Fiddle

Arthur “Jake” Casto playing fiddle

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Arthur “Jake” Casto seated on a porch, playing a fiddle. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Aug 1990, Hacker Valley, WV.

archive reference: GM S1451 (related content archive reference: A ACS 6.271).

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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Melvin Wine’s birthday

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Melvin Wine performing on stage for his birthday. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, April 1989, Elkins, WV.

archive reference: GM S1450.

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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Photograph of fiddle maker Ray Fought

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Portrait of Ray Fought, fiddle maker from Parkersburg, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1989.

archive reference: GM S1410.

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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Back of fiddle made by Clyde Howes

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Back of a fiddle made by Clyde Howes from Upshur County. Clyde Howes was known for making fiddles with an animal head and animal carvings. This fiddle features a bird carved into the back. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1989, Upshur County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1408.

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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Cartwright fiddle in Patty Looman’s instrument collection

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Fiddle made by a Cartright at Mannington, WV, from Patty Looman’s instrument collection. In Patty Looman’s interview with Gerry Milnes, Patty talks about her family’s feed store, where people from the community sometimes traded handmade instruments for goods from the shop. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1990, Marion County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1397. (related content archive reference: A ACS 6.375).

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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Cigar-box fiddle from Patty Looman’s collection

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Hand crafted cigar-box fiddle made in Wetzel County, WV. The instrument is from Patty Looman’s extensive instrument collection. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1990, Marion County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1398.

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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Cigar box fiddle from Patty Looman’s collection

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Hand crafted cigar-box fiddle from Wetzel County WV; from Patty Looman instrument collection. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1990, Marion County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1396.

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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Harvey Sampson playing fiddle

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Harvey Sampson from Braxton County playing fiddle. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1991.

archive reference: GM S1223.

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 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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