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1439Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Letter from Wendell H. Gilley to Fred Clark, November 6, 1978
Identifier:
  • 1439   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1978-11-06
Description:
Letter to the President of Warren Tool Co., Fred Clark, containing Wendell Gilley's pencil illustrations of carving knives and blades
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.
1214Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Letter to Byron Cheever from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Identifier:
  • 1214   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Woodworking, Woodworking Vise
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Creator:
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Date:
  • 1971-04-23
Description:
This letter praises Wendell Gilley's inventiveness, his carving and his book . O'Brien refers to a vise for holding decoys and carvings for painting that Wendell includes in the book.
1329Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Literature
Letter to Byron Cheever from Wendell H. Gilley, April 29, 1971
Identifier:
  • 1329   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1971-04-29
Description:
Wendell suggests carvings he had on hand that could be photographed to illustrate his book. Birds he suggests are: bob white quail, scaled quail, flock of 7 Canada geese, pair of Wilson snipe, pair of grouse, single woodcock, several miniature birds of all types, great blue heron with trout in mouth, group of three pintails, life size eagle, pair of life size wood duck, spotted sandpiper on mussel shell, life size pileated woodpecker, pair of eagles with two babies in nest. [show more]
1208Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Literature
Letter to Donal C. O'Brien, Jr. from Byron Cheever
Identifier:
  • 1208   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
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.
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.
1199Letter to Mrs. Otis D. Wolfe from Steven C. Rockefeller
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art
  • People
Letter to Mrs. Otis D. Wolfe from Steven C. Rockefeller
Identifier:
  • 1199   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Object, Art
  • People
Creator:
  • Rockefeller - Steven C.
Date:
  • 1992-06-01
Description:
Letter to the donor of a bronze sculpture by Walther Matia in memory of Foster Whitlock . The letter thanks her for her donation of the sculpture to the museum and describes the dedication ceremony.
1353Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • Gardens
Letter to Nina Gormley from Gertrude Bancroft
Identifier:
  • 1353   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • Gardens
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.
1204Letter to Nina Gormley from Lucretia W. Evans
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Literature
Letter to Nina Gormley from Lucretia W. Evans
Identifier:
  • 1204   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • Evans - Lucretia W.
Description:
This letter expresses Lucretia Evans' intention to donate her copy of Wendell Gilley's book Bird Carving, a Guide to a Fascinating Hobby, which she believed might be a first edition.
1203Letter 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.
1202Letter to Raymond L. Stearns from Wendell Gilley
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • People
Letter to Raymond L. Stearns from Wendell Gilley
Identifier:
  • 1202   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • People
Creator:
  • Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
Date:
  • 1981-10-21
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
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
1365Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • People
Letter to the Wendell Gilley Museum from Sonia Cohn, Apr. 4, 1983
Identifier:
  • 1365   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • 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.
1241Letter to Wendell Gilley from Barbara Tyson
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Events, Exhibitions
Letter to Wendell Gilley from Barbara Tyson
Identifier:
  • 1241   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Events, Exhibitions
Creator:
  • Tyson - Barbara Tyson
Date:
  • 1977 c
Description:
Letter thanking Wendell Gilley for the loan of his carvings for the exhibit Downeast Bird Carvings by Wendell Gilley held at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1976 through Jan. 7, 1977
1440Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Donald M. Fenner, August 26, 2001
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Donald M. Fenner, August 26, 2001
Identifier:
  • 1440   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • Fenner - Donald M. Fenner
Date:
  • 2001-08-26
Description:
Describes Wendell Gilley's visit to Herkimer New York where in 1967 Fenner invited him to be guest speaker at the National Woodcarvers Association Woodcarving Show held there. This letter is accompanied by photos of Wendell Gillley at the show.
1197Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Isabel Thacher
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Birds
  • People
Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from Isabel Thacher
Identifier:
  • 1197   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Birds
  • People
Creator:
  • Thacher - Isabel
Date:
  • 1991
Description:
This letter describes three birds (a bobwhite, a yellowlegs, and a gull) carved by Wendell Gilley and owned by the letter writer, Isabel Thacher.
1410Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • People
Letter to Wendell Gilley Museum from John A. Silver, Sept. 9, 1986
Identifier:
  • 1410   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • People
Creator:
  • Silver - John A. Silver
Date:
  • 1986-09-09
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.
1209Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Literature
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever
Identifier:
  • 1209   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
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.
1211Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • Other, Literature
  • People
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Byron Cheever
Identifier:
  • 1211   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • Other, Literature
  • 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.
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.
1205Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Identifier:
  • 1205   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
Creator:
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Date:
  • 1971-04-29
Description:
This letter acknowledges receipt of a letter and chisel from Gilley, and discusses various carvings including a spotted sandpiper on a mussel shell and two pairs of quail
1206Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Other, Literature
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Identifier:
  • 1206   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Date:
  • 1971-05-06
Description:
This letter discusses correspondence between Wendell Gilley and Byron Cheever, author and magazine publisher, about Gilley's book. The author of the letter makes suggestions about paper and cover art and discusses copyright.
1207Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • Other, Literature
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Identifier:
  • 1207   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • Other, Literature
Creator:
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Date:
  • 1971-05-11
Description:
Letter discusses sending text, artwork, and photos for the book, Art of Bird Carving, to Byron Cheever. Flying goose, bob-white and blue quail carvings are also mentioned.
1212Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Carvings
  • People
Letter to Wendell H. Gilley from Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Identifier:
  • 1212   
Type:
  • Document, Correspondence
Subject:
  • Carvings
  • People
Creator:
  • O'Brien - Donal C. O'Brien, Jr.
Date:
  • 1971-04-15
Description:
Note from O'Brien included with a copy of a letter from Byron Cheever. O'Brien mentions having been asked by Peggy Rockefeller if Gilley would sell her a flock of geese.