Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley exhibit opening invitation Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Events	Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia	1976			Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley exhibit opening invitation Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1630 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events Creator: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Date: 1976 Description: Invitation to a black tie dinner celebrating the opening of the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pa. On the back page is a handwritten note from Barbara Tyson to Wendell.
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	Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1506 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum Creator: Adams - Richard Adams Date: 1981-02 Description: Wendell Gilley at construction site of new museum building
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 Identifier: wgm-1528 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Creator: Adams - Richard Adams Date: 1981-02 Description: Nina Z. Gormley with sound recording gear in Wendell Gilley's workshop
Willet Wendell Gilley Museum	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)			Copyright Not Evaluated	Willet Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1419 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of willet carved by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back ; numbered "#40"
Gulls Wendell Gilley Museum	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)			Copyright Not Evaluated	Gulls Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1420 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of an interior showing gull carvings, including a mobile, by Wendell Gilley. Stamped "Anchor Light Studio, W.H. Ballard, Southwest Harbor, Maine" on back.
Herring Gull on Buoy Wendell Gilley Museum	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)			Copyright Not Evaluated	Herring Gull on Buoy Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1421 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of a herring gull carved by Wendell Gilley. The gull is perched on a buoy with the number 7 painted on it. Behind the gull is a painted scene of water and rocks. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back.
Group of four ducks and a Canada goose Wendell Gilley Museum	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)			Copyright Not Evaluated	Group of four ducks and a Canada goose Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1424 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980) Description: Photograph of five birds carved by Wendell Gilley. Clockwise from left: black duck, Canada goose, canvasback, harlequin duck, and common eider. Stamped "W.H. Ballard, Photographer, S. W. Harbor, Me" on back. Numbered "#28" in pencil above stamp.
Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Places, Garden	Bancroft - Gertrude Storey Bancroft (1923-2002)	1989			Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1353 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Places, Garden Creator: Bancroft - Gertrude Storey Bancroft (1923-2002) Date: 1989 Description: This letter is a reply to the Gilley Museum Director's request for a garden to be donated by the Garden Club of Mount Desert. It also mentions a carving of three gulls on a driftwood based that Mrs. Bancroft commissioned from Wendell Gilley.
A book of ducks. Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds	Barclay-Smith - Phyllis Barclay-Smith.	1951			A book of ducks. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1614 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Barclay-Smith - Phyllis Barclay-Smith. Date: 1951 Description: Published by Penguin Books. Plates by Peter Shepheard. On cover: "A King Penguin Book." Endpaper signed "Wendell Gilley."
Pheasants, their lives and homes. Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds	Beebe - William Beebe, (1877-1962)	1936			Pheasants, their lives and homes. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1607 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Beebe - William Beebe, (1877-1962) Date: 1936 Description: Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
Connect to nature, creativity at Wendell Gilley Museum[ magazine article] Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Periodical	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People	Billings, Johanna S.	2018		In Copyright	Connect to nature, creativity at Wendell Gilley Museum[ magazine article] Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1633 Type: Publication, Periodical Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People Creator: Billings, Johanna S. Date: 2018 Description: From the 2018 Premier Edition of Cultural adventures : Acadia and Downeast Maine. Gives background information about Wendell Gilley and describes carving classes offered by the Wendell Gilley Museum. Features photos of a great horned owl carved by Wendell Gilley as well as sandpipers carved by students in the museum's carving classes.
Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls. Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds	Blanchan - Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918)	1905 ?			Birds that hunt and are hunted : life histories of one hundred and seventy birds of prey, game birds and water-fowls. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1621 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Blanchan - Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918) Date: 1905 ? Description: Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Signed by the author.
Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes. Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds	Blanchan - Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918)	1908			Bird neighbors : an introductory acquaintance with one hundred and fifty birds commonly found in the gardens, meadows, and woods about our homes. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1610 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Blanchan - Neltje Blanchan (1865-1918) Date: 1908 Description: With an introduction by John Burroughs, Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.
Rex Brasher's Birds & trees of North America. Volume one. Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds	Brasher - Rex Brasher (1869-1960)	1961			Rex Brasher's Birds & trees of North America. Volume one. Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1612 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Brasher - Rex Brasher (1869-1960) Date: 1961 Description: Published by Rowman and Littlefield
Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving Wendell Gilley Museum	Image, Photograph	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People	Brown - W. L. Brown	1973			Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1542 Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving People Creator: Brown - W. L. Brown Date: 1973 Description: On reverse side of photograph: "Taken by W. L. Brown Summer of 1973"
Game bird carving Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving	Burk - Bruce Burk.	1972			Game bird carving Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1638 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Object, Art, Sculpture, Carving Creator: Burk - Bruce Burk. Date: 1972 Description: Published: New York : Winchester Press. Inscription to Wendell Gilley by the author on half title page.
Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds	Chapman - Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945)	1927			Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with introductory chapters on the study of birds in nature Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1628 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Chapman - Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945) Date: 1927 Description: By Frank M. Chapman, with full-page plates in colors and black and white by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. Revised edition. Published by D. Appleton and Co. Maps on end papers.
Bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds Wendell Gilley Museum	Publication, Book	Nature, Animals, Birds	Chapman - Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945)	1915			Bird-life : a guide to the study of our common birds Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1629 Type: Publication, Book Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Chapman - Frank Michler Chapman (1864-1945) Date: 1915 Description: By Frank M. Chapman with seventy-five full-page colored plates after drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published by D. Appleton.
Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-04-03		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1328 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-04-03 Description: Original letter from Byron Cheever, Publisher of North American Decoys, expressing Cheever's willingness to publish Wendell Gilley's book and asking questions about publication and printing details.
Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-05-12		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1208 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-05-12 Description: Letter acknowledges receipt of a copy of O'Brien's letter to Wendell H. Gilley. Cheever promises to work on the material for Gilley's book but says hes is in the process of getting the summer issue of North American Decoys ready for the printer.
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-05-08		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1209 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-05-08 Description: Contains instructions for making changes to Gilley's book The Art of Bird Carving for a new edition.
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 Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum	Document, Correspondence	Other	Cheever - Byron Cheever	1971-04-08		Copyright Not Evaluated	Letter From Byron Cheever to Wendell H. Gilley Wendell Gilley Museum Identifier: wgm-1213 Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Other Creator: Cheever - Byron Cheever Date: 1971-04-08 Description: Photocopy from the original by Byron Cheever listing questions he had regarding publishing Gilley's book. Gilley's answers as dictated to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. are in pencil after each question.
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 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.

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