Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
	1237	Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign	Image, Photograph	Carvings Events, Exhibitions People	Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign Identifier: 1237    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings Events, Exhibitions People Date: 1976 Description: Sign at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for Wendell Gilley's Downeast Bird Carvings exhibit, October 29, 1976 through January 9, 1977.
	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.
	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
	1355	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Belton Kleberg (B. K.) Johnson, May 6, 1971	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Belton Kleberg (B. K.) Johnson, May 6, 1971 Identifier: 1355    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-05-06 Description: Letter describes a carving of a blue quail and bobwhite purchased by Johnson
	1413	Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1976	Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card	Birds Carvings	Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1976 Identifier: 1413    Type: Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1976 Description: Christmas card featuring a carved barn owl on a piece of driftwood. Signed "Addie & Wendell Gilley." Marked "Xmas 1976" on reverse side of card
	1437	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978 Identifier: 1437    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1978-11-17 Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, concerning wood carving tools and ways of holding tools on a work bench. Also mentioned is a grouse carving loaned to Harry Meech, one of the founders of the National Carvers Museum.
	1438	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, December 2, 1979	Document, Correspondence	Carvings	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, December 2, 1979 Identifier: 1438    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1979-12-02 Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, discussing carving knives and blades
	1439	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings People	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978 Identifier: 1439    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1978-11-06 Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, containing Wendell Gilley's pencil illustrations of carving knives and blades
	1540	Wendell Gilley with Great Horned Owl	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley with Great Horned Owl Identifier: 1540    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1972-06-30 Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to a life size great horned owl carving. Also shown are carvings of a Canada goose, woodcock, and an unpainted pair of cormorants.
	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.
	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
	1550	Carving of Great Blue Heron with Trout in Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Carving of Great Blue Heron with Trout in Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop Identifier: 1550    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Date: 1979-08 Description: Great blue heron with trout shown on table in Gilley's workshop along with other smaller carvings
	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
	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.
	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."
	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.
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.
22.04.11	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".
	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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