Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
	1541	Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley and Steven Rockefeller Identifier: 1541    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Description: Wendell Gilley, holding a carving of a ruffed grouse, with Steven Rockefeller. On reverse side of photograph: "Wendell Gilley in his S.W. Harbor Studio"
	1542	Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley with life-size wild turkey carving Identifier: 1542    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Brown - W. L. Brown Date: 1973 Description: On reverse side of photograph: "Taken by W. L. Brown Summer of 1973"
	1543	Bangor Daily News article, Oct. 31, 1984.	Newspaper Clipping	Carvings People	Bangor Daily News article, Oct. 31, 1984. Identifier: 1543    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Carvings People Date: 1984-10-31 Description: Article from the Bangor Daily News reporting on a donation of Wendell Gilley bird carvings by artist Ethel Mae James to the museum
	1547	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell H. Gilley in his workshop Identifier: 1547    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1970 c. Description: Polaroid photograph of Wendell Gilley standing in his workshop. In front of him is a table holding a saw. Behind him to his right is a carving of a Canada goose.
	1548	Wendell H. Gilley's workbench	Image, Photograph	Object, Furnishings, Table, Workbench People	Wendell H. Gilley's workbench Identifier: 1548    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Furnishings, Table, Workbench People Date: 1970 c. Description: Photograph of Wendell Gilley's workbench in his Southwest Harbor workshop
	1549	Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop	Image, Photograph	Object, Furnishings, Table, Workbench	Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop Identifier: 1549    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Furnishings, Table, Workbench Date: 1969-02 Description: Wendell Gilley converted a barber's chair into the work "bench" shown in this photograph taken in his workshop.
	1550	Carving of Great Blue Heron with Trout in Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Carving of Great Blue Heron with Trout in Wendell H. Gilley's Workshop Identifier: 1550    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Date: 1979-08 Description: Great blue heron with trout shown on table in Gilley's workshop along with other smaller carvings
	1552	Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley.	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter from Frank S. Land to Wendell H. Gilley. Identifier: 1552    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings 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.
	1553	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award to Wendell H. Gilley Identifier: 1553    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 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.
	1554	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award Citation	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People	University of Maine at Orono Distinguished Achievement Award Citation Identifier: 1554    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1983-05-14 Description: Citation honoring Wendell Gilley read at University of Maine, Orono Commencement May 14, 1983
	1555	University of Maine at Orono Class of 1925 Golden Anniversary Certificate	Document, Certificate	Organizations, School Institution People	University of Maine at Orono Class of 1925 Golden Anniversary Certificate Identifier: 1555    Type: Document, Certificate Subject: Organizations, School Institution People Date: 1975-06-07 Description: Certificate marking Wendell Gilley's fifty years as an alumnus of the University of Maine
	1556	Letter to Steven C. Rockefeller from Nina Z. Gormley, March 16, 1990	Document, Correspondence	Carvings Events, Exhibitions	Letter to Steven C. Rockefeller from Nina Z. Gormley, March 16, 1990 Identifier: 1556    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings Events, Exhibitions Creator: Gormley - Nina Z. Gormley Date: 1990-03-16 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
	1557	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from J. Edgar Hoover Identifier: 1557    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings 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.
	1558	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Goodwin J. Knight Identifier: 1558    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings 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.
	1559	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington	Document, Correspondence	Carvings People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from C. G. Wellington Identifier: 1559    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Carvings 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.
	1560	Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day	Image, Photograph	Carvings Events People	Addie and Wendell Gilley with Barn Owl, Shorebirds and Ducks, Opening Day Identifier: 1560    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Carvings Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Addie and Wendell Gilley passing display cases at the museum's opening day.
	1561	Common eider relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings Object, Art	Common eider relief on side of Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 1561    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Art Date: 1995 c Description: Panel carved by Gilley Museum Artist-in-Residence Steven Valleau ca 1995 ; one of a series marking the fifteenth anniversary of the museum.
	1562	Wendell H. Gilley outside his workshop, fall 1981	Image, Photograph	People	Wendell H. Gilley outside his workshop, fall 1981 Identifier: 1562    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1981 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Snapshot of Wendell Gilley standing at the door of his workshop ; photographer unknown
	1563	Making a Difference, What it Takes to Make a Duck	Publication, Periodical	Carvings People	Making a Difference, What it Takes to Make a Duck Identifier: 1563    Type: Publication, Periodical Subject: Carvings People Date: 1986-02 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.
	1565	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Lemuel T. Ward, Nov. 8, 1965	Document, Correspondence	Events People	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Lemuel T. Ward, Nov. 8, 1965 Identifier: 1565    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Events People Creator: Ward - Lemuel T. Ward (1896-1984) Date: 1965-11-08 Description: Lemuel T. Ward, the noted decoy carver, wrote this letter to Wendell Gilley after meeting him at an unnamed carving show
	1568	Long-billed Curlew	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Long-billed Curlew Identifier: 1568    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Date: 1980-11 Description: Snapshot of curlew carved by Wendell Gilley placed on a coffee table. "Addie's Xmas present" written on reverse side of photograph
	1569	Nina Gormley with Whooping Cranes Sculpture	Image, Photograph	Object, Art People	Nina Gormley with Whooping Cranes Sculpture Identifier: 1569    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Art People Date: 1992 Description: Wendell Gilley Museum Director Nina Gormley standing in front of the museum with Whooping Cranes by Walter Matia, 1990.
	1570	Nina Gormley and Wendell Gilley Museum Trustees with Whooping Cranes Sculpture	Image, Photograph	Object, Art People	Nina Gormley and Wendell Gilley Museum Trustees with Whooping Cranes Sculpture Identifier: 1570    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Object, Art People Date: 1992 Description: Wendell Gilley Museum Director Nina Gormley and members of the museum's board of trustees standing in front of the museum with Whooping Cranes by Walter Matia, 1990.
	1571	Whooping Cranes	Image, Photograph	Birds Object, Art	Whooping Cranes Identifier: 1571    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Object, Art Date: 1992 Description: Whooping Cranes by Walter Matia, 1990. Dedicated May 26, 1992 in memory of Foster B. Whitlock
	1574	Bar Harbor Times article, July 3, 1980.	Newspaper Clipping	Events Structures, Dwellings, House	Bar Harbor Times article, July 3, 1980. Identifier: 1574    Type: Newspaper Clipping Subject: Events Structures, Dwellings, House Date: 1980-07-03 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Describes the removal of the George Ripley Fuller House, located at the current Wendell Gilley Museum site (the corner of Rte. 102 and Herrick Rd., Southwest Harbor) prior to the museum's construction.

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