Description: Six sheets containing five bids by various contractors for construction of new museum building in Somesville for the MDI Historical Society.
Description: Two double sided typewritten sheets containing carbon copies of letters to bidding contractors on new museum building for MDI Historical Society. Letters inform contractors that a contractor had been chosen.
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.
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.
Description: technical drawing of the yacht Thermo, Captain Berlin, Southwest Harbor, Maine pencil on brown kraft paper - crease down center. -stored in flat file
Description: Construction deck plan for 'Little International,' class boat commissioned by William F. Strawbridge from L. Francis Herreshoff, of Marblehead. Two boats were built by Hinckley. One remains on Mount Desert Island today. The class failed to materialize due to the coming of WWII, after which Luders made their debut. White markings of ship design on black background (white paper on back is blank). Shows design of 28' class boat. Construction plan for design number 77. Drawn or designed by L. Francis Herreshoff in Aug. 1940. Scale: 1"=1'. [show more]
Description: Program The second Subscription Series Summer of 1938 of the Building of Arts, Bar Harbor ME. Includes advertising from a variey of establishments on the island. Has announcement of a black man (African American), a singer and musician
Description: Newspaper clipping of Mrs. Jennie Ailworth's obituary from LaRue Spiker Funeral Notice Folder On Card back: "A Service of The Martins in Bushnell, Ill."
Description: Funeral Notice for George H. Spiker from LaRue Spiker Funeral Notice Folder The Angel of Peace in Loving Remembrance of George H. Spiker, Died Nov. 14, 1911 Age 5 years On Back: Copyright 1908 by H.F. Wendell & Company, Liepsie, Ohio
Description: Postcard adressed to Miss LaRue Spiker, Gridley Street, Bushnell, Illinois Postmarked Minneapolis Minn. Dec. 22 at 2 PM On Back: Pre-Shakes., Drama, Grade A, Thank you From LaRue Spiker Personal Papers/Family Papers
Description: Postcard adressed to Miss LaRue Spiker, Bushnell, Illinois Postmarked Minneapolis Minn. Dec. 23 at 1 PM On Back: Botany, Exam 91, Grade A, Thank you From LaRue Spiker Personal Papers/Family Papers
Description: John Heiliker, 91 Cranberry Is. artist and teacher died Feb. 22.He was a professor of art at Columbia for 27 years. His career included attend the Art Students League and was a member of the New York arts scene.
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 .
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Description: Letter regarding the possible exhibition of a Gilley piece in the Spirits and Nature Exhibition organized by Steven Rockefeller and held at Middlebury College. The piece was a carved and painted group of eiders made in 1970. Color slide transparency enclosed with letter