Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
Canvasback Wendell Gilley Museum	Carving, Decoy, 1/4 Life-size	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	1971			Canvasback Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1298 Type: Carving, Decoy, 1/4 Life-size Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1971 Description: Canvasback drake in swimming position, adult plumage, scant carved detail ; completely withdrawn head, turned slightly to the right. Signed "by W. H. Gilley 1971"
Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum	Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	1971			Common Tern, Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1260 Type: Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1971 Description: Birds painted in summer plumage. Bottom of driftwood base marked "Made for Hilda + Hulda Bragdon, Xmas 1971." Signed "Gilley" on right front of base.
Great Blue Heron Pair Wendell Gilley Museum	Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)				Great Blue Heron Pair Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1312 Type: Carving, Pair, 1/3 Life-size Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Pair of adult herons on roughly "x" shaped driftwood mount. On lower right arm of the "x" a heron in hunting posture is loosely mounted. On upper arm of the x, another heron is depicted in a guarding posture. Twin metal-strip crest, glass eyes, metal feet and legs realistically painted. Signed "Gilley" on top side of sand-finished oblong base, lower right.
Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Advertising	Events Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People		1976		Copyright Not Evaluated	Down East Bird Carving Exhibit Announcement Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1238 Type: Document, Advertising Subject: Events Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People Date: 1976 Description: Page from an unknown publication announcing Gilley's exhibit of bird carvings at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day flyer Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Advertising, Brochure	Events Object, Art		1990		Copyright Not Evaluated	Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day flyer Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1217 Type: Document, Advertising, Brochure Subject: Events Object, Art Date: 1990 Description: Flyer advertising the Wendell Gilley Museum Benefit Art Auction and Appraisal Day, Aug. 10, 1990. Auctioned items included a framed set of prints, "20 Birds of Mount Desert Island" by Carroll Sargent Tyson.
Desk calendar Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Calendar	People	Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983) Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)				Desk calendar Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-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.
University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People		1983-05-14			University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-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.
University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award Citation Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People		1983-05-14			University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award Citation Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1554 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1983-05-14 Description: Citation honoring Wendell Gilley read at University of Maine, Orono Commencement May 14, 1983
University of Maine at Orono Class of 1925 Golden Anniversary Certificate Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People		1975-06-07			University of Maine at Orono Class of 1925 Golden Anniversary Certificate Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1555 Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1975-06-07 Description: Certificate marking Wendell Gilley's fifty years as an alumnus of the University of Maine
Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-04-03		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1328 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-04-03 Description: Original letter from Byron Cheever, Publisher of North American Decoys, expressing Cheever's willingness to publish Wendell Gilley's book and asking questions about publication and printing details.
Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	1971-04-29			Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1329 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1971-04-29 Description: Wendell suggests carvings he had on hand that could be photographed to illustrate his book. Birds he suggests are: bob white quail, scaled quail, flock of 7 Canada geese, pair of Wilson snipe, pair of grouse, single woodcock, several miniature birds of all types, great blue heron with trout in mouth, group of three pintails, life size eagle, pair of life size wood duck, spotted sandpiper on mussel shell, life size pileated woodpecker, pair of eagles with two babies in nest. [show more]
Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Wendell H. Gilley, June 10, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	1971-06-10		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Wendell H. Gilley, June 10, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1351 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-06-10 Description: This letter accompanied O'Brien's submission of his draft foreword to Gilley's book The Art of Bird Carving
Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Places, Garden	Bancroft - Gertrude Storey Bancroft (1923-2002)	1989			Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1353 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Places, Garden Creator: Bancroft - Gertrude Storey Bancroft (1923-2002) Date: 1989 Description: This letter is a reply to the Gilley Museum Director's request for a garden to be donated by the Garden Club of Mount Desert. It also mentions a carving of three gulls on a driftwood based that Mrs. Bancroft commissioned from Wendell Gilley.
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr., May 9, 1980 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	1980-05-09		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr., May 9, 1980 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1354 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1980-05-09 Description: Discusses carvings to be included in the museum collection.
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	Letter from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. to Belton Kleberg (B. K.) Johnson, May 6, 1971 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1355 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-05-06 Description: Letter describes a carving of a blue quail and bobwhite purchased by Johnson
Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People	Cohn - Sonia Cohn.	1983-04-04		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1365 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving 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.
Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People	Silver - John A. Silver	1986-09-09		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1410 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People Creator: Silver - John A. Silver Date: 1986-09-09 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.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Sherman L. Smith, November 9, 1961 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Smith - Sherman Lewis Smith (1895 - 1973)	1961-11-09			Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Sherman L. Smith, November 9, 1961 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1435 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Smith - Sherman Lewis Smith (1895 - 1973) Date: 1961-11-09 Description: Letter accompanying a photograph of the Bostitch Company lobby where Wendell Gilley's carving of terns were on display
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	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 17, 1978 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1437 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1978-11-17 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.
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	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, December 2, 1979 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1438 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1979-12-02 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 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	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1439 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1978-11-06 Description: Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, containing Wendell Gilley's pencil illustrations of carving knives and blades
Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Donald M. Fenner, August 26, 2001 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Fenner - Donald M. Fenner	2001-08-26		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Donald M. Fenner, August 26, 2001 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1440 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Fenner - Donald M. Fenner Date: 2001-08-26 Description: Describes Wendell Gilley's visit to Herkimer New York where in 1967 Fenner invited him to be guest speaker at the National Woodcarvers Association Woodcarving Show held there. This letter is accompanied by photos of Wendell Gillley at the show.
Letter from Jack Ekstrom to Fred Clark, 1993 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other	Ekstrom - Jack Ekstrom	1993		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter from Jack Ekstrom to Fred Clark, 1993 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1445 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Other Creator: Ekstrom - Jack Ekstrom Date: 1993 Description: Letter to the president of Warren Tool Co. from artist Ekstrom about an article and artwork of Wendell Gilley's chickadee for Popular Woodworking. Ekstrom describes how he had to carve the chickadee himself before he could finish the article.
Note from Ted Madara to Nina Gormley Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other People	Madara - Ted Madara			Copyright Not Evaluated	Note from Ted Madara to Nina Gormley Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1446 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other People Creator: Madara - Ted Madara Description: Notecard reads "Dear Nina: We are lifelong summer residents of SWH and had the great fortune growing up to meet Wendell several times in his workshop while he was carving birds for my grandparents which we now cherish. My mother Linda Madara was asked by Downeast Magazine to write a story about Wendell and to photograph him and his carvings. We came across the text and original copy this summer and thought you may want it for the archives. Best regards, Ted Madara" Note accompanies a typescript of the magazine article, "Wendell Gilley - The Art of Fine Bird Carving" and photographic negatives. [show more]
Letter to Fred Clark from Nina Gormley, February 22, 1992 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Gormley - Nina Z. Gormley	1992-02-22			Letter to Fred Clark from Nina Gormley, February 22, 1992 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1481 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Gormley - Nina Z. Gormley Date: 1992-02-22 Description: Letter thanking Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool Co., for promoting the Gilley Museum in its catalog. The letter also describes winter events at the museum as well as the museum's collection of taxidermy.

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