Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, February 19, 1982 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Organizations, Civic	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	1982-02-19		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, February 19, 1982 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1512 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Organizations, Civic Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1982-02-19 Description: Letter mentions meetings of the Mount Desert Island Bird Club and MDI Hospital Auxiliary being held at the Gilley Museum. Enclosed with the letter is a Polaroid photo of an unpainted eagle carving. Wendell also mentions working on two life-size grouse .
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 from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, March 17, 1982 Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)	1982-03-17		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, March 17, 1982 Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1513 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1982-03-17 Description: Letter mentions receiving a bird book from the Whitlocks. It also talks about working on carvings of an eagle with a fish and a ruffed grouse with spread tail and another taking off in flight. Enclosed with the letter are drawings of male and female swimming buffleheads.
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 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 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 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 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.

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