Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
Wildlife in wood Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other	LeMaster - Richard LeMaster	1978			Wildlife in wood Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1644 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other Creator: LeMaster - Richard LeMaster Date: 1978 Description: Published : Chillicothe, Ill. : Model Technology. Inscribed by the author "To Wendell Gilley, with best wishes to one of the pioneers in this field. We have all benefited from your efforts."
How to make working decoys Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other	Starr - George Ross Starr, Jr.	1978			How to make working decoys Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1643 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other Creator: Starr - George Ross Starr, Jr. Date: 1978 Description: Published: New York : Winchester Press. Page 69 is signed by Frank C. Wilson, a Massachusetts decoy carver who is featured in the book. Wilson's work was for sale in the Wendell Gilley Museum shop.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Nature, Animals, Birds Other	O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	1972-03-29		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1221 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Other Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1972-03-29 Description: Letter discusses publishing Gilley's book in a limited edition as well as including a photograph of Gilley with an osprey as an insert. It also mentions a carving of an owl and another of a bobwhite quail on a hatchet.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other	O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	1971-05-11		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1207 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-05-11 Description: Letter discusses sending text, artwork, and photos for the book, Art of Bird Carving, to Byron Cheever. Flying goose, bob-white and blue quail carvings are also mentioned.
Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Wendell H. Gilley, June 10, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	1971-06-10		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Wendell H. Gilley, June 10, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1351 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-06-10 Description: This letter accompanied O'Brien's submission of his draft foreword to Gilley's book The Art of Bird Carving
Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	1971-04-29			Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1329 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1971-04-29 Description: Wendell suggests carvings he had on hand that could be photographed to illustrate his book. Birds he suggests are: bob white quail, scaled quail, flock of 7 Canada geese, pair of Wilson snipe, pair of grouse, single woodcock, several miniature birds of all types, great blue heron with trout in mouth, group of three pintails, life size eagle, pair of life size wood duck, spotted sandpiper on mussel shell, life size pileated woodpecker, pair of eagles with two babies in nest. [show more]
Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-04-08		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1213 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-04-08 Description: Photocopy from the original by Byron Cheever listing questions he had regarding publishing Gilley's book. Gilley's answers as dictated to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. are in pencil after each question.
Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-04-03		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1328 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-04-03 Description: Original letter from Byron Cheever, Publisher of North American Decoys, expressing Cheever's willingness to publish Wendell Gilley's book and asking questions about publication and printing details.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	1971-05-06		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1206 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-05-06 Description: This letter discusses correspondence between Wendell Gilley and Byron Cheever, author and magazine publisher, about Gilley's book. The author of the letter makes suggestions about paper and cover art and discusses copyright.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-05-08		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1209 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-05-08 Description: Contains instructions for making changes to Gilley's book The Art of Bird Carving for a new edition.
Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise Other People	O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	1971-04-23		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1214 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise Other People Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-04-23 Description: This letter praises Wendell Gilley's inventiveness, his carving and his book . O'Brien refers to a vise for holding decoys and carvings for painting that Wendell includes in the book.
Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-05-12		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1208 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-05-12 Description: Letter acknowledges receipt of a copy of O'Brien's letter to Wendell H. Gilley. Cheever promises to work on the material for Gilley's book but says hes is in the process of getting the summer issue of North American Decoys ready for the printer.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other People	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-05-23		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1211 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other People Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-05-23 Description: Cheever writes that he has received the materials for Gilley's book and that he read the new chapter on decoys and thought it was well done. He also talks about meeting carver Harold Haertel in Chicago at a meeting of decoy collectors.

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