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Accession # Identifier Title Type Subject
1527Arnold 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
  • 89.3.17
1359Woodcock
  • Carving, 3/4 Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Woodcock
Accession #:
  • 89.3.17
Identifier:
  • 1359   
Type:
  • Carving, 3/4 Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1980
Description:
Adult woodcock with feet stretching downward over face of the domed burl base ; head erect facing straight ahead with long bill pointed downward ; glass eyes, wire legs and metal feet. Signed "Gilley '80" on right side of base ; Marked "Woodcock by W.H. Gilley 1980" on underside of base.
1496Wendell 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
1498Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day
Identifier:
  • 1498   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Events
  • People
Date:
  • 1981-07-12
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
Description:
Addie Gilley examines carving of herons in display case at the museum's opening day.
1493Ribbon 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.
1495Wendell 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
1494Wendell 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
1480Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Carvings
  • People
Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet
Identifier:
  • 1480   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • People
Creator:
  • Clark - Fred Clark
Date:
  • 1980 c
Description:
The published version of this draft appeared with the title "A Visit with Wendell Gilley, A Legend in the Carving World" in the National Carver's Museum publication, The Mallet. The author indicates that in Nov. 1979 Wendell told him about the planned building of the Wendell Gilley Museum.
1353Letter 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.
1410Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • People
Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986
Identifier:
  • 1410   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • People
Creator:
  • Silver - John A. Silver
Date:
  • 1986-09-09
Description:
Letter describes Mr. Silver's visit to Elmer Crowell's workshop where he purchased several miniature bird carvings, and his subsequent visit to Wendell Gilley's workshop. Enclosed are photographs of a greater yellowlegs and a duck carved by Crowell. Silver also describes Wendell Gilley's trip to Abercrombie and Fitch where he was inspired to start bird carving.
  • 20.01.121
1372Chickadee
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Chickadee
Accession #:
  • 20.01.121
Identifier:
  • 1372   
Type:
  • Carving, Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1981
Description:
Signed "Gilley '81" on right side of carved oblong base. Artist's stamp on underside of base
1365Letter 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.
1354Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr., May 9, 1980
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr., May 9, 1980
Identifier:
  • 1354   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1980-05-09
Description:
Discusses carvings to be included in the museum collection.
  • 20.01.064
1306Atlantic Puffin
  • Carving
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Atlantic Puffin
Accession #:
  • 20.01.064
Identifier:
  • 1306   
Type:
  • Carving
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1982
Description:
Signed "Gilley" on left front of carved wood base ; marked "8/11/82, To the Whitlocks in appreciation, Wendell Gilley"
1196Letter 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
  • 81.1.157
1151Woodcock
  • Carving, Life-size
  • Birds
Woodcock
Accession #:
  • 81.1.157
Identifier:
  • 1151   
Type:
  • Carving, Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1981
Description:
Life size; adult, crouched, no base; glass eyes, metal feet, mainly painted detail. Stamped "W.H. Gilley" on underside between feet.
  • 81.1.152
1146Golden Eagle
  • Carving, 1/3 Life-size
  • Birds
Golden Eagle
Accession #:
  • 81.1.152
Identifier:
  • 1146   
Type:
  • Carving, 1/3 Life-size
Subject:
  • Birds
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1980
Description:
Approx. 1/3 life size; adult standing erect on driftwood base attached to oblong carved wooden base, head up, turned to right, beak open, tongue out; glass eyes, metal feet, carved, burned and painted detail. Signed "Gilley" on base. Marked " Golden Eagle made for Addie Gilley by Wendell Gilley 1980" on underside of base.