Gerry Milnes Collection

Balli farm garden

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Garden of beans, corn, squash plants with a scarecrow dressed in traditional Swiss/German farm clothing on Balli Farm. Photo by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1991, in Hacker Valley near Helvetia WV.

archive reference number GM S2590.

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.

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Bob Campbell on Balli Farm

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Bob Campbell and assistant film cows returning to barn on Balli Farm for the Helvetia Video Project. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1991, in Hacker Valley near Helvetia WV.

archive number GM S2589.

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.

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Betler Farm Log house half dovetail notch construction

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Half dovetail notch (an American invention only found after 1825) on log house Betler Farm Helvetia WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, May 1991.

archive reference GM S2570

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.

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Burky family cheese house

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Log cheese house on Burky family Farm. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1992, Helvetia WV.

archive catalog reference GM S2550.

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.

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Freda, Gertrude, and Anna Balli

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Freda, Gertrude, and Anna Balli in their home on Balli Ridge farm, photo by Gerry Milnes, July 1992, Hacker Valley near Helvetia, WV.

archive reference number GM S2571

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.

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Balli family quilt

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Handstitched quilt from Balli family collection, photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive catalog reference GM S2630.

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.

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Balli family quilt

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Handstitched quilt from Balli family collection. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1992, Helvetia WV.

archive catalog reference GM S2631.

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.

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Balli family handstitched quilt “tumbling blocks” pattern

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Handstitched quilt in the pattern “tumbling blocks” from Balli family collection. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive catalog reference GM S2629.

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.

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Balli family quilt “tumbling blocks” pattern

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Handstitched quilt in the pattern “tumbling blocks” from Balli family collection. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference number GM S2629.

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 photos and tapes with earlier dates that others sent to him.

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Bob Campbell Helvetia Video Project

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Bob Campbell and assistant with video recording equipment in front of *building* while filming for Helvetia Video Project. Photo by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1992, Helvetia WV. The video project culminated in a documentary film entitled Helvetia: The Swiss of West Virginia that features descendants of 19th century Swiss immigrants sharing and discussing their music, dance, yodeling, foodways, crafts, customs, and celebrations.

archive reference: GM S2640.

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.

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