1936, Mr Edward Samuel to H D Skinner, I want a photograph of a reconstructed moa

letter, 20/01/1936, H D Skinner to Samuela Arki, Mauke,, Sending £2 for Pearl shell fishhook

letter, 26/11/1936, H D Skinner to R U Sayce, Manchester, Thanks for annual report and guide, I enjoyed your museum very mch. We had a severe fire at sea off the Australian coast on our way home. Please visit us

letter, 17/08/1936, R U Sayce, Manchester to H D Skinner, Sending report and guide. Thanks for help with our collection. I will be working on our stone implements and may be able to send you some in exchange for Maori material

letter, 25/11/1936, H D Skinner to Carl Schuster, Peiping, China, Piece 17354 is Maori, possibly modern fake kaka poria or leg ring for a trained parrot. Headless man from Indonesia is significant. We have a large collection of breast ornaments from Bougainville. Possible connection between ancient Chinese and Oceanic decorative art especially Easter Island script. Bird man carving in New Zealand and Massim, Solomons and Easter Island. Man's soul passes into bird after death. Man's face with tusks not uncommon in New Zealand carving, as in Indian, Indonesian and Chinese art.

letter, 16/05/1936, Carl Schuster, Peiping, China to H D Skinner, Interested in your discussion on bird motives as a class of objects similar to bronze age Indo-chinese

letter, 11/07/1936, Mary Scorgie to Miss Catherwood, I'll bring the jug, the items about ices and the ice pail

letter, 06/07/1936, H D Skinner to Mary Scorgie, Thanks for pewter container and spattle We would be glad to have the chinese plaques Could you write an account of making the ice moulds?