Accession #	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
2024.01.07	1642	Want to carve a duck? : a beginner's guide	Publication, Book	Birds Carvings	Want to carve a duck? : a beginner's guide Accession #: 2024.01.07 Identifier: 1642    Type: Publication, Book Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Guthe - Elizabeth Corey Guthe Date: 1984 Description: Published: Southwest Harbor, Maine : Publisher's Northeast. Inscription to Nina Gormley by the author on title page.
	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.
	1573	Bald Eagle	Carving	Birds Carvings	Bald Eagle Identifier: 1573    Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1982 Description: Eagle standing over fish. Signed "Gilley" on front of base; inscribed "Bald Eagle 1982 by W.H. Gilley" on underside of base. Metal fish is removeable.
	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
	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.
	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
	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.
	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
	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.
	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
	1539	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Identifier: 1539    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The Gilleys viewing exhibits followed by Steven Rockefeller
	1532	King Eider	Carving	Birds Carvings	King Eider Identifier: 1532    Type: Carving Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1981 Description: King Eider on post ; painted sheet metal feet ; "Gilley" signature and date engraved on bottom of bird ; bird detaches from post
	1529	Wendell Gilley Carving an Osprey, November 1981	Image, Photograph	Birds Carvings People	Wendell Gilley Carving an Osprey, November 1981 Identifier: 1529    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Birds Carvings People Date: 1981-11-21 Description: Polaroid photograph of Wendell Gilley in his workshop working on an osprey carving
	1528	Nina Gormley, February 1981	Image, Photograph	People	Nina Gormley, February 1981 Identifier: 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
	1527	Arnold T. Melbye, February 1983	Image, Photograph	People	Arnold T. Melbye, February 1983 Identifier: 1527    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: People Date: 1983-02 Description: Decoy carver Arnold T. Melbye watching Wendell Gilley film on television at the home of Anne Small in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
	1513	Letter 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.
	1512	Letter 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 .
	1506	Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building	Image, Photograph	People Structures, Civic, Exhibition, Museum	Wendell Gilley in front of new Wendell Gilley Museum building Identifier: 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
	1498	Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Addie Gilley with Herons, Opening Day Identifier: 1498    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Addie Gilley examines carving of herons in display case at the museum's opening day.
	1496	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley at the Gilley Museum on opening day Identifier: 1496    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: The Gilleys with Steven Rockefeller looking at miniature carvings in a round display case
	1495	Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley at Opening Day of Gilley Museum Identifier: 1495    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Wendell Gilley waves as Addie enters the front door of the new museum
	1494	Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day	Image, Photograph	Events People	Wendell and Addie Gilley Entering the Gilley Museum on Opening Day Identifier: 1494    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Wendell and Addie Gilley, guests of honor at the museum's opening day, walk up the front walk
	1493	Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981	Image, Photograph	Events People	Ribbon Cutting at Wendell Gilley Museum, July 12, 1981 Identifier: 1493    Type: Image, Photograph Subject: Events People Date: 1981-07-12 Place: Southwest Harbor Description: Guests of honor, Wendell and Addie Gilley cut the ribbon on the museum's opening day.
	1480	Rough 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.
20.01.138	1472	Common Eider, Male	Carving, Decoy	Birds Carvings	Common Eider, Male Accession #: 20.01.138 Identifier: 1472    Type: Carving, Decoy Subject: Birds Carvings Creator: Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983) Date: 1980 c Description: One of five eiders Wendell Gilley wanted to make for the museum at the end of his life. He was able to complete three. "Gilley" engraved on undersides of body and head.

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