Gerry Milnes Collection

The Helvetia Folk Dancers children’s performance at Augusta Heritage Festival in Elkins City Park. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1991, Elkins, WV.

archive reference: GM S2499.

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.

Helvetia Folk Dancers children’s performance wearing traditional Swiss costumes at Augusta Heritage Festival in Elkins City Park. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1991, Elkins, WV.

archive reference: H3991P

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.

The Helvetia Folk Dancers children’s performance at Augusta Heritage Festival in Elkins City Park. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1991, Elkins, WV.

archive reference: GM S2495.

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.