Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
	1505	Wendell Gilley Museum Board of Trustees	Image, Photograph	Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Wendell Gilley Museum Board of Trustees Identifier: 1505    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Creator: Noonan - Bob Noonan (1952-2004) Date: 2000 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]
	1509	Scale Model, Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor	Image, Photograph	Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Scale Model, Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor Identifier: 1509    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
	1582	Gilley Celebrates 30th Year	Newspaper Clipping	Events, Exhibitions Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Gilley Celebrates 30th Year Identifier: 1582    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events, Exhibitions Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Date: 2011-07-14 Description: Article from the Mount Desert Islander, July 14, 2011
	1002	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	Reference	People	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Identifier: 1002    Type: Reference Subject: People Description: Wendell Gilley is a name well known among carvers and carving collectors. Author of The Art of Bird Carving: A Guide to a Fascinating Hobby, one of the earliest instructional books on the subject, Gilley was a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. By his estimate, he created “ten thousand birds of pine and paint” between 1931 and 1983. (Gilley also loved alliteration; it should be noted that most of his carvings were made of basswood.) [show more]
	1005	Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)	Reference	People	Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Identifier: 1005    Type: Reference Subject: People Description: Addie Gilley’s created an outstanding collection of her husband’s work. The carvings that Addie so wisely saved over the years became the core of the Museum’s permanent collection. Wendell and Addie were the guests of honor at the opening of the Gilley Museum on July 12, 1981. They remained active in the museum until their deaths a few months apart in 1983.
	1365	Letter 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.
	1400	Desk calendar	Document, Calendar	People	Desk calendar Identifier: 1400    Type: Document, Calendar Subject: People Creator: Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Printed date on calendar is 1955 but it appears the Gilleys reused calendar pages to record events in subsequent years.
	1430	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey Identifier: 1430    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley outdoors holding carved osprey
	1453	Wendell Gilley Selecting Driftwood	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell Gilley Selecting Driftwood Identifier: 1453    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People 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	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird Identifier: 1454    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1455	Wendell Gilley Carving Wings	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving Wings Identifier: 1455    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1456	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving a Bird Identifier: 1456    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: "Credit: Roche, Caldwell N.J." stamped on reverse.
	1484	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop	Image, Photograph	Carvings People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop Identifier: 1484    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley at work at his carving desk
	1485	Steven Valleau in his workshop	Image, Photograph	Birds Object, Art People	Steven Valleau in his workshop Identifier: 1485    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Object, Art People Date: 1995 c 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.
	1493	Ribbon 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.
	1497	Portrait of Wendell Gilley in Cap and Gown	Image, Photograph	People	Portrait of Wendell Gilley in Cap and Gown Identifier: 1497    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People
	1506	Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1506    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Creator: Adams - Richard Adams Date: 1981-02 Description: Wendell Gilley at construction site of new museum building
	1507	Steve Valleau	Image, Photograph	People	Steve Valleau Identifier: 1507    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 2011 Description: Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau
	1508	Nina Gormley, former Gilley Museum Director	Image, Photograph	People	Nina Gormley, former Gilley Museum Director Identifier: 1508    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Description: Portrait of former Wendell Gilley Museum Director (1981-2016) Nina Gormley
	1527	Arnold 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
	1528	Nina Gormley, February 1981	Image, Photograph	People	Nina Gormley, February 1981 Identifier: 1528    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Creator: Adams - Richard Adams Date: 1981-02 Description: Nina Z. Gormley with sound recording gear in Wendell Gilley's workshop
	1541	Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller Identifier: 1541    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People 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	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving Identifier: 1542    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Brown - W. L. Brown Date: 1973 Description: On reverse side of photograph: "Taken by W. L. Brown Summer of 1973"
	1547	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop Identifier: 1547    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1970 c. 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.
	1553	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley Identifier: 1553    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1983-05-14 Description: Distinguished achievement award recognizing Wendell Gilley's accomplishments presented posthumously at University of Maine at Orono commencement exercises on May 14, 1983.

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