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Catalog of Woodcarvings and other designs by Charles Savage 1918-1970
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Memorabilia, Album, Scrapbook
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • 1970
Description:
Photographs and descriptions of the carvings of Charles K. Savage.
Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Wasn't There
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Object, Baseball Gear, Baseball
  • Other, Depressions
  • Other, Games
  • Other, Granite quarrying
  • Other, Hall Quarry
  • Other, Prohibition
  • Other, Smuggling
  • O'Neill, Susan
  • 1978
Hall Quarry: The Little Town That Wasn't There
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
28-page typewritten manuscript about history of Hall Quarry.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Thomas C. Schuller
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Schuller - Thomas C.
  • 1970-02-01
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
This letter asks Gilley to repair one of a pair of herons that was damaged in a move.
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1978-11-06
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, containing Wendell Gilley's pencil illustrations of carving knives and blades
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, December 2, 1979
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1979-12-02
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, discussing carving knives and blades
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1978-11-17
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, concerning wood carving tools and ways of holding tools on a work bench. Also mentioned is a grouse carving loaned to Harry Meech, one of the founders of the National Carvers Museum.
Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1976
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence, Greeting Card
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1976
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Christmas card featuring a carved barn owl on a piece of driftwood. Signed "Addie & Wendell Gilley." Marked "Xmas 1976" on reverse side of card
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1970-05-25
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Thank you letter for a gift of a carved pair of ruffed grouse
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Object, Other Object
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1970-06-10
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter describing the making of 36 duck decoys.. O'brien also mentions picking up a finished woodcock from Gilley.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-05-11
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter discusses sending text, artwork, and photos for the book, Art of Bird Carving, to Byron Cheever. Flying goose, bob-white and blue quail carvings are also mentioned.
Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Belton Kleberg (B. K.) Johnson, May 6, 1971
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-05-06
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter describes a carving of a blue quail and bobwhite purchased by Johnson
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise
  • People
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-04-23
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
This letter thanks Gilley for sending a vise. O'Brien also encloses correspondence with Byron Cheever about publishing Gilley's book.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-04-29
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
This letter acknowledges receipt of a letter and chisel from Gilley, and discusses various carvings including a spotted sandpiper on a mussel shell and two pairs of quail
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Object, Other Object
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-08-05
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
O'Brien acknowledges receipt of a spotted sandpiper carving from Gilley and discusses a handle Gillely designed for an X-Acto blade as well as decoy designs.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-04-15
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise
  • Other
  • People
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-04-23
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other
  • People
  • Cheever - Byron Cheever
  • 1971-05-23
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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.