Gerry Milnes Collection

Patty Looman Hammered Dulcimer

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Two images of hammered dulcimer from Patty Looman’s collection, possibly decorated using pokeweed berry ink/paint. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Aug 1990, Daybrook in Monongalia County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1274, GM S1275.

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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Paul McKinney’s dulcimer

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Close up on the head of Paul McKinney’s dulcimer made by Roy McKinney, Freeman McKinney’s father. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1991.

archive reference: GM S1245.

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 dulcimer

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Basil Blake’s 3-string hourglass lap dulcimer. The instrument features wire frets and diamond-shaped sound holes. Basil Blake was described by Gerry Milnes as a pre-revival dulcimer maker from Bragg Run in Braxton County. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1990, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1239.

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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Walter Miller’s lap dulcimer

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Walter Miller’s hourglass lap dulcimer. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, April 1989, Nicholas County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1256.

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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Walter Miller 1988

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Walter Miller holding a fiddle-shaped dulcimer. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988, Nicholas County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1255.

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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Hammered dulcimer

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Close up of hammer dulcimer, dark wood. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988.

archive reference: GM S1254.

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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Lester McKinney 1920 dulcimer

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1920 dulcimer made by Lester McKinney; owner Freeman McKinney. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988, Clay County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1250.

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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Lester McKinney 1920 dulcimer

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1920 dulcimer made by Lester McKinney; owner Freeman McKinney. Photography by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988, Clay County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1249.

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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Lester McKinney 1920 dulcimer

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Close up on head, pegbox, and nut of 1920 dulcimer made by Lester McKinney. Owned and played by Freeman McKinney. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, April 1991, Clay County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1241.

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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Walter Miller with dulcimer

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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.

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