Henry Devenish Skinner
1886–1978
(Person)
Soldier, ethnologist, university lecturer, museum curator and director, librarian.
Works by this Author in other Collections
- Fairy Tales in Maori, in Te Ao Hou
Mentioned in
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- Design Review: Volume 4, Issue 2 (September-May 1951-52)
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
- Island Stories
- Lore and history of the South Island Maori
- Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island of New Zealand
- Samoan Material Culture
- The Maoris of the South Island
- The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
- The Moa-Hunters of New Zealand: Sportsman of the Stone Age
- The New Zealanders at Gallipoli
- Victoria University College an Essay towards a History
- Victoria University of Wellington1899 ~ 1999 A History
- Vikings of the Sunrise
Cited in
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
- Samoan Material Culture
- The Coming of the Maori
- Vikings of the Sunrise
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Henry Devenish Skinner":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
