Gerry Milnes Collection

Clyde Case playing banjo

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Clyde Case playing banjo while seated on a porch swing with woven baskets at his feet. Related content from the Augusta Archives is a recording from Augusta Festival on 7/20/1988. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, August 1989, Duck, WV.

archive reference: GM S1436. (related content: A C541).

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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Close-up on two lap dulcimers by Braxton County makers

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Close-up on head and pegs of two dulcimers made by Braxton County instrument makers. Top dulcimer made by Sylvan James, bottom by Jack Keith. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1992, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1434.

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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Lap dulcimer made by Jack Keith

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Hourglass shaped lap dulcimer with wooden pegs and heart-shaped sound holes made by Jack Keith from Braxton County, WV. Photo on right is a close-up on the dulcimer head with red string. Jack Keith was a “stave mill man” who Milnes described as a pre-revival Braxton County dulcimer maker from Salt Lick. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1992, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1430 and GM S1431.

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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Lap dulcimer made by Sylvan James

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Hourglass lap dulcimer with wooden pegs and heart-shaped sound holes made by Sylvan James. James is described by Gerry Milnes as a pre-revival Braxton County dulcimer maker from Lower Mill Creek. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1992, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1432 and GM S1431.

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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Mandolin made by Clyde Howes

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Mandolin made by Clyde Howes Upshur County. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1989, Upshur County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1407.

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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Vega mandolin

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Vega cylinder back mandolin with abalone soundhole rosette, and engraved fingerboard inlays. First image shows the full instrument leaning against a stacked woodpile, the second image is a close-up of the decorative design. Photographs by Gerry Milnes, March 1990. Randolph County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1406 and GM S1416.

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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Beaver brand accordion made in Germany

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Three similar images of a Beaver brand accordion made in Germany, which made its way to Braxton County, WV. Photographs by Gerry Milnes, June 1990, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1412, GM S1413, GM S1414.

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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Photograph of fiddle maker Ray Fought

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Portrait of Ray Fought, fiddle maker from Parkersburg, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1989.

archive reference: GM S1410.

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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Slate-neck banjo

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Long, slate neck banjo from Madison, Boone County WV, in Patty Looman’s extensive instrument collection. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1990, Marion County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1405.

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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Lap dulcimer made by Basil Blake

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Lap dulcimer made by Basil Blake, found near the Oil Creek area of Braxton County, WV. Blake is described as a pre-revival dulcimer maker from Bragg Run in Braxton County. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1990, Braxton County, WV (Oil Creek).

archive reference: GM S1342.

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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