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Nelson, A.L. to Spiker, LaRue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature, Animals
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Environment
  • 7/16/1959
Nelson, A.L. to Spiker, LaRue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter to LaRue Spiker from A.L. Nelson, director of the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge in reference to Spiker’s article on the Refuge.
Dale, Fred H. to Spiker, LaRue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Document, Correspondence, Letter
  • Nature, Animals
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Other, Environment
  • 6/24/1959
Dale, Fred H. to Spiker, LaRue
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Description:
Letter to LaRue Spiker from Fred H. Dale in reference to his approval of her article on Patuxent Wildlife Reefuge. With Spiker’s letter to Dr. John L. Buckley in refernece to article on Patuxent Wildlife Refuge.
Letter from Wendell Gilley to Raymond L. Stearns
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • 1969-09-24
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter acknowledging return of a bob-white carving as well as discussion of solder and advice on where to get bass wood. Also included are sketches of the leg and foot of a Canada goose.
Letter to Fred Clark from Nina Gormley, February 22, 1992
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gormley - Nina Z. Gormley
  • 1992-02-22
Description:
Letter thanking Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool Co., for promoting the Gilley Museum in its catalog. The letter also describes winter events at the museum as well as the museum's collection of taxidermy.
Eagles
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Typescript
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Eagles
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Typescript draft of a section included in The Art of Bird Carving by Wendell Gilley describing his techniques for carving eagles.
Letter to Nina Gormley from Norman Ashley Willock
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Willock - Norman Ashley
  • 1990-06-07
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter concerning the packing and shipping of a pintail duck carving commissioned from Wendell Gilley by Norman Willock and returned to the museum for repair.
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Mrs. Frederick P. Abbott
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding George Dorr and topics of Conservation
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to
Northeast Harbor Library
Description:
Regarding topics of Conversation
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Jennie Russell Goodall
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1916
Description:
Regarding topics of Conservation
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Mrs. E. M. Foster
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Places, Island
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding topics of Conservation
Letter: Margaret W. Holmes to Belle Smallidge Knowles
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Margaret W. Holmes
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding Bird Study Station Regarding National Geographic Article
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Ernest H. Forbush
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding establishment of Bird Study Station
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Mrs. L. S. Emery
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding interest in Bird Study Station
Letter: Mrs. L. S. Emery to Belle Smallidge Knowles
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Mrs. L. S. Emery
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding endorsement of "Bird Study Station"
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to Charles W. Eliot
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding establishment of bird study station
Letter: T. Gilbert Pearson to Belle Smallidge Knowles
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Organizations
  • T. Gilbert Pearson
  • 1917
Description:
Includes map of states which have Audubon Societies Includes map of states which adopted Law for non-game birds
Letter: T. Gilbert Pearson to Belle Smallidge Knowles
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • T. Gilbert Pearson
  • 1917
Description:
Regarding "Migratory Bird Treaty act"
Letter: Belle Smallidge Knowles to A. H. Lynam
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Belle Smallidge Knowles
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding establishment of bird study station or sanctuary
Letter: Emerson Hough to Belle Smallidge Knowles
Northeast Harbor Library
  • Document, Legal, Legal Documents
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Emerson Hough
  • 1915
Description:
Regarding Stephen T. Mather and bird refuge "Mr. Mather always likes to oblige the ladies." -- Hough
Letter from Jack Ekstrom to Fred Clark, 1993
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Other
  • Ekstrom - Jack Ekstrom
  • 1993
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Letter to the president of Warren Tool Co. from artist Ekstrom about an article and artwork of Wendell Gilley's chickadee for Popular Woodworking. Ekstrom describes how he had to carve the chickadee himself before he could finish the article.
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, 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.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Sherman L. Smith, November 9, 1961
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • Smith - Sherman Lewis Smith (1895 - 1973)
  • 1961-11-09
Description:
Letter accompanying a photograph of the Bostitch Company lobby where Wendell Gilley's carving of terns were on display
Christmas Card from Addie and Wendell Gilley, 1969
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)
  • 1969
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Christmas card featuring a carving of a family of bald eagles, the female perched on the edge of the nest of two chicks, the male on a branch above with wings spread. Marked 1969 on reverse of card
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