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  • 23.10.202
1640The artist's Mount Desert : American painters on the Maine Coast
  • Publication, Book
  • People
  • Places, Island
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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
  • 23.10.20
1639The traveling artist : a visual journal
  • Publication, Book
  • People
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Published by G Editions, New York
  • 23.08.01
1636The Art of Dahlov Ipcar
  • Publication, Book
  • People
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Published by Down East, c2010. Half title page signed by the artist. Title page signed by the author.
  • 2023.08.15
1635Beyond the spring : Cordelia Stanwood of Birdsacre.
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
  • People
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Published: Lamoine, Maine : Latona Press, 1978. Inscription to Wendell Gilley by the author on half title page.
  • 2023.08.02
1634Birds in wood and paint : American miniature bird carvings and their carvers, 1900-1970
  • Publication, Book
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
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Published: Lebanon, N.H. : University Press of New England, c2009. Inscription to Nina Gormley, Museum Director, by the author on half title page.
1633Connect to nature, creativity at Wendell Gilley Museum[ magazine article]
  • Publication, Periodical
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
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.
1631Woodcraft catalog
  • Publication, Catalog
  • People
Description:
Cover and page 16 of Woodcraft catalog 73-74 showing Wendell Gilley in his workshop
1632Good things from Maine : fine feathers[ magazine article]
  • Publication, Periodical
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
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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.
1597Wendell Gilley Hunting Waterfowl
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Recreation, Hunting
Description:
Wendell Gilley crouched in blind with gun
1596Wendell Gilley Carving a Pheasant
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gillley seated at his workbench carving what appears to be a miniature pheasant. Pieces of driftwood are on table behind him
1595Wendell Gilley at his Workbench
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley in checked shirt with pipe seated at his workbench
1593Wendell H. Gilley
  • Image, Photograph
  • Carvings
  • People
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Wendell Gilley working on a wood carving. At his collar he is wearing a pin shaped like a duck.
1592Wendell H. Gilley Painting a Cardinal
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley at his work table painting a carving of a cardinal, bookshelves in background
1590David and Nelson Rockefeller
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
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David and Nelson Rockefeller holding the bald eagle David commissioned from Wendell Gilley as a gift for Nelson.
1199Letter to Mrs. Otis D. Wolfe from Steven C. Rockefeller
  • Document, Correspondence
  • Object, Art
  • People
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.
1594Wendell Gilley in his Workshop
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
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Wendell uses a barber's chair he converted into a workbench to hold an eagle carving while he works on it.
1003Wendell Holmes Gilley
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
Description:
Gilley smokes a pipe while carving an Osprey in his Southwest Harbor, Maine workshop
1591Wooden National Wood Carvers' Association Name Badge
  • Object, Identification Badge
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley's National Wood Carvers' Association Name Badge labelled "N.W.C.A. Director Wendell H. Gilley, 179-1, S. West Harbor, Me."
1589Wendell Gilley's Maine Master Plumber License
  • Document, Permission, License, Occupational License
  • Businesses, Service Business
  • People
Description:
Original master plumber license issued by the State of Maine to Wendell Gilley, owner of Gilley Plumbing Company, in 1944
1002Gilley - Wendell Holmes Gilley (1904-1983)
  • Reference
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley is a name well known among carvers and carving collectors. Author of The Art of Bird Carving: A Guide to a Fascinating Hobby, one of the earliest instructional books on the subject, Gilley was a pioneer in the field of decorative bird carving. By his estimate, he created “ten thousand birds of pine and paint” between 1931 and 1983. (Gilley also loved alliteration; it should be noted that most of his carvings were made of basswood.) [show more]
1005Bragdon - Addie (Bragdon) Gilley (1905-1983)
  • Reference
  • People
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Addie Gilley’s created an outstanding collection of her husband’s work. The carvings that Addie so wisely saved over the years became the core of the Museum’s permanent collection. Wendell and Addie were the guests of honor at the opening of the Gilley Museum on July 12, 1981. They remained active in the museum until their deaths a few months apart in 1983.
1430Wendell H. Gilley Holding Carved Osprey
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Wendell Gilley outdoors holding carved osprey
1441Photograph of Donald M. Fenner and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
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Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. Back of photograph marked: "DMF, Wendell Gilley, NWCA Meeting Herkimer, N.Y. May 1967, examining carvings by Erwin Caldwell".
1442Photograph of Helen Lay Strong, Ed Gallenstein and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. Back of photograph marked: "Helen Lay Strong - died June 13, 1995, Ed Gallenstein - President National Woodcarvers Association, Wendell Gilley, NWCA Herkimer Meeting, May 1967".
1443Ed Moore and Wendell Gilley at the National Woodcarvers Association Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y., May 1967.
  • Image, Photograph
  • Birds
  • Carvings
  • People
Description:
Photograph accompanies letter from Donald M. Fenner to the Gilley Museum. The two carvers are shown seated with various carvings by Wendell Gilley. The pintail in Gilley's hands was given to Fenner. Back of photograph marked: "'Captain' Ed Moore, Wendell L. [sic] Gilley, Woodcarvers Meeting, Herkimer, N.Y. May 1967"