Gerry Milnes Collection

Heart-shaped sound holes on Beatrice Metheny’s lap dulcimer

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Close-up: heart-shaped sound holes and metal frets on Beatrice Metheny’s lap dulcimer made by Jack Keith, from Salt Lick in Braxton County. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1991, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1344.

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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Beatrice Metheny’s lap dulcimer

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Close-up: head and wooden tuning pegs on lap dulcimer made by Jack Keith and owned by Beatrice Metheny. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1989, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1343.

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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Beatrice Metheny’s dulcimer; maker Jack Keith

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Close-up: head, wooden tuning pegs, strings, and nut on lap dulcimer made by Jack Keith, owned by Beatrice Metheny from Braxton County. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1991, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1341.

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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Beatrice Metheny’s dulcimer made by Jack Keith

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Beatrice Metheny’s lap dulcimer made by Jack Keith, a stave mill worker in Braxton County, WV. A stave mill could produce the narrow boards needed to make dulcimers. The instrument, presented in this image lying flat on a wooden porch, features an hourglass shape, three strings, wooden tuning pegs, scrollwork at the head, and four heart-shaped sound holes.

archive reference: GM S1340.

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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Beatrice Metheny black and white photo with Jack Keith dulcimer

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Beatrice Metheny holding lap dulcimer made by Jack Keith. This instrument was reportedly brought to Beatrice Metheny’s farm on horseback by her mother in 1899. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, April 1989, Braxton County, WV. Attached: link to interview with Beatrice Metheny.

archive reference: GM S1339. (Links to ACS 6.201).

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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Henry Bryant dulcimer

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Close-up on head, tuning pegs, and nut on lap dulcimer made by Henry Bryant. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988.

archive reference: GM S1312.

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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Henry Bryant lap dulcimer

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Lap dulcimer made by Henry Bryant. The style and pattern of this instrument are noted to be similar to later dulcimers made by Preacher LaFon in Braxton County, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988.

archive reference: GM S1311.

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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Henry Bryant lap dulcimer

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Lap dulcimer made by Henry Bryant. The style and pattern of this instrument are noted to be similar to later dulcimers made by Preacher LaFon in Braxton County, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1990.

archive reference: GM S1310.

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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Henry Bryant lap dulcimer

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Lap dulcimer made by Henry Bryant. The style and pattern of this instrument are noted to be similar to LaFon’s dulcimers in Braxton County, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1990.

archive reference: GM S1308.

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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