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Shang : a biography of Charles E. Wheeler
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Book
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • Merkt - Dixon MacD. Merkt
  • 1984
Description:
Published: Spanish Fork, Utah : Hillcrest Publications, c1984 Inscription to the museum by the author on half title page.
Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum
  • Adams - Richard Adams
  • 1981-02
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell Gilley at construction site of new museum building
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
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
Bangor Daily News article, Oct. 31, 1984.
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Clipping, Newspaper Clipping
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • 1984-10-31
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Article from the Bangor Daily News reporting on a donation of Wendell Gilley bird carvings by artist Ethel Mae James to the museum
Making a Difference, What it Takes to Make a Duck
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Publication, Periodical
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • 1986-02
  • In Copyright
Description:
Article from Audubon Adventures, volume 2, number 4 (February/March 1986). Matthew Beal and Stephen Brooks are interviewed about learning to carve at the Wendell Gilley Museum with museum artist Steven Valleau.
Wendell H. Gilley outside his workshop, fall 1981
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1981
  • Southwest Harbor
Description:
Snapshot of Wendell Gilley standing at the door of his workshop ; photographer unknown
Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • 1981-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Addie and Wendell Gilley passing display cases at the museum's opening day.
University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • 1983-05-14
Description:
Distinguished achievement award recognizing Wendell Gilley's accomplishments presented posthumously at University of Maine at Orono commencement exercises on May 14, 1983.
University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award Citation
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Certificate
  • Organizations, School Institution
  • People
  • 1983-05-14
Description:
Citation honoring Wendell Gilley read at University of Maine, Orono Commencement May 14, 1983
Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1981-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The Gilleys viewing exhibits followed by Steven Rockefeller
Wendell Gilley Carving an Osprey, November 1981
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving
  • People
  • 1981-11-21
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Polaroid photograph of Wendell Gilley in his workshop working on an osprey carving
Nina Gormley, February 1981
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Adams - Richard Adams
  • 1981-02
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Nina Gormley, February 1981
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Nina Z. Gormley with sound recording gear in Wendell Gilley's workshop
Arnold T. Melbye, February 1983
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • 1983-02
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Arnold T. Melbye, February 1983
Wendell Gilley Museum
Description:
Decoy carver Arnold T. Melbye watching Wendell Gilley film on television at the home of Anne Small in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1981-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
The Gilleys with Steven Rockefeller looking at miniature carvings in a round display case
Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1981-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Addie Gilley examines carving of herons in display case at the museum's opening day.
Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1981-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Guests of honor, Wendell and Addie Gilley cut the ribbon on the museum's opening day.
Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1981-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell Gilley waves as Addie enters the front door of the new museum
Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Image, Photograph
  • Events
  • People
  • 1981-07-12
  • Southwest Harbor
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
Description:
Wendell and Addie Gilley, guests of honor at the museum's opening day, walk up the front walk
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
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
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
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 James C. Collins to The Eider
Wendell Gilley Museum
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Other Object
  • People
  • Collins - James C.
  • 1983
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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