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1446Note from Ted Madara to Nina Gormley
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Note from Ted Madara to Nina Gormley
Identifier:
  • 1446   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • Madara - Ted Madara
Description:
Notecard reads "Dear Nina: We are lifelong summer residents of SWH and had the great fortune growing up to meet Wendell several times in his workshop while he was carving birds for my grandparents which we now cherish. My mother Linda Madara was asked by Downeast Magazine to write a story about Wendell and to photograph him and his carvings. We came across the text and original copy this summer and thought you may want it for the archives. Best regards, Ted Madara" Note accompanies a typescript of the magazine article, "Wendell Gilley - The Art of Fine Bird Carving" and photographic negatives. [show more]
1480Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet
  • Document, Manuscript
  • Carvings
  • People
Rough Draft of Article by Fred Clark for The Mallet
Identifier:
  • 1480   
Type:
  • Document, Manuscript
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • 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.
1481Letter to Fred Clark from Nina Gormley, February 22, 1992
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Letter to Fred Clark from Nina Gormley, February 22, 1992
Identifier:
  • 1481   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gormley - Nina Z. Gormley
Date:
  • 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.
1511Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Capt. Benjamin H. Rigg, Oct. 26, 1964
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Capt. Benjamin H. Rigg, Oct. 26, 1964
Identifier:
  • 1511   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1964-10-26
Description:
Letter accompanied by a cardboard pattern of a spread tail grouse and a photograph of a belt grinder
1512Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, February 19, 1982
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • Organizations, Civic
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, February 19, 1982
Identifier:
  • 1512   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • Organizations, Civic
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1982-02-19
Description:
Letter mentions meetings of the Mount Desert Island Bird Club and MDI Hospital Auxiliary being held at the Gilley Museum. Enclosed with the letter is a Polaroid photo of an unpainted eagle carving. Wendell also mentions working on two life-size grouse .
1513Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, March 17, 1982
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Mr. and Mrs. Foster B. Whitlock, March 17, 1982
Identifier:
  • 1513   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1982-03-17
Description:
Letter mentions receiving a bird book from the Whitlocks. It also talks about working on carvings of an eagle with a fish and a ruffed grouse with spread tail and another taking off in flight. Enclosed with the letter are drawings of male and female swimming buffleheads.
1552Letter 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.
1553University 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.
1554University 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
1555University 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
1556Letter 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
1557Letter 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.
1558Letter 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.
1559Letter 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.
1565Letter 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
1589Wendell Gilley's Maine Master Plumber License
  • Document, Permission, License, Occupational License
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
Wendell Gilley's Maine Master Plumber License
Identifier:
  • 1589   
Type:
  • Document, Permission, License, Occupational License
Subject:
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
Date:
  • 1944
Description:
Original master plumber license issued by the State of Maine to Wendell Gilley, owner of Gilley Plumbing Company, in 1944
1630Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley exhibit opening invitation
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Events
Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley exhibit opening invitation
Identifier:
  • 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.