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Accession # | Identifier | Title | Type | Subject | |
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1631 | Woodcraft catalog |
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| Description: Cover and page 16 of Woodcraft catalog 73-74 showing Wendell Gilley in his workshop | |
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" | |
1003 | Wendell Holmes Gilley |
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| Description: Gilley smokes a pipe while carving an Osprey in his Southwest Harbor, Maine workshop | |
1548 | Wendell H. Gilley's workbench |
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| Description: Photograph of Wendell Gilley's workbench in his Southwest Harbor workshop | |
1226 | Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to unfinished half life size carved eagle | |
1228 | Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley next to a shelf holding carving of Canada geese | |
1223 | Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley at work on a carving in his 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. | |
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." | |
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 | |
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" | |
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. | |
1555 | University of Maine at Orono Class of 1925 Golden Anniversary Certificate |
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| Description: Certificate marking Wendell Gilley's fifty years as an alumnus of the University of Maine | |
1242 | Philadelphia Inquirer article, Oct. 19, 1976 |
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| 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. | |
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. | |
1215 | Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: This letter thanks Gilley for sending a vise. O'Brien also encloses correspondence with Byron Cheever about publishing Gilley's book. | |
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. | |
1214 | Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. |
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| Description: This letter praises Wendell Gilley's inventiveness, his carving and his book . O'Brien refers to a vise for holding decoys and carvings for painting that Wendell includes in the book. | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
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. | |
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. | |
| 1635 | Beyond the spring : Cordelia Stanwood of Birdsacre. |
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| Description: Published: Lamoine, Maine : Latona Press, 1978. Inscription to Wendell Gilley by the author on half title page. |
1579 | Bar Harbor Times article, October 21, 1976 |
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| Description: Wendell Gilley exhibits forty carvings plus carvings-in-progress at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences in the show "Down East Bird Carvings." | |
1575 | Bar Harbor Times article, April 8, 1971 |
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| 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. |