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1238 | Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement |
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| Description: Page from an unknown publication announcing Gilley's exhibit of bird carvings at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | |
1365 | Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983 |
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| 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. | |
1410 | Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986 |
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| 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. | |
1439 | Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978 |
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| Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, containing Wendell Gilley's pencil illustrations of carving knives and blades | |
1552 | Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley. |
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| Description: Letter from the founder of the Order of Demolay, Frank S. Land, instructing Wendell Gilley to choose and send carvings to Harry S. Truman, Dr. Frank Stanton, president of CBS, Leon Leonidoff, producer of Radio City Music Hall shows, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and White House aide Bernard Shanley. The cost of the five carvings was $250. | |
1557 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover |
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| Description: Letter typed on FBI letterhead and signed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in gold ink thanking Wendell Gilley for the gift of carved bobwhites sent on behalf of Frank S. Land. | |
1558 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight |
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| Description: Thank you letter from the Governor of California thanking Wendell Gilley for a carving of a quail, which he placed on his desk in the Governor's Mansion. | |
1559 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington |
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| Description: Letter typed on Kansas City Star letterhead from Executive Editor Clarence G. Wellington thanking Wendell Gilley for carved birds sent on behalf of Frank S. Land. | |
1202 | Letter to Raymond L. Stearns from Wendell Gilley |
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| Description: Written on museum letterhead, this letter describes the opening of the Wendell Gilley Museum and mentions Wendell Gilley's donation of his carvings to the museum | |
1211 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever |
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| Description: Cheever writes that he has received the materials for Gilley's book and that he read the new chapter on decoys and thought it was well done. He also talks about meeting carver Harold Haertel in Chicago at a meeting of decoy collectors. | |
1212 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: Note from O'Brien included with a copy of a letter from Byron Cheever. O'Brien mentions having been asked by Peggy Rockefeller if Gilley would sell her a flock of geese. | |
1480 | Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet |
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| 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. | |
1430 | Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey |
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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." | |
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. | |
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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1484 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop |
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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 | |
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. | |
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" | |
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" | |
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. | |
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 | |
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. | |
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. | |
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 | |
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" | |
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 | |
1223 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at work on a carving in his workshop. | |
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 | |
1225 | Wendell H. Gilley Carving Eagle |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at workbench carving eagle with raised wings | |
1226 | Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to unfinished half life size carved eagle | |
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." | |
1228 | Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley next to a shelf holding carving of Canada geese | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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. | |
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. | |
1543 | Bangor Daily News article, Oct. 31, 1984. |
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| Description: Article from the Bangor Daily News reporting on a donation of Wendell Gilley bird carvings by artist Ethel Mae James to the museum | |
| 1634 | Birds in wood and paint : American miniature bird carvings and their carvers, 1900-1970 |
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| Description: Published: Lebanon, N.H. : University Press of New England, c2009. Inscription to Nina Gormley, Museum Director, by the author on half title page. |
| 1645 | Shang : a biography of Charles E. Wheeler |
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| Description: Published: Spanish Fork, Utah : Hillcrest Publications, c1984 Inscription to the museum by the author on half title page. |
1236 | Downeast Bird Carvings Exhibit Catalog |
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| 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 | |
1563 | Making a Difference, What it Takes to Make a Duck |
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| 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] |
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| 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] |
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| 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. |