Otago Museum Records/Archives

letter, 17/05/1936 to Margaret Catherwood, Photographs to accompany paper on carved skull-box.

letter, 22/05/1936, Miss Catherwood to H D Skinner (London), The £43 payment to the friends has not been actioned yet. Payment of £15 to Parkin Christian under way. Nordhoff sent copy of "The Hurricane". Three packing cases arrived and in good order. Admiralty Island pendant, cowri shell with incised pattern and dog teeth arrived 4 weeks ago. Persian mirror case is very rusty. Miss Daff repaired the Tang figure. H E Vaile found dead in Auckland Harbour. Mclachlan says of 20,000 stamps 1500 are of use for the collection. Mr Elvy sent in greenstone pendant from Goose Bay for identification, sending you drawing of it.

letter, 17/04/1936, H D Skinner (London) to Miss Catherwood, Thanks for drawing of the pendant which I will return. £43.5.0 owing to the friends brought up by me at the last meeting. Suggest pay Christian £15 for the statue, Henri Lavacheri tried to buy it for Brussels but he wouldn't sell. Wonderful time on the Continent. In Germany for Nazi election day. Arranged various exchanges. P George's material was to come to us straight and in no way an exchange.

letter to, 1. How to strengthen charcoal, 2. obtain particulars of leaf stands for stamp collection, 3. Method of conserving space in the greenstone case. 4. Any particulars for setting up habitat cases

letter, 16/04/1936, Miss Catherwood to H D Skinner (London), Maiden Castle excavation interesting. Letter from Bishop Museum with returned manuscript. Advert for Ebbett collection, Vangioni says a great deal of it is modern. Teviotdale spent Easter excavating at Shag Point with Mr Hornsey. Papatowai piece of drilled moa bone. Mr Harris making changes to the Library. McLachlan has received University Scholarship. Sending circulars for conferences.

letter, 05/03/1936, Miss Catherwood to H D Skinner (London), Enclosed letter from Trenn and from Samuel Russell. Dr Stearns apologised for not forwarding exchange material yet. E J Forsdyke about collapsed model of the Parthenon. Rev W W Avery presented collection of New Guinea material. Mr George's stuff has been handed over by the Settlers museum and the Robert Burns Snuff mull sent. Rev Crockett presenting articles from Shag Point. Mr Voyce sending kapkaps. Stone figure from Easter island arrived. Do we pay £10, 15 or 20? Dr Mullin said you and Fels purchased a Lekythos. we don't have enough money to pay for it. The £43.5.0 owing to the friends could be paid back to help. Harold service appointed to Gold Coast Geological work. Benham has 110 students.

letter, 05/03/1936, H D Skinner (London) to Miss Catherwood, Express concern funds owed to Mr Fells and funds in the Societies account. Enclosed receipt for an pendant from Admiralty Islands. Busy visiting museums; comments about the Welcome Museum. Now leaving for Sweden. Have purchased books for the library.

letter, 05/02/1936, H D Skinner (London) to Miss Catherwood, Travel news and information about exhibitions visited esp a Chinese Exh at Burlington House. Purchased from a dealer Massey a model canoe and other material from the Pacific. Paid for by Fells, discussion money now owed. Details re other consignments of Egyptian and Chinese material, mix museum and Fell's private purchases.

letter, 18/12/1935, H D Skinner (London) to Miss Catherwood, 2 letters from Skinner and 1 and response from Catherwood. Follow up re complete ion of exam papers. Met with Dr Oliver and discussed new Dominion Museum building. Second letter catch up on collection issues. Response re typing up of a paper, Mrs Meek presented carvings, purchase of fish hooks from Samuela Ariki, and received Egyptian material from Egyptian Exploration Society. Building issues; telephones and furnace. Stone weapon brought in from Central, found while gold sluicing. Other museum business re publications etc

letter, 17/12/1935 to H D Skinner, Query re editing of papers. Other museum business including discussion on Percy smith Prize, a possible canoe in Kent, meeting with Hocken and potential gifts of collection material.

letter, 13/02/1936, D.S.Smith to Miss Catherwood, Cover letter forwarding copy of Dr Keppel's Confidential Report.

letter, 21/04/1936 to Margaret Catherwood, Received your letter and Skinners paper and drawings. Yet to be proofed and sent to printer.