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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. | |
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 | |
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. | |
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 | |
1560 | Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day |
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| Description: Addie and Wendell Gilley passing display cases at the museum's opening day. | |
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 | |
| 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. |
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. |