Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
	1209	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Identifier: 1209    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature 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.
	1210	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Thomas C. Schuller	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Thomas C. Schuller Identifier: 1210    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: Schuller - Thomas C. Date: 1970-02-01 Description: This letter asks Gilley to repair one of a pair of herons that was damaged in a move.
	1211	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Other, Literature People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Identifier: 1211    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Other, Literature 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.
	1212	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1212    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-04-15 Description: Note from O'Brien included with a copy of a letter from Byron Cheever. O'Brien mentions having been asked by Peggy Rockefeller if Gilley would sell her a flock of geese.
	1213	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Identifier: 1213    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature 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.
	1214	Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise Other, Literature People	Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1214    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise Other, Literature 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.
	1215	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1215    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise People Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-04-23 Description: This letter thanks Gilley for sending a vise. O'Brien also encloses correspondence with Byron Cheever about publishing Gilley's book.
	1216	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Places, Island	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1216    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Places, Island Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1970-06-04 Description: Letter describing O'Brien's sailing trip around Buckle Island, Swans Island and others and the eiders and ospreys he saw. This letter also mentions Gilley's idea for a museum.
	1217	Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day flyer	Document, Advertising, Brochure	Events, Auction Object, Art	Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day flyer Identifier: 1217    Type: Document, Advertising, Brochure Subject: Events, Auction Object, Art Date: 1990 Description: Flyer advertising the Wendell Gilley Museum Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day, Aug. 10, 1990. Auctioned items included a framed set of prints, "20 Birds of Mount Desert Island" by Carroll Sargent Tyson.
	1218	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1218    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1970-06-10 Description: Letter describing the making of 36 duck decoys.. O'brien also mentions picking up a finished woodcock from Gilley.
	1219	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1219    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-08-05 Description: O'Brien acknowledges receipt of a spotted sandpiper carving from Gilley and discusses a handle Gillely designed for an X-Acto blade as well as decoy designs.
	1220	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1220    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1970-05-25 Description: Thank you letter for a gift of a carved pair of ruffed grouse
	1221	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Other, Literature	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1221    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Other, Literature 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.
	1238	Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement	Document, Advertising	Carvings Events, Exhibitions People	Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement Identifier: 1238    Type: Document, Advertising Subject: Carvings Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1976 Description: Page from an unknown publication announcing Gilley's exhibit of bird carvings at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
	1240	Letter from Robert M. Peck to Wendell Gilley, March 1, 1977	Document, Correspondence	Events, Exhibitions	Letter from Robert M. Peck to Wendell Gilley, March 1, 1977 Identifier: 1240    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events, Exhibitions Creator: Peck - Robert M. Peck Date: 1977-03-01 Description: Letter congratulating Gilley on the success of the exhibition Downeast Bird Carvings of Wendell Gilley at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. On exhibit were sixty-one carvings of birds "on display together for the first time." 34, 272 people attended the exhibit during its ten week run from October 29, 1976 to January 7, 1977.
	1241	Letter to Wendell Gilley from Barbara Tyson	Document, Correspondence	Events, Exhibitions	Letter to Wendell Gilley from Barbara Tyson Identifier: 1241    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events, Exhibitions Creator: Tyson - Barbara Tyson Date: 1977 c Description: Letter thanking Wendell Gilley for the loan of his carvings for the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley held at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1976 through Jan. 7, 1977
	1630	Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley exhibit opening invitation	Document, Correspondence	Events	Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley exhibit opening invitation Identifier: 1630    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events Creator: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Date: 1976 Description: Invitation to a black tie dinner celebrating the opening of the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pa. On the back page is a handwritten note from Barbara Tyson to Wendell.

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