Gerry Milnes Collection

Fred Burky on fiddle, Vernon Burky on guitar, and Norman Burky on fiddle, performing in Elkins City Park for Augusta Heritage Festival. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1991, Elkins, WV.

archive reference: GM S2489.

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.

Fred Burky playing fiddle, Norman Burky playing fiddle, and Vernon Burky playing guitar (left to right) performing traditional Swiss Music in Elkins City Park, photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1991, Elkins WV.

archive reference: GM S2488.

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.