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Letter to Mrs. Otis D. Wolfe from Steven C. Rockefeller
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art
  • People
  • Rockefeller - Steven C.
  • 1992-06-01
Letter to Mrs. Otis D. Wolfe from Steven C. Rockefeller
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1199
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art
  • People
Creator:
  • Rockefeller - Steven C.
Date:
  • 1992-06-01
Description:
Letter to the donor of a bronze sculpture by Walther Matia in memory of Foster Whitlock . The letter thanks her for her donation of the sculpture to the museum and describes the dedication ceremony.
Letter to Raymond L. Stearns from Wendell Gilley
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1981-10-21
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Letter to Raymond L. Stearns from Wendell Gilley
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1202
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1981-10-21
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
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Wellington - C. G. (Clarence George) Wellington (1890-1960)
  • 1957-03-04
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1559
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
Creator:
  • Wellington - C. G. (Clarence George) Wellington (1890-1960)
Date:
  • 1957-03-04
Description:
Letter typed on Kansas City Star letterhead from Executive Editor Clarence G. Wellington thanking Wendell Gilley for carved birds sent on behalf of Frank S. Land.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Knight - Goodwin Knight (1896-1970)
  • 1957-04-08
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1558
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
Creator:
  • Knight - Goodwin Knight (1896-1970)
Date:
  • 1957-04-08
Description:
Thank you letter from the Governor of California thanking Wendell Gilley for a carving of a quail, which he placed on his desk in the Governor's Mansion.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Hoover - J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
  • 1957-05-01
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1557
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
Creator:
  • Hoover - J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972)
Date:
  • 1957-05-01
Description:
Letter typed on FBI letterhead and signed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in gold ink thanking Wendell Gilley for the gift of carved bobwhites sent on behalf of Frank S. Land.
Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Land - Frank S. Land (1890-1959)
  • 1956
Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1552
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
Creator:
  • Land - Frank S. Land (1890-1959)
Date:
  • 1956
Description:
Letter from the founder of the Order of Demolay, Frank S. Land, instructing Wendell Gilley to choose and send carvings to Harry S. Truman, Dr. Frank Stanton, president of CBS, Leon Leonidoff, producer of Radio City Music Hall shows, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and White House aide Bernard Shanley. The cost of the five carvings was $250.
Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Clark - Fred Clark
  • 1980 c
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1480
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
Creator:
  • Clark - Fred Clark
Date:
  • 1980 c
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.
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 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 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 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
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1215
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise
  • People
Creator:
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Date:
  • 1971-04-23
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
  • People
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1971-04-15
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1212
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
Creator:
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Date:
  • 1971-04-15
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
Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1214
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise
  • Other
  • People
Creator:
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Date:
  • 1971-04-23
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
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1211
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other
  • People
Creator:
  • Cheever - Byron Cheever
Date:
  • 1971-05-23
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.
Letter from James C. Collins to The Eider
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Other Object
  • People
  • Collins - James C.
  • 1983
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Letter from James C. Collins to The Eider
Wendell Gilley Museum
Identifier:
  • wgm-1196
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Other Object
  • People
Creator:
  • Collins - James C.
Date:
  • 1983
Description:
Letter to the editor of the Wendell Gilley Museum's publication, The Eider, from James C. Collins after learning of Wendell Gilley's death