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1328 | Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley |
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| 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. | |
1329 | Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971 |
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| 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] | |
1351 | Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Wendell H. Gilley, June 10, 1971 |
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| Description: This letter accompanied O'Brien's submission of his draft foreword to Gilley's book The Art of Bird Carving | |
1206 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| 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. | |
1208 | Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever |
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| 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. | |
1209 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever |
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| Description: Contains instructions for making changes to Gilley's book The Art of Bird Carving for a new edition. | |
1213 | Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley |
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| 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. | |
1214 | Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| 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. | |
1221 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| 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. | |
1207 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| 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. | |
1211 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever |
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| 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. | |
| 1643 | How to make working decoys |
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| ![]() 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. |
| 1644 | Wildlife in wood |
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| ![]() 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." |