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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.
Rebecca's Dolls Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Other Documents	Object, Doll People			Copyright Not Evaluated	Rebecca's Dolls Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-3004 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Object, Doll People Description: Carroll family mythology says that Rebecca Carroll made sixteen dolls for her grandchildren – one for each grandchild born while she was alive. Researchers have found evidence of three of the dolls and are looking for the others.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr’s Memorial Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Other Documents	Object, Site Marker, Monument People	Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan	2017-01-28	In Copyright	John D. Rockefeller, Jr’s Memorial Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15598 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Object, Site Marker, Monument People Creator: Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan Date: 2017-01-28
J. J. OBrien and His Jesuit Settlement Memorial Southwest Harbor Public Library	Document, Other Documents	Object, Site Marker, Monument People	Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan	2012-09-27	In Copyright	J. J. OBrien and His Jesuit Settlement Memorial Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15559 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Object, Site Marker, Monument People Creator: Lenahan - Donald Patrick Lenahan Date: 2012-09-27
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.
Men Who Died for Their Country Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Advertising, Poster	Object, Sign Other People	Josh Blanchard, John Sweeney			Men Who Died for Their Country Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1473 Type: Document, Advertising, Poster Subject: Object, Sign Other People Creator: Josh Blanchard, John Sweeney Collection: Art Collection Description: Poster of a man holding a rifle, like the soldiers used in the Civil War. Below the soldier are names of 26 men from Mount Desert who died during the war.
A Memorial Project Northeast Harbor Library	Document, Other Documents	Events Object, Site Marker, Monument People	Lawrence Bartlett	11/11/1998		A Memorial Project Northeast Harbor Library Identifier: nehl-1680 Type: Document, Other Documents Subject: Events Object, Site Marker, Monument People Creator: Lawrence Bartlett Date: 11/11/1998 Collection: General Collection Description: The Photograph of the Memorial is in Photograph Collection #1304. This is the History of the Downeast Chapter, lists of men lost in action in WWII, dedication at Maine Maritime Academy.
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

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