Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
	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.
	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.
	1633	Connect to nature, creativity at Wendell Gilley Museum[ magazine article]	Publication, Periodical	Birds Carvings People	Connect to nature, creativity at Wendell Gilley Museum[ magazine article] Identifier: 1633    Type: Publication, Periodical Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Billings, Johanna S. Date: 2018 Description: From the 2018 Premier Edition of Cultural adventures : Acadia and Downeast Maine. Gives background information about Wendell Gilley and describes carving classes offered by the Wendell Gilley Museum. Features photos of a great horned owl carved by Wendell Gilley as well as sandpipers carved by students in the museum's carving classes.
	1632	Good things from Maine : fine feathers[ magazine article]	Publication, Periodical	Birds Carvings People	Good things from Maine : fine feathers[ magazine article] Identifier: 1632    Type: Publication, Periodical Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Craig, Jennifer Lynn Date: 2021 Description: From the July 2021 issue of Down East Magazine. Describes the history and current day programming of the Wendell Gilley Museum. Resident artist Steve Valleau is featured.
	1236	Downeast Bird Carvings Exhibit Catalog	Publication, Catalog	Carvings People	Downeast Bird Carvings Exhibit Catalog Identifier: 1236    Type: Publication, Catalog Subject: Carvings People Creator: Peck - Robert M. Peck Date: 1976 Description: Catalog of an exhibition of Wendell Gilley's bird carvings held at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia from October 29, 1976 through January 9, 1977
	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
2022.02.01	1601	Waterfowl of North America	Publication, Book	Birds	Waterfowl of North America Accession #: 2022.02.01 Identifier: 1601    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Zimmerman - William Zimmerman Date: 1974 Tags: highlights Description: Number 102 of 1000 book edition. Contains 42 plates. Published by Frame House Printing. Also included with this book dontion are seven holiday cards created by Zimmerman and sent by him to the donor's parents.
22.04.01	1606	Nests and eggs of the birds of the United States	Publication, Book	Birds	Nests and eggs of the birds of the United States Accession #: 22.04.01 Identifier: 1606    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Gentry - Thomas George Gentry (1843-1905) Date: 1882 Description: Published by J. A. Wagenseller
22.04.02	1607	Pheasants, their lives and homes.	Publication, Book	Birds	Pheasants, their lives and homes. Accession #: 22.04.02 Identifier: 1607    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Beebe - William Beebe, (1877-1962) Date: 1936 Description: Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
22.04.03	1608	Birds of America	Publication, Book	Birds	Birds of America Accession #: 22.04.03 Identifier: 1608    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Pearson - Thomas Gilbert Pearson (1873-1943) Date: 1936 Description: Editor-in-Chief, T. Gilbert Pearson, consulting editor, John Burroughs. With 106 plates in full color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Published by Garden City Books.
22.04.04	1609	The Quails.	Publication, Book	Birds	The Quails. Accession #: 22.04.04 Identifier: 1609    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Spaulding - Edward Selden Spaulding (1891-) Date: 1949 Description: Illustrated by Francis Lee Jaques. Published by MacMillan.
22.04.05	1610	Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes.	Publication, Book	Birds	Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes. Accession #: 22.04.05 Identifier: 1610    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Blanchan - Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918) Date: 1908 Description: With an introduction by John Burroughs, Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.
22.04.06	1611	Brief bird biographies : a guide to birds through habitat associations.	Publication, Book	Birds	Brief bird biographies : a guide to birds through habitat associations. Accession #: 22.04.06 Identifier: 1611    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Street - J. Fletcher Street (1880-) Date: 1933 Description: Published by Grosset & Dunlap
22.04.07	1612	Rex Brasher's Birds & trees of North America. Volume one.	Publication, Book	Birds	Rex Brasher's Birds & trees of North America. Volume one. Accession #: 22.04.07 Identifier: 1612    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Brasher - Rex Brasher (1869-1960) Date: 1961 Description: Published by Rowman and Littlefield
22.04.08	1613	Feathered pets : a treatise on the food, breeding and care of canaries, parrots and other cage birds.	Publication, Book	Birds	Feathered pets : a treatise on the food, breeding and care of canaries, parrots and other cage birds. Accession #: 22.04.08 Identifier: 1613    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Page - Charles Nash Page (1860-) Description: 25th edition. Published by the author.
22.04.09	1614	A book of ducks.	Publication, Book	Birds	A book of ducks. Accession #: 22.04.09 Identifier: 1614    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Barclay-Smith - Phyllis Barclay-Smith. Date: 1951 Description: Published by Penguin Books. Plates by Peter Shepheard. On cover: "A King Penguin Book." Endpaper signed "Wendell Gilley."
22.04.10	1615	Wood carving.	Publication, Book	Carvings	Wood carving. Accession #: 22.04.10 Identifier: 1615    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Carvings Creator: Skinner - Freda Skinner Date: 1961 Description: Illustrated by Constance Morton. Published by Bonanza Books.
22.04.11	1616	Fåglar i naturen	Publication, Book	Birds	Fåglar i naturen Accession #: 22.04.11 Identifier: 1616    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Jonsson - Lars Jonsson . Date: 1977 Description: Published in Stockholm by Wahlstrom & Widstrand. In Swedish. Flyleaf inscribed " To my friend Wendell Gilley, Scott".
22.04.12	1617	Birds : a demonstration in color reproduction from The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, reprinted from Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, by permission.	Publication, Book	Birds	Birds : a demonstration in color reproduction from The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, reprinted from Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, by permission. Accession #: 22.04.12 Identifier: 1617    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Date: 1958 ? Description: Front cover signed "W. H. Gilley, S.W. Harbor, Maine".
22.04.13	1618	The art of wood carving.	Publication, Book	Carvings	The art of wood carving. Accession #: 22.04.13 Identifier: 1618    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Carvings Creator: Upton - John Upton (1897-) Date: 1958 Description: Published by D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc.
22.04.14	1619	American water and game birds.	Publication, Book	Birds	American water and game birds. Accession #: 22.04.14 Identifier: 1619    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Rand - Austin Loomer Rand (1905-1982) Date: 1956 Description: Silhouettes by Ugo Mochi. Photographs by Allan D. Cruikshank and others. Prepared in cooperation with the Chicago Natural History Museum. Published by E. P. Dutton & Co. Flyleaf inscribed : "To Wendell Gilley - May this book help a bit to inspire you to still more perfection in your art - Friend Billy B., 1956".
22.04.15	1620	Art of the decoy : American bird carvings.	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings	Art of the decoy : American bird carvings. Accession #: 22.04.15 Identifier: 1620    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Earnest - Adele Earnest Date: 1965 Description: Drawings by Lou Schifferl. Published by Bramhall House. Signed by the author.
22.04.16	1621	Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls.	Publication, Book	Birds	Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls. Accession #: 22.04.16 Identifier: 1621    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Blanchan - Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918) Date: 1905 ? Description: Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Signed by the author.
22.04.17	1622	The warblers of America : a popular account of the wood warblers as they occur in the Western Hemisphere.	Publication, Book	Birds	The warblers of America : a popular account of the wood warblers as they occur in the Western Hemisphere. Accession #: 22.04.17 Identifier: 1622    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Griscom - Ludlow Griscom (1890-1959) Date: 1957 Description: By Ludlow Griscom, Alexander Sprunt, Jr. and other ornithologists of note. Illustrated by John Henry Dick. Published by The Devin-Adair Co.
22.04.18	1623	Birds of America.	Publication, Book	Birds	Birds of America. Accession #: 22.04.18 Identifier: 1623    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Pearson - Thomas Gilbert Pearson (1873-1943) Date: 1923 Description: Editor-in-Chief, T. Gilbert Pearson, consulting editor, John Burroughs. Published by The University Society, Inc. Nature Lovers Library, volume 3.
22.04.20	1624	Portraits of New England birds.	Publication, Book	Birds	Portraits of New England birds. Accession #: 22.04.20 Identifier: 1624    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Fuertes - Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927) Date: 1932 Description: Drawn in color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Allan Brooks for "Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states" by Edward Howe Forbush. Published by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
22.04.19	1625	Menaboni's birds	Publication, Book	Birds	Menaboni's birds Accession #: 22.04.19 Identifier: 1625    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Menaboni - Athos Menaboni (1895-1990) Menaboni - Sara Menaboni Date: 1950 c Description: By Athos and Sara Menaboni, published by Rinehart & Co.
22.04.21	1626	Wood carving : with suggestions in chip carving : designed as an elementary course of instruction and to meet the requirements of technical classes in connection with the Board of Education.	Publication, Book	Carvings	Wood carving : with suggestions in chip carving : designed as an elementary course of instruction and to meet the requirements of technical classes in connection with the Board of Education. Accession #: 22.04.21 Identifier: 1626    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Carvings Creator: Simmonds - Thos. C. Simmonds Date: 1924 Description: By Thomas C. Simmonds with numerous illustrations by the author, published by George Allen & Unwin, 1892, reprinted 1924.
22.04.22	1627	Audubon water bird guide : water, game and large land birds : eastern and central North America from southern Texas to central Greenland	Publication, Book	Birds	Audubon water bird guide : water, game and large land birds : eastern and central North America from southern Texas to central Greenland Accession #: 22.04.22 Identifier: 1627    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Pough - Richard Hooper Pough (1904-2003) Date: 1951 Description: By Richard H. Pough, color illustrations by Don Eckelberry, line drawings by Earl L. Poole. Maps on end papers. Sponsored by the National Audubon Society. Published by Doubleday & Co. First edition.
22.04.23	1628	Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature	Publication, Book	Birds	Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature Accession #: 22.04.23 Identifier: 1628    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Chapman - Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945) Date: 1927 Description: By Frank M. Chapman, with full-page plates in colors and black and white by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Revised edition. Published by D. Appleton and Co. Maps on end papers.
22.04.24	1629	Bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds	Publication, Book	Birds	Bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds Accession #: 22.04.24 Identifier: 1629    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Creator: Chapman - Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945) Date: 1915 Description: By Frank M. Chapman with seventy-five full-page colored plates after drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published by D. Appleton.
	1006	The Art of Bird Carving: a Guide to a Fascinating Hobby	Publication, Book	Birds	The Art of Bird Carving: a Guide to a Fascinating Hobby Identifier: 1006    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Date: 1976 Description: A guide to a fascinating hobby! Wendell Gilley was a bird watcher and artist who carved birds in wood on Mount Desert Island, Maine. He started out carving two-inch wooden birds for Abercrombie & Fitch. The book is beautifully illustrated with color photographs and with drawings.
2023.08.02	1634	Birds in wood and paint : American miniature bird carvings and their carvers, 1900-1970	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings People	Birds in wood and paint : American miniature bird carvings and their carvers, 1900-1970 Accession #: 2023.08.02 Identifier: 1634    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Ellis - Joseph H. Ellis Date: 2009 Description: Published: Lebanon, N.H. : University Press of New England, c2009. Inscription to Nina Gormley, Museum Director, by the author on half title page.
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"
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.
2023.09.24	1638	Game bird carving	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings	Game bird carving Accession #: 2023.09.24 Identifier: 1638    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Burk - Bruce Burk. Date: 1972 Description: Published: New York : Winchester Press. Inscription to Wendell Gilley by the author on half title page.
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.
2023.10.23	1641	A question of balance	Publication, Book	Animals Birds Events, Exhibitions	A question of balance Accession #: 2023.10.23 Identifier: 1641    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Animals Birds Events, Exhibitions Creator: Matia - Walter T. Matia Date: 2000 Description: Published by Raymond F. Evans Sporting Art Gallery, Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia
2024.01.07	1642	Want to carve a duck? : a beginner's guide	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings	Want to carve a duck? : a beginner's guide Accession #: 2024.01.07 Identifier: 1642    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Guthe - Elizabeth Corey Guthe Date: 1984 Description: Published: Southwest Harbor, Maine : Publisher's Northeast. Inscription to Nina Gormley by the author on title page.
2024.02.09	1643	How to make working decoys	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings Other, Literature	How to make working decoys Accession #: 2024.02.09 Identifier: 1643    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Other, Literature 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.
2024.02.08	1644	Wildlife in wood	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings Other, Literature	Wildlife in wood Accession #: 2024.02.08 Identifier: 1644    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Other, Literature 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."
	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."
	1543	Bangor Daily News article, Oct. 31, 1984.	Newspaper Clipping	Carvings People	Bangor Daily News article, Oct. 31, 1984. Identifier: 1543    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Carvings People Date: 1984-10-31 Description: Article from the Bangor Daily News reporting on a donation of Wendell Gilley bird carvings by artist Ethel Mae James to the museum
	1574	Bar Harbor Times article, July 3, 1980.	Newspaper Clipping	Events Structures, Dwellings, House	Bar Harbor Times article, July 3, 1980. Identifier: 1574    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events Structures, Dwellings, House Date: 1980-07-03 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Describes the removal of the George Ripley Fuller House, located at the current Wendell Gilley Museum site (the corner of Rte. 102 and Herrick Rd., Southwest Harbor) prior to the museum's construction.
	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.
	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
	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.
	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.
	1416	Postcard showing Mallard Drake	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Birds Carvings	Postcard showing Mallard Drake Identifier: 1416    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Postcard depicting a carved mallard on a driftwood base signed "Gilley" ; "Mallard Drake bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
	1417	Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Birds Carvings	Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving Identifier: 1417    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Postcard depicting a carved Canada goose which appears to be flying over a hedge ; "Canada Goose bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
	1418	Advertising photograph for Warren Tools	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Advertising photograph for Warren Tools Identifier: 1418    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Wendell Gilley carved the chickadee in this photo used as an advertisement for Warren Tool shortly before his death in 1982. Mounted on mat board ; Warren Tool Co. label on reverse side of board. Accompanied by handwritten note from Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool.
	1419	Willet	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Willet Identifier: 1419    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of willet carved by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back ; numbered "#40"
	1420	Gulls	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Gulls Identifier: 1420    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of an interior showing gull carvings, including a mobile, by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back.
	1421	Herring Gull on Buoy	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull on Buoy Identifier: 1421    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of a herring gull carved by Wendell Gilley. The gull is perched on a buoy with the number 7 painted on it. Behind the gull is a painted scene of water and rocks. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back.
	1422	Blue-winged Teal, Pair	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Blue-winged Teal, Pair Identifier: 1422    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1958 Description: Photograph of a pair of blue-winged teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sec. of Treas. Robert Anderson 1958" on reverse.
	1423	Cinnamon Teal, Pair	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Cinnamon Teal, Pair Identifier: 1423    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1958 Description: Photograph of a pair of cinnamon (?) teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sam Rayburn" on reverse. "1958" written in blue ballpoint lower right corner.
	1424	Group of four ducks and a Canada goose	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Group of four ducks and a Canada goose Identifier: 1424    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of five birds carved by Wendell Gilley. Clockwise from left: black duck, Canada goose, canvasback, harlequin duck, and common eider. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back. Numbered "#28" in pencil above stamp.
	1425	Pileated Woodpecker	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Pileated Woodpecker Identifier: 1425    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969-09 Description: Photograph of a carving by Wendell Gilley of a pileated woodpecker perched on driftwood
	1426	Yellowlegs	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Yellowlegs Identifier: 1426    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969-10 Description: Photograph of a carving of a yellowlegs by Wendell Gilley.
	1427	Bobwhite	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bobwhite Identifier: 1427    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Photograph of an interior showing a grouping of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley mounted over a fireplace .
	1428	Bobwhite	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bobwhite Identifier: 1428    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Single bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley that is part of group shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph.
	1429	Bobwhite	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bobwhite Identifier: 1429    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Partial view of a group of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gillley shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph.
	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
	1431	Bald Eagle	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bald Eagle Identifier: 1431    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Photograph of bald eagle carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Finished June 1966" on reverse side.
	1432	Bald Eagle With Fish	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bald Eagle With Fish Identifier: 1432    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Photograph of bald eagle, perched with wings spread above fish on oval base, carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Eagle with fish by Wendell Gilley" in ink on reverse side.
	1433	Canada Geese, Pair	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Canada Geese, Pair Identifier: 1433    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Photograph of a pair of Canada geese carved by Wendell H. Gilley
	1434	Lobby display, Bostitch Company, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1961	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Lobby display, Bostitch Company, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1961 Identifier: 1434    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Date: 1961 Description: Photograph of a display in the lobby of Bostitch in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, including a pair of terns carved by Wendell Gilley.
	1436	Marbled Godwit	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Marbled Godwit Identifier: 1436    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Photograph of a marbled (?) godwit carved by Wendell H. Gilley. The carving appears to be part of a diorama. On reverse side in pencil: "George W. Pepper 3rd" . "Roche Photography, Caldwell N.J." stamp on reverse.
	1441	Photograph of Donald M. Fenner and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Photograph of Donald M. Fenner and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. Identifier: 1441    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1967-05 Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. Back of photograph marked: "DMF, Wendell Gilley, NWCA Meeting Herkimer, N.Y. May 1967, examining carvings by Erwin Caldwell".
	1442	Photograph of Helen Lay Strong, Ed Gallenstein and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Photograph of Helen Lay Strong, Ed Gallenstein and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. Identifier: 1442    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1967-05 Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. Back of photograph marked: "Helen Lay Strong - died June 13, 1995, Ed Gallenstein - President National Woodcarvers Association, Wendell Gilley, NWCA Herkimer Meeting, May 1967".
	1443	Ed Moore and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Ed Moore and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. Identifier: 1443    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1967-05 Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. The two carvers are shown seated with various carvings by Wendell Gilley. The pintail in Gilley's hands was given to Fenner. Back of photograph marked: "'Captain' Ed Moore, Wendell L. [sic] Gilley, Woodcarvers Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y. May 1967"
	1444	Ed Moore and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Ed Moore and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. Identifier: 1444    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1967-05 Description: Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. The two carvers are shown seated with various carvings by Wendell Gilley. The pintail in Gilley's hands was given to Fenner. Back of photograph marked: "N.Y.S. Wood carvers Convention Herkimer - May 1967 " ; stamped: "Carlyle W. Kennedy."
	1450	Atlantic Puffin	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Atlantic Puffin Identifier: 1450    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Photograph of an Atlantic Puffin carving by Wendell H. Gilley set among rocks. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1451	Wendell Gilley Painting a Canada Goose	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Painting a Canada Goose Identifier: 1451    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley seated in his workshop next to a window with miniature carvings on windowsill. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1452	Wendell Gilley Painting a Godwit	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Painting a Godwit Identifier: 1452    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley painting a carving in his workshop with a pipe in his mouth. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	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.
	1457	Wendell Gilley's Carving Desk	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Wendell Gilley's Carving Desk Identifier: 1457    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Gilley's desk covered with boxes of carved birds, tools, and other supplies ; "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1475	Sandpiper	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Sandpiper Identifier: 1475    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Carved sandpiper on driftwood placed on a sandy surface with painted backdrop. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1476	Gadwall	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Gadwall Identifier: 1476    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Gadwall on driftwood base set on reflective surface with grasses in background. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1477	Osprey	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Osprey Identifier: 1477    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Osprey with wings raised placed in setting of rocks and branches. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1478	Great Blue Heron	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Great Blue Heron Identifier: 1478    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Heron standing on driftwood base with beak pointing upward against painted background. In pencil on reverse: "Blue Heron." "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1479	Cormorant	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Cormorant Identifier: 1479    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Cormorant standing on stump against painted background. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1482	Advertising photograph for Warren Tools	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Advertising photograph for Warren Tools Identifier: 1482    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Photograph of Gilley chickadee carving used to sell blanks in the Warren Tool catalog. Warren Tool Co. stamped on reverse side.
	1483	Advertising photograph for Warren Tools	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Advertising photograph for Warren Tools Identifier: 1483    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Photograph of Gilley chickadee carving used to sell blanks in the Warren Tool catalog. Note on reverse written by Warren Tool president Fred Clark: "Note: Carved chickadee (shown) personal gift from the late Wendall [sic] Gilley..."
	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.
	1486	Osprey relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings Object, Art	Osprey relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1486    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Art Creator: Farrin - Robin Farrin Date: 1997 Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum.
	1487	Puffin relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings Object, Art	Puffin relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1487    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Art Creator: Farrin - Robin Farrin Date: 1997 Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum.

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