Dulcimer

Close-up of carving on dulcimer displayed at General Lewis Inn

Close-up image: dulcimer with intricate carving on head stock. Instrument displayed at General Lewis Inn, Lewisburg, WV, maker unknown. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1386.

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.

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Close-up of scroll work on dulcimer displayed at General Lewis Inn

Close-up image: dulcimer with intricate carving on head and peg box. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1385.

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.

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Lap dulcimer displayed at General Lewis Inn

Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Jan 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1184.

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.

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Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn

Lap dulcimer from collection at General Lewis Inn, resting on grass. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S13801.

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.

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Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn

Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1380.

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.

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Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn

Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1379.

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.

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Teardrop-shaped dulcimer from Jim Costa’s collection

Tear-drop shaped lap dulcimer from Jim Costa’s extensive collection of Appalachian folklife artifacts. The dulcimer is leaning upright on wooden chair, disassembled to show the interior construction of the instrument. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Summers County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1393.

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 with earlier dates that others sent to him.

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Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn

Four-string hourglass shaped lap dulcimer featuring 4 diamond-shaped sound holes and fancy scrollwork on head. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1378.

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.

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Close-up pegs on Basil Blake’s lap dulcimer

Close-up sideview image of head, metal pegs, nut, and string on lap dulcimer made by Basil Blake from Bragg Runn in Braxton County. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1990, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1374. corresponding photo GM S1355 shows full instrument.

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.

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Basil Blake playing lap dulcimer

Black and white photo of Basil Blake performing on his lap dulcimer at the WV State Folk Festival in Glenville, WV. Original photographer unknown. Photograph of the origianl photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1989, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1370.

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 with earlier dates that others sent to him.

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