Dulcimer

Walter Miller with six-stringed dulcimer that he called a “church dulcimer”. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1989, Nicholas County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1251.

Project description: The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of photographs, oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes and photographs with earlier dates that others sent to him.

Walter Miller holding one of his own fretted dulcimers. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988, Nicholas County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1252.

Project description: The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of photographs, oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes and photographs with earlier dates that others sent to him.