Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
	1505	Wendell Gilley Museum Board of Trustees	Image, Photograph	Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Wendell Gilley Museum Board of Trustees Identifier: 1505    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Creator: Noonan - Bob Noonan (1952-2004) Date: 2000 Description: Group portrait of Wendell Gilley Museum Board with Museum Director Nina Gormley in front of the museum building. Back row, left to right: Sarah Elliott, Carol West, John Wilmerding, Trustee Emeritus, Ashley Bernhard, Nina Gormley, Executive Director/Curator, Clare Shepley, Jennifer Nolan, Roc Cavino, Elizabeth Hughes, Douglass Gott. Front row, left to right: Barbara Rockefeller, Steven Rockefeller, Kate Briggs, Robert Hinkley, Eleanor Hoagland. Not pictured: Arthur Rogers. [show more]
	1509	Scale Model, Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Scale Model, Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor Identifier: 1509    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
	1582	Gilley Celebrates 30th Year	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Gilley Celebrates 30th Year Identifier: 1582    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Date: 2011-07-14 Description: Article from the Mount Desert Islander, July 14, 2011
	1002	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	Reference	People	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Identifier: 1002    Type: Reference Subject: People Description: Wendell Gilley is a name well known among carvers and carving collectors. Author of The Art of Bird Carving: A Guide to a Fascinating Hobby, one of the earliest instructional books on the subject, Gilley was a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. By his estimate, he created “ten thousand birds of pine and paint” between 1931 and 1983. (Gilley also loved alliteration; it should be noted that most of his carvings were made of basswood.) [show more]
	1005	Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)	Reference	People	Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Identifier: 1005    Type: Reference Subject: People Description: Addie Gilley’s created an outstanding collection of her husband’s work. The carvings that Addie so wisely saved over the years became the core of the Museum’s permanent collection. Wendell and Addie were the guests of honor at the opening of the Gilley Museum on July 12, 1981. They remained active in the museum until their deaths a few months apart in 1983.
	1365	Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983 Identifier: 1365    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings People Creator: Cohn - Sonia Cohn. Date: 1983-04-04 Description: The letter writer is asking for more information on Wendell Gilley after watching a Boston television program profiling him. She also mentions owning a Gilley carving of a mallard pair.
	1400	Desk calendar	Document, Calendar	People	Desk calendar Identifier: 1400    Type: Document, Calendar Subject: People Creator: Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Printed date on calendar is 1955 but it appears the Gilleys reused calendar pages to record events in subsequent years.
	1430	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey Identifier: 1430    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley outdoors holding carved osprey
	1453	Wendell Gilley Selecting Driftwood	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell Gilley Selecting Driftwood Identifier: 1453    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Wendell Gilley examining a piece of driftwood from a pile outside his workshop. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1454	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird Identifier: 1454    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1455	Wendell Gilley Carving Wings	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving Wings Identifier: 1455    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1456	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird Identifier: 1456    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1484	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop Identifier: 1484    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley at work at his carving desk
	1485	Steven Valleau in his workshop	Image, Photograph	Birds Object, Art People	Steven Valleau in his workshop Identifier: 1485    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Object, Art People Date: 1995 c Description: Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau at work on one of a series of panels for the outside of the museum building marking the museum's fifteenth anniversary.
	1493	Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981	Image, Photograph	Events People	Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981 Identifier: 1493    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Guests of honor, Wendell and Addie Gilley cut the ribbon on the museum's opening day.
	1497	Portrait of Wendell Gilley in Cap and Gown	Image, Photograph	People	Portrait of Wendell Gilley in Cap and Gown Identifier: 1497    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People
	1506	Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1506    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Creator: Adams - Richard Adams Date: 1981-02 Description: Wendell Gilley at construction site of new museum building
	1507	Steve Valleau	Image, Photograph	People	Steve Valleau Identifier: 1507    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 2011 Description: Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau
	1508	Nina Gormley, former Gilley Museum Director	Image, Photograph	People	Nina Gormley, former Gilley Museum Director Identifier: 1508    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Portrait of former Wendell Gilley Museum Director (1981-2016) Nina Gormley
	1527	Arnold T. Melbye, February 1983	Image, Photograph	People	Arnold T. Melbye, February 1983 Identifier: 1527    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1983-02 Description: Decoy carver Arnold T. Melbye watching Wendell Gilley film on television at the home of Anne Small in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
	1528	Nina Gormley, February 1981	Image, Photograph	People	Nina Gormley, February 1981 Identifier: 1528    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Creator: Adams - Richard Adams Date: 1981-02 Description: Nina Z. Gormley with sound recording gear in Wendell Gilley's workshop
	1541	Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller Identifier: 1541    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley, holding a carving of a ruffed grouse, with Steven Rockefeller. On reverse side of photograph: "Wendell Gilley in his S.W. Harbor Studio"
	1542	Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving Identifier: 1542    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Brown - W. L. Brown Date: 1973 Description: On reverse side of photograph: "Taken by W. L. Brown Summer of 1973"
	1547	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop Identifier: 1547    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1970 c. Description: Polaroid photograph of Wendell Gilley standing in his workshop. In front of him is a table holding a saw. Behind him to his right is a carving of a Canada goose.
	1553	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley Identifier: 1553    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1983-05-14 Description: Distinguished achievement award recognizing Wendell Gilley's accomplishments presented posthumously at University of Maine at Orono commencement exercises on May 14, 1983.
	1554	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award Citation	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award Citation Identifier: 1554    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1983-05-14 Description: Citation honoring Wendell Gilley read at University of Maine, Orono Commencement May 14, 1983
	1555	University of Maine at Orono Class of 1925 Golden Anniversary Certificate	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People	University of Maine at Orono Class of 1925 Golden Anniversary Certificate Identifier: 1555    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1975-06-07 Description: Certificate marking Wendell Gilley's fifty years as an alumnus of the University of Maine
	1562	Wendell H. Gilley outside his workshop, fall 1981	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell H. Gilley outside his workshop, fall 1981 Identifier: 1562    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1981 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Snapshot of Wendell Gilley standing at the door of his workshop ; photographer unknown
	1563	Making a Difference, What it Takes to Make a Duck	Publication, Periodical	Carvings People	Making a Difference, What it Takes to Make a Duck Identifier: 1563    Type: Publication, Periodical Subject: Carvings People Date: 1986-02 Description: Article from Audubon Adventures, volume 2, number 4 (February/March 1986). Matthew Beal and Stephen Brooks are interviewed about learning to carve at the Wendell Gilley Museum with museum artist Steven Valleau.
	1575	Bar Harbor Times article, April 8, 1971	Newspaper Clipping	People	Bar Harbor Times article, April 8, 1971 Identifier: 1575    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: People Date: 1971-04-08 Description: This article, titled "Capt. Black: Artist and Surgeon", describes Wendell Gilley's influence on sculptor Paul Black. It also mentions Gilley's Canada goose carved for Harry S. Truman.
	1576	Ellsworth American article, September 8, 1965	Newspaper Clipping	People	Ellsworth American article, September 8, 1965 Identifier: 1576    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: People Date: 1965-09-08 Description: Wendell Gilley meeting with National Wood Carvers Association officials Edwin Moore and Bernie Eilerman in his home in Southwests Harbor
	1577	Cleveland Plain Dealer article, September 20, 1956	Newspaper Clipping	People	Cleveland Plain Dealer article, September 20, 1956 Identifier: 1577    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: People Creator: Lawrence - Wes Lawrence Date: 1956-09-20 Description: Columnist Wes Lawrence, visiting Southwest Harbor, writes about Wendell Gilley. Gilley's last name is misspelled "Gillie".
	1578	Kent County News article, October 20, 1965	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions People	Kent County News article, October 20, 1965 Identifier: 1578    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1965-10-20 Description: Lists Wendell Gilley as one of America's top craftsmen exhibiting at the Kent County Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society show of waterfowl and upland game bird carvings in Nov. 1965. Other carvers exhibiting included Harold Haertel.
	1579	Bar Harbor Times article, October 21, 1976	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions People	Bar Harbor Times article, October 21, 1976 Identifier: 1579    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1976-10-21 Description: Wendell Gilley exhibits forty carvings plus carvings-in-progress at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in the show "Down East Bird Carvings."
	1580	Southwest Harbor Man Gave Up Family Business to Become "Whittling" Artist	Newspaper Clipping	People	Southwest Harbor Man Gave Up Family Business to Become "Whittling" Artist Identifier: 1580    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: People Creator: Spiker - LaRue Spiker Description: Bar Harbor Times article about Wendell Gilley's beginnings as an artist. Publication date is unknown.
	1581	Bar Harbor Times article, November 20, 1969	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions People	Bar Harbor Times article, November 20, 1969 Identifier: 1581    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1969-11-20 Description: Announcement that Wendell Gilley would be attending a bird carving exhibition in Chestertown, Maryland. The carving of a bald eagle family that he entered in the exhibit is depicted.
	1583	Woodcarvers Slate Speaker Here Saturday	Newspaper Clipping	People	Woodcarvers Slate Speaker Here Saturday Identifier: 1583    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: People Date: 1967-05-17 Description: Article from the Evening Telegram (Herkimer, N.Y.), May 17, 1967. Wendell Gilley was the featured speaker at the National Woodcarvers Association's New York chapter's second annual meeting, according to the article, which gives biographical and professional information about him.
	1589	Wendell Gilley's Maine Master Plumber License	Document, Permission, License, Occupational License	Businesses, Service Business People	Wendell Gilley's Maine Master Plumber License Identifier: 1589    Type: Document, Permission, License, Occupational License Subject: Businesses, Service Business People Date: 1944 Description: Original master plumber license issued by the State of Maine to Wendell Gilley, owner of Gilley Plumbing Company, in 1944
	1590	David and Nelson Rockefeller	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	David and Nelson Rockefeller Identifier: 1590    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1977 Description: David and Nelson Rockefeller holding the bald eagle David commissioned from Wendell Gilley as a gift for Nelson.
	1591	Wooden National Wood Carvers' Association Name Badge	Object, Identification Badge	People	Wooden National Wood Carvers' Association Name Badge Identifier: 1591    Type: Object, Identification Badge Subject: People Description: Wendell Gilley's National Wood Carvers' Association Name Badge labelled "N.W.C.A. Director Wendell H. Gilley, 179-1, S. West Harbor, Me."
	1592	Wendell H. Gilley Painting a Cardinal	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Painting a Cardinal Identifier: 1592    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley at his work table painting a carving of a cardinal, bookshelves in background
	1593	Wendell H. Gilley	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Identifier: 1593    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley working on a wood carving. At his collar he is wearing a pin shaped like a duck.
	1594	Wendell Gilley in his Workshop	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley in his Workshop Identifier: 1594    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell uses a barber's chair he converted into a workbench to hold an eagle carving while he works on it.
	1595	Wendell Gilley at his Workbench	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell Gilley at his Workbench Identifier: 1595    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Wendell Gilley in checked shirt with pipe seated at his workbench
	1596	Wendell Gilley Carving a Pheasant	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving a Pheasant Identifier: 1596    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gillley seated at his workbench carving what appears to be a miniature pheasant. Pieces of driftwood are on table behind him
	1597	Wendell Gilley Hunting Waterfowl	Image, Photograph	People Recreation, Hunting	Wendell Gilley Hunting Waterfowl Identifier: 1597    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Recreation, Hunting Description: Wendell Gilley crouched in blind with gun
	1003	Wendell Holmes Gilley	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell Holmes Gilley Identifier: 1003    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1973 Description: Gilley smokes a pipe while carving an Osprey in his Southwest Harbor, Maine workshop
	1004	Wendell Holmes Gilley at Work on a Goose	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Holmes Gilley at Work on a Goose Identifier: 1004    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1975 Description: Wendell Gilley painting a Canada Goose. Reverse side marked: "W SW '75"
81.1.171	1180	Man	Carving, Miniature	People	Man Accession #: 81.1.171 Identifier: 1180    Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: People Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1935 Description: Miniature; carved figure of bearded man with blue plaid scarf, white shirt, brown coat and trousers, wearing sou'wester; carved and painted detail, attached to square bottom base. Marked "by W.H. Gilley" on underside.
81.1.172	1181	Man	Carving, Miniature	People	Man Accession #: 81.1.172 Identifier: 1181    Type: Carving, Miniature Subject: People Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1938 Description: Miniature; carved figure of bearded man with pipe, wearing hat, red patterned scarf, light blue shirt, dark blue trousers, high block boots; attached to rectangular wooden base. Marked "by W.H. Gilley" on underside.
	1196	Letter from James C. Collins to The Eider	Document, Correspondence	Object, Other Object, Decoys People	Letter from James C. Collins to The Eider Identifier: 1196    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Other Object, Decoys People Creator: Collins - James C. Date: 1983 Description: Letter to the editor of the Wendell Gilley Museum's publication, The Eider, from James C. Collins after learning of Wendell Gilley's death
	1198	Letter from Steven C. Rockefeller to Members of the Wendell Gilley Museum Nominating Committee	Document, Correspondence	People	Letter from Steven C. Rockefeller to Members of the Wendell Gilley Museum Nominating Committee Identifier: 1198    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: People Creator: Rockefeller - Steven C. Date: 1992-09-01 Description: Letter concerning the proposed nomination of Arthur Rogers, Jr. for trustee of the museum by Jim Wallis
	1200	Letter from Raymond L. Stearns to Nina Gormley	Document, Correspondence	People	Letter from Raymond L. Stearns to Nina Gormley Identifier: 1200    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: People Creator: Stearns - Raymond L. Date: 1992-04-29 Description: Letter to the Museum Director about sending the museum copies of letters received from Wendell Gilley. Enclosed are two letters by Wendell Gilley to Mr. Stearns.
	1222	Wendell H. Gilley with Osprey - 1972	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley with Osprey - 1972 Identifier: 1222    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Date: 1972 Description: Wendell Gilley holding carved osprey in a snow covered yard, Southeast Harbor, Maine
	1223	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971 Identifier: 1223    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Date: 1971 - 10 Description: Wendell Gilley at work on a carving in his workshop.
	1224	Wendell H. Gilley in his Workshop	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his Workshop Identifier: 1224    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley working on a carving, cormorants and herons on the wall behind him
	1225	Wendell H. Gilley Carving Eagle	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Carving Eagle Identifier: 1225    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley at workbench carving eagle with raised wings
	1226	Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970 Identifier: 1226    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1970-11 Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to unfinished half life size carved eagle
	1227	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Eagle Carving and Miniature Mallard, Summer 1971	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Eagle Carving and Miniature Mallard, Summer 1971 Identifier: 1227    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Kelly - Diane L. Date: 1971 Description: Wendell Gilley standing in front of garage holding two carvings, an eagle and his first carving, a mallard made in 1930. On back of photo: "Wendell, Gilley, summer 1971, taken by Diane L. Kelly, his 1st & present bird in progress."
	1228	Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974 Identifier: 1228    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1974-09 Description: Wendell Gilley next to a shelf holding carving of Canada geese
	1229	Wendell H. Gilley Carving a Grouse	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Carving a Grouse Identifier: 1229    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop carving, tools hanging on wall next to him
	1230	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Owl Carving	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Owl Carving Identifier: 1230    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley outdoors holding small carving of an owl perched on a driftwood branch
	1232	Wendell H. Gilley holding Official Seal of the State of Maine, 1955	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley holding Official Seal of the State of Maine, 1955 Identifier: 1232    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Date: 1955 Description: Wendell Gilley holding the carving of the Maine state seal he carved for the Northeast Harbor Public Library
	1280	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Dec. 1960	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Dec. 1960 Identifier: 1280    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1960 - 12 Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop with carvings of cormorants, heron, and osprey.
	1631	Woodcraft catalog	Publication, Catalog	People	Woodcraft catalog Identifier: 1631    Type: Publication, Catalog Subject: People Creator: Woodcraft Supply Corp. Date: 1973 Description: Cover and page 16 of Woodcraft catalog 73-74 showing Wendell Gilley in his workshop
2023.08.15	1635	Beyond the spring : Cordelia Stanwood of Birdsacre.	Publication, Book	Birds People	Beyond the spring : Cordelia Stanwood of Birdsacre. Accession #: 2023.08.15 Identifier: 1635    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds People Creator: Richmond - Chandler S. Richmond. Date: 1978 Description: Published: Lamoine, Maine : Latona Press, 1978. Inscription to Wendell Gilley by the author on half title page.
23.08.01	1636	The Art of Dahlov Ipcar	Publication, Book	People	The Art of Dahlov Ipcar Accession #: 23.08.01 Identifier: 1636    Type: Publication, Book Subject: People Creator: Little - Carl Little Date: 2010 Description: Published by Down East, c2010. Half title page signed by the artist. Title page signed by the author.
23.10.20	1639	The traveling artist : a visual journal	Publication, Book	People	The traveling artist : a visual journal Accession #: 23.10.20 Identifier: 1639    Type: Publication, Book Subject: People Creator: Dunaway - Missy Dunaway Date: 2021 Description: Published by G Editions, New York
23.10.202	1640	The artist's Mount Desert : American painters on the Maine Coast	Publication, Book	People Places, Island	The artist's Mount Desert : American painters on the Maine Coast Accession #: 23.10.202 Identifier: 1640    Type: Publication, Book Subject: People Places, Island Creator: Wilmerding - John Wilmerding Date: 1994 Description: Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
	1328	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Identifier: 1328    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature 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.
	1329	Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature	Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971 Identifier: 1329    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature 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]
	1351	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Wendell H. Gilley, June 10, 1971	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Wendell H. Gilley, June 10, 1971 Identifier: 1351    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature 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
	1446	Note from Ted Madara to Nina Gormley	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature People	Note from Ted Madara to Nina Gormley Identifier: 1446    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature People Creator: Madara - Ted Madara Description: Notecard reads "Dear Nina: We are lifelong summer residents of SWH and had the great fortune growing up to meet Wendell several times in his workshop while he was carving birds for my grandparents which we now cherish. My mother Linda Madara was asked by Downeast Magazine to write a story about Wendell and to photograph him and his carvings. We came across the text and original copy this summer and thought you may want it for the archives. Best regards, Ted Madara" Note accompanies a typescript of the magazine article, "Wendell Gilley - The Art of Fine Bird Carving" and photographic negatives. [show more]
	1204	Letter to Nina Gormley from Lucretia W. Evans	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature	Letter to Nina Gormley from Lucretia W. Evans Identifier: 1204    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature Creator: Evans - Lucretia W. Description: This letter expresses Lucretia Evans' intention to donate her copy of Wendell Gilley's book Bird Carving, a Guide to a Fascinating Hobby, which she believed might be a first edition.
	1206	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1206    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature 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.
	1208	Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever	Document, Correspondence	Other, Literature	Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever Identifier: 1208    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other, Literature 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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	1598	Carved Wooden Molds	Image, Photograph	Carvings Object, Metalworking, Casting Mold	Carved Wooden Molds Identifier: 1598    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings Object, Metalworking, Casting Mold Description: Various wooden molds Wendell Gilley carved for use in making cast lead feet
	1548	Wendell H. Gilley's workbench	Image, Photograph	Object, Furnishings, Table, Workbench People	Wendell H. Gilley's workbench Identifier: 1548    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Furnishings, Table, Workbench People Date: 1970 c. Description: Photograph of Wendell Gilley's workbench in his Southwest Harbor workshop
	1549	Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop	Image, Photograph	Object, Furnishings, Table, Workbench	Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop Identifier: 1549    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Furnishings, Table, Workbench Date: 1969-02 Description: Wendell Gilley converted a barber's chair into the work "bench" shown in this photograph taken in his workshop.
	1449	Drawing of Chipmunk, Beaver, and Black Bear	Image, Art, Drawing	Animals Object, Art	Drawing of Chipmunk, Beaver, and Black Bear Identifier: 1449    Type: Image, Art, Drawing Subject: Animals Object, Art Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper sent to Donald Fenner from Wendell Gilley ; undated
	1569	Nina Gormley with Whooping Cranes Sculpture	Image, Photograph	Object, Art People	Nina Gormley with Whooping Cranes Sculpture Identifier: 1569    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Art People Date: 1992 Description: Wendell Gilley Museum Director Nina Gormley standing in front of the museum with Whooping Cranes by Walter Matia, 1990.
	1570	Nina Gormley and Wendell Gilley Museum Trustees with Whooping Cranes Sculpture	Image, Photograph	Object, Art People	Nina Gormley and Wendell Gilley Museum Trustees with Whooping Cranes Sculpture Identifier: 1570    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Art People Date: 1992 Description: Wendell Gilley Museum Director Nina Gormley and members of the museum's board of trustees standing in front of the museum with Whooping Cranes by Walter Matia, 1990.
	1199	Letter to Mrs. Otis D. Wolfe from Steven C. Rockefeller	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art People	Letter to Mrs. Otis D. Wolfe from Steven C. Rockefeller Identifier: 1199    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art People Creator: Rockefeller - Steven C. Date: 1992-06-01 Description: Letter to the donor of a bronze sculpture by Walther Matia in memory of Foster Whitlock . The letter thanks her for her donation of the sculpture to the museum and describes the dedication ceremony.
23.08.02	1637	Drawing nature	Publication, Book	Nature Other, Literature	Drawing nature Accession #: 23.08.02 Identifier: 1637    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature Other, Literature Creator: Maltzman - Stanley Maltzman Date: 1995 Description: Published by North Light Books, Cincinnati, Ohio. Signed by the author and dated "23 September 2018"
	1379	Guestbooks	Guestbook	Guest Books	Guestbooks Identifier: 1379    Type: Guestbook Subject: Guest Books Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: 3 Guestbooks containing signatures of Wendell Gilley's visitors from March 1944 - Nov. 1951, July 24, 1971 - July 9, 1974, and July 12, 1974 - June 13, 1977. 1 notebook listing names of visitors to his workshop between May 1970 and July 24, 1971
	1353	Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Gardens	Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft Identifier: 1353    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Gardens Creator: Bancroft - Gertrude Storey Bancroft (1923-2002) Date: 1989 Description: This letter is a reply to the Gilley Museum Director's request for a garden to be donated by the Garden Club of Mount Desert. It also mentions a carving of three gulls on a driftwood based that Mrs. Bancroft commissioned from Wendell Gilley.
	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
	1242	Philadelphia Inquirer article, Oct. 19, 1976	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions People	Philadelphia Inquirer article, Oct. 19, 1976 Identifier: 1242    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions People Creator: Seltzer - Ruth Seltzer Date: 1976-10-19 Description: Article from the Philadelphia Inquirer's society column by Ruth Seltzer describing the preparations for the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley. The exhibit was held at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The photograph accompanying the article shows Barbara Tyson, a trustee of the Academy, helping unpack the carved birds.
	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.
	1494	Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day Identifier: 1494    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Wendell and Addie Gilley, guests of honor at the museum's opening day, walk up the front walk
	1495	Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum Identifier: 1495    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Wendell Gilley waves as Addie enters the front door of the new museum
	1496	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Identifier: 1496    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The Gilleys with Steven Rockefeller looking at miniature carvings in a round display case

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