Gerry Milnes Collection

Close-up image: dulcimer with intricate carving on head stock. Instrument displayed at General Lewis Inn, Lewisburg, WV, maker unknown. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1386.

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.

Close-up image: dulcimer with intricate carving on head and peg box. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1385.

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.

Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1380.

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.

Lap dulcimer on display at General Lewis Inn. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Lewisburg, WV.

archive reference: GM S1379.

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.