Gerry Milnes Collection

Children in the Community Fair parade, riding a horse buggy decorated with flowers. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2558.

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.

Parade float with two people wearing farm country costumes while acting out a scene: one reading while using an outhouse, the other holding an axe/chopping wood. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2557.

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.

Young girl wearing traditional Swiss clothing, walking a goat on a lease in the Helvetia Community Fair parade. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2561.

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.

Young child riding a cart decorated in flowers with a sign that reads “Alpen Rose Garden Club.” Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2560.

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 wearing traditional clothing walking in the community fair parade pushing three children in cart as spectators look on. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1990, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2555

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.