Gerry Milnes Collection

The Helvetia Dancers performing at Helvetia Community Fair. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1990, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2461.

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 Dancers performing at the Helvetia Community Fair. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1990, Helvetia, WV.

archive catalog reference: GM S2460.

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 performing traditional dance for spectators at Helvetia Community Fair. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1990, Helvetia, WV.

archive catalog reference GM S2459.

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.