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Accession # | Identifier | Title | Type | Subject | |
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1597 | Wendell Gilley Hunting Waterfowl |
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1598 | Carved Wooden Molds |
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| Description: Various wooden molds Wendell Gilley carved for use in making cast lead feet | |
1599 | Heron Patterns |
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1596 | Wendell Gilley Carving a Pheasant |
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| Description: Wendell Gillley seated at his workbench carving what appears to be a miniature pheasant. Pieces of driftwood are on table behind him | |
1595 | Wendell Gilley at his Workbench |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley in checked shirt with pipe seated at his workbench | |
1593 | Wendell H. Gilley |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley working on a wood carving. At his collar he is wearing a pin shaped like a duck. | |
1592 | Wendell H. Gilley Painting a Cardinal |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at his work table painting a carving of a cardinal, bookshelves in background | |
1590 | David and Nelson Rockefeller |
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| Description: David and Nelson Rockefeller holding the bald eagle David commissioned from Wendell Gilley as a gift for Nelson. | |
1594 | Wendell Gilley in his Workshop |
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| Description: Wendell uses a barber's chair he converted into a workbench to hold an eagle carving while he works on it. | |
1003 | Wendell Holmes Gilley |
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| Description: Gilley smokes a pipe while carving an Osprey in his Southwest Harbor, Maine workshop | |
1584 | Patterns by Wendell Gilley |
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| Description: Loose-leaf binder containing photocopies of bird carving patterns drawn by Wendell Gilley. Index of patterns in front pocket of binder. | |
1419 | Willet |
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| Description: Photograph of willet carved by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back ; numbered "#40" | |
1420 | Gulls |
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| 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 |
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| 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. | |
1424 | Group of four ducks and a Canada goose |
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| 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 |
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| Description: Photograph of a carving by Wendell Gilley of a pileated woodpecker perched on driftwood | |
1428 | Bobwhite |
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| Description: Single bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley that is part of group shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph. | |
1426 | Yellowlegs |
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1427 | Bobwhite |
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| Description: Photograph of an interior showing a grouping of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley mounted over a fireplace . | |
1429 | Bobwhite |
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| Description: Partial view of a group of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gillley shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph. | |
1431 | Bald Eagle |
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| Description: Photograph of bald eagle carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Finished June 1966" on reverse side. | |
1430 | Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey |
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1434 | Lobby display, Bostitch Company, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1961 |
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| Description: Photograph of a display in the lobby of Bostitch in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, including a pair of terns carved by Wendell Gilley. | |
1433 | Canada Geese, Pair |
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1441 | Photograph of Donald M. Fenner and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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1455 | Wendell Gilley Carving Wings |
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1456 | Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird |
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1457 | Wendell Gilley's Carving Desk |
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| Description: Gilley's desk covered with boxes of carved birds, tools, and other supplies ; "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse. | |
1475 | Sandpiper |
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| Description: Carved sandpiper on driftwood placed on a sandy surface with painted backdrop. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse. | |
1476 | Gadwall |
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| Description: Gadwall on driftwood base set on reflective surface with grasses in background. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse. | |
1478 | Great Blue Heron |
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| 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 |
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| Description: Cormorant standing on stump against painted background. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse. | |
1418 | Advertising photograph for Warren Tools |
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| 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. | |
1507 | Steve Valleau |
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1509 | Scale Model, Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor |
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1514 | Wood Duck, Pair |
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| Description: Black and white photograph of a wood duck pair labeled "Wendell Gilley - Wood Duck" on reverse | |
1515 | Pileated Woodpecker |
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| Description: Black and white photograph with label: "Pileated woodpecker. 1970 carving by Wendell Gilley - Collection of Wendell Gilley Museum - photo by Dori Selene Rockefeller" on reverse | |
1516 | Bobwhite Quail, Pair |
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| Description: Black and white photograph labeled: " Wendell Gilley - Quail (Bobwhite)" on reverse | |
1517 | Green-winged Teal and Blue-winged Teal |
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| Description: Black and white photograph of green-winged and blue-winged teal drakes | |
1518 | Great Horned Owl |
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| Description: Black and white photograph labeled: "Wendell Gilley - Great Horned Owl" on reverse | |
1520 | Bobwhite Quail |
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1519 | Ruffed Grouse |
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| Description: Black and white photograph labeled "Ruffed Grouse. 1981 carving by Wendell Gilley - collection of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Gilley - photo by Dori Selene Rockefeller" on reverse | |
1522 | Great Blue Heron with Trout |
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| Description: Black and white photograph labeled "Wendell Gilley - Great Blue Heron" and inscribed "Woodcarving of a 'Great Blue Heron with Trout' by Wendell Gilley, 1974 - collection of the Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor" in red ink on reverse | |
1523 | Golden Eagle |
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| Description: Black and white photograph labeled "Golden eagle. 1980 carving by Wendell Gilley - collection of Wendell Gilley Museum - photo by Dori Selene Rockefeller" on reverse | |
1521 | Bufflehead |
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1508 | Nina Gormley, former Gilley Museum Director |
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| Description: Portrait of former Wendell Gilley Museum Director (1981-2016) Nina Gormley | |
1477 | Osprey |
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| Description: Osprey with wings raised placed in setting of rocks and branches. "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse. | |
1436 | Marbled Godwit |
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| 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. | |
1432 | Bald Eagle With Fish |
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| 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. | |
1505 | Wendell Gilley Museum Board of Trustees |
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| 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] | |
1542 | Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving |
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| Description: On reverse side of photograph: "Taken by W. L. Brown Summer of 1973" | |
1541 | Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller |
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| 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" | |
1540 | Wendell Gilley with Great Horned Owl |
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| 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. | |
1506 | Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at construction site of new museum building | |
1570 | Nina Gormley and Wendell Gilley Museum Trustees with Whooping Cranes Sculpture |
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| 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. | |
1571 | Whooping Cranes |
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| Description: Whooping Cranes by Walter Matia, 1990. Dedicated May 26, 1992 in memory of Foster B. Whitlock | |
1569 | Nina Gormley with Whooping Cranes Sculpture |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley Museum Director Nina Gormley standing in front of the museum with Whooping Cranes by Walter Matia, 1990. | |
1568 | Long-billed Curlew |
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| Description: Snapshot of curlew carved by Wendell Gilley placed on a coffee table. "Addie's Xmas present" written on reverse side of photograph | |
1561 | Common eider relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building |
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| Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum. | |
1549 | Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley converted a barber's chair into the work "bench" shown in this photograph taken in his workshop. | |
1550 | Carving of Great Blue Heron with Trout in Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop |
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| Description: Great blue heron with trout shown on table in Gilley's workshop along with other smaller carvings | |
1548 | Wendell H. Gilley's workbench |
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| Description: Photograph of Wendell Gilley's workbench in his Southwest Harbor workshop | |
1547 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop |
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| 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. | |
1497 | Portrait of Wendell Gilley in Cap and Gown |
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1237 | Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley Exhibit Sign |
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| 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. | |
1482 | Advertising photograph for Warren Tools |
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| Description: Photograph of Gilley chickadee carving used to sell blanks in the Warren Tool catalog. Warren Tool Co. stamped on reverse side. | |
1529 | Wendell Gilley Carving an Osprey, November 1981 |
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| Description: Polaroid photograph of Wendell Gilley in his workshop working on an osprey carving | |
1530 | A Tern of the Tide |
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1528 | Nina Gormley, February 1981 |
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| Description: Nina Z. Gormley with sound recording gear in Wendell Gilley's workshop | |
1527 | Arnold T. Melbye, February 1983 |
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| Description: Decoy carver Arnold T. Melbye watching Wendell Gilley film on television at the home of Anne Small in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts | |
1490 | Owl relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building |
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| Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum. | |
1489 | Heron relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building |
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| 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 |
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| Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum. | |
1486 | Osprey relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building |
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| Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum. | |
1485 | Steven Valleau in his workshop |
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| 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. | |
1488 | American robin relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building |
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| Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 | |
1004 | Wendell Holmes Gilley at Work on a Goose |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley painting a Canada Goose. Reverse side marked: "W SW '75" | |
1484 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop |
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1483 | Advertising photograph for Warren Tools |
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| 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..." | |
1449 | Drawing of Chipmunk, Beaver, and Black Bear |
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| Description: Pencil drawing on tracing paper sent to Donald Fenner from Wendell Gilley ; undated | |
1422 | Blue-winged Teal, Pair |
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| 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 |
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| 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. | |
1417 | Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving |
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| 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. | |
1416 | Postcard showing Mallard Drake |
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| 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. | |
1280 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Dec. 1960 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop with carvings of cormorants, heron, and osprey. | |
1232 | Wendell H. Gilley holding Official Seal of the State of Maine, 1955 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley holding the carving of the Maine state seal he carved for the Northeast Harbor Public Library | |
1230 | Wendell H. Gilley Holding Owl Carving |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley outdoors holding small carving of an owl perched on a driftwood branch | |
1229 | Wendell H. Gilley Carving a Grouse |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley in his workshop carving, tools hanging on wall next to him | |
1228 | Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley next to a shelf holding carving of Canada geese | |
1227 | Wendell H. Gilley Holding Eagle Carving and Miniature Mallard, Summer 1971 |
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| 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." | |
1226 | Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to unfinished half life size carved eagle | |
1223 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at work on a carving in his workshop. | |
1222 | Wendell H. Gilley with Osprey - 1972 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley holding carved osprey in a snow covered yard, Southeast Harbor, Maine | |
1225 | Wendell H. Gilley Carving Eagle |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at workbench carving eagle with raised wings | |
1224 | Wendell H. Gilley in his Workshop |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley working on a carving, cormorants and herons on the wall behind him |