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Atlantic Puffin
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1977
Atlantic Puffin
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Underside of base marked: "Puffin by W. H. Gilley " ; signature "Gilley" burned into bottom of base
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
Woodcock
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1971
Woodcock
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Label affixed to underside of base: "American Woodcock, 1971 ; Addie Gilley Collection"
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
Wild Turkey
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1974
Wild Turkey
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Underside of base marked: "Wild Turkey made for Hilda and Hulda Bragdon Christmas 1974 by Wendell Gilley"
Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • 1970
Mallard Drake
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Marked "Model made by Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Carved on a carving machine. Assembled + painted by Wendell Gilley." Has round label "1M" on bottom.
Goldfinch
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1977
Goldfinch
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Underside of base marked "Goldfinch by W.H. Gilley to Jeff Morrill" ; dated 1977.
Carving of School of Fish
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Nature, Animals
  • Object, Art, Sculpture
  • Richard Keene
  • 1976
Carving of School of Fish
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Charles Savage carving of school of fish.
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 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.
Wendell H. Gilley, September 1974
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • 1974-09
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell Gilley next to a shelf holding carving of Canada geese
Wendell H. Gilley Holding Eagle Carving and Miniature Mallard, Summer 1971
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Kelly - Diane L.
  • 1971
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell Gilley standing in front of garage holding two carvings, an eagle and his first carving, a mallard made in 1930. On back of photo: "Wendell, Gilley, summer 1971, taken by Diane L. Kelly, his 1st & present bird in progress."
Wendell H. Gilley with Eagle, November 1970
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • 1970-11
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell Gilley standing next to unfinished half life size carved eagle
Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop - Oct. 1971
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • 1971 - 10
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell Gilley at work on a carving in his workshop.
Wendell H. Gilley with Osprey - 1972
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • 1972
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell Gilley holding carved osprey in a snow covered yard, Southeast Harbor, Maine