Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
	1540	Wendell Gilley with Great Horned Owl	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley with Great Horned Owl Identifier: 1540    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1972-06-30 Description: Wendell Gilley standing next to a life size great horned owl carving. Also shown are carvings of a Canada goose, woodcock, and an unpainted pair of cormorants.
	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
	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.
	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
22.04.15	1620	Art of the decoy : American bird carvings.	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings	Art of the decoy : American bird carvings. Accession #: 22.04.15 Identifier: 1620    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Earnest - Adele Earnest Date: 1965 Description: Drawings by Lou Schifferl. Published by Bramhall House. Signed by the author.
	1203	Letter to Nina Gormley from Norman Ashley Willock	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings	Letter to Nina Gormley from Norman Ashley Willock Identifier: 1203    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Willock - Norman Ashley Date: 1990-06-07 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.
	1219	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.	Document, Correspondence	Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys	Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Identifier: 1219    Type: Document, Correspondence Subject: Birds Carvings Object, Other Object, Decoys Creator: O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. Date: 1971-08-05 Description: O'Brien acknowledges receipt of a spotted sandpiper carving from Gilley and discusses a handle Gillely designed for an X-Acto blade as well as decoy designs.
	1633	Connect to nature, creativity at Wendell Gilley Museum[ magazine article]	Publication, Periodical	Birds Carvings People	Connect to nature, creativity at Wendell Gilley Museum[ magazine article] Identifier: 1633    Type: Publication, Periodical Subject: Birds Carvings 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.
	1632	Good things from Maine : fine feathers[ magazine article]	Publication, Periodical	Birds Carvings People	Good things from Maine : fine feathers[ magazine article] Identifier: 1632    Type: Publication, Periodical Subject: Birds Carvings People Creator: Craig, Jennifer Lynn Date: 2021 Description: From the July 2021 issue of Down East Magazine. Describes the history and current day programming of the Wendell Gilley Museum. Resident artist Steve Valleau is featured.
	1416	Postcard showing Mallard Drake	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Birds Carvings	Postcard showing Mallard Drake Identifier: 1416    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Postcard depicting a carved mallard on a driftwood base signed "Gilley" ; "Mallard Drake bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
	1417	Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Birds Carvings	Postcard Showing Canada Goose Carving Identifier: 1417    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Postcard depicting a carved Canada goose which appears to be flying over a hedge ; "Canada Goose bird carving by Wendell Gilley" printed on reverse side of card.
	1418	Advertising photograph for Warren Tools	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Advertising photograph for Warren Tools Identifier: 1418    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Description: Wendell Gilley carved the chickadee in this photo used as an advertisement for Warren Tool shortly before his death in 1982. Mounted on mat board ; Warren Tool Co. label on reverse side of board. Accompanied by handwritten note from Fred Clark, President of Warren Tool.
	1419	Willet	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Willet Identifier: 1419    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings 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"
	1420	Gulls	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Gulls Identifier: 1420    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings 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.
	1421	Herring Gull on Buoy	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Herring Gull on Buoy Identifier: 1421    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings 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.
	1422	Blue-winged Teal, Pair	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Blue-winged Teal, Pair Identifier: 1422    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1958 Description: Photograph of a pair of blue-winged teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sec. of Treas. Robert Anderson 1958" on reverse.
	1423	Cinnamon Teal, Pair	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Cinnamon Teal, Pair Identifier: 1423    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1958 Description: Photograph of a pair of cinnamon (?) teal carved by Wendell Gilley. Marked "Sam Rayburn" on reverse. "1958" written in blue ballpoint lower right corner.
	1424	Group of four ducks and a Canada goose	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Group of four ducks and a Canada goose Identifier: 1424    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings 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.
	1425	Pileated Woodpecker	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Pileated Woodpecker Identifier: 1425    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969-09 Description: Photograph of a carving by Wendell Gilley of a pileated woodpecker perched on driftwood
	1426	Yellowlegs	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Yellowlegs Identifier: 1426    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1969-10 Description: Photograph of a carving of a yellowlegs by Wendell Gilley.
	1427	Bobwhite	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bobwhite Identifier: 1427    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Photograph of an interior showing a grouping of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley mounted over a fireplace .
	1428	Bobwhite	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bobwhite Identifier: 1428    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Single bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gilley that is part of group shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph.
	1429	Bobwhite	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bobwhite Identifier: 1429    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Partial view of a group of bobwhite quail carved by Wendell Gillley shown mounted over a fireplace in another photograph.
	1431	Bald Eagle	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bald Eagle Identifier: 1431    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Photograph of bald eagle carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Finished June 1966" on reverse side.
	1432	Bald Eagle With Fish	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings	Bald Eagle With Fish Identifier: 1432    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Description: Photograph of bald eagle, perched with wings spread above fish on oval base, carved by Wendell H. Gilley. Marked "Eagle with fish by Wendell Gilley" in ink on reverse side.

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