This file contains correspondences between J.A. Macdonald, Wilson Duff, and Harry Hawthorn regarding the valuation and acquisition of MacDonald's collection, part of which were acquired from W.H. Collison via Macdonald's uncle W.E. Collison. Duff provided a valuation of the collection. Hawthorn indicated that the Museum of Anthropology could not raise the funds to purchase the collection, and Macdonald was put in contact with Peter McNair of the BC Provincial Museum (now the Royal BC Museum) to negotiate purchase of the collection.
In one letter, Macdonald provides oral history about his acquaintance with a Nisga'a family at Ging̱olx (Kincolith) who were descended from the Tsetsaut people. Another letter indicates that Macdonald provided Duff with a copy of a speech from Henry Edenshaw.