Helvetia Video Project

View from the music stage at Helvetia Community Fair 1992

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Spectators for Norman Burky, Vernon Burky, and Joe McIlroy performing at Helvetia Community Fair, photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2578.

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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Norman Burky, Vernon Burky, and Joe McInroy performing at Helvetia Community Fair 1992

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Norman Burky, Vernon Burky, and Joe McInroy performing at Helvetia Community Fair. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2579.

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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Vernon Burky, Norman Burky, Joe McInroy Helvetia Community Fair 1992

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Vernon Burky, Norman Burky, Joe McInroy performing at Helvetia Community Fair. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia WV.

archive reference: GM S2580.

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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Norman Burky, Vernon Burky, Joe McInroy at Helvetia Community Fair 1992

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Norman Burky and Vernon Burky in front of Joe McInroy playing guitar, Helvetia Community Fair, photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive catalog reference GM S2577.

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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Norman Burky, Vernon Burky Grandfather’s cheese house

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Norman Burky and Vernon Burky stand in front of their grandfather’s log cheese house on the Burky family homestead. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1991, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2679.

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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Early Days newspaper article about Swiss people moving from Brooklyn to West Virginia and settling in Helvetia after immigrating to America

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Early Days newspaper article about Swiss people moving from Brooklyn to West Virginia and settling in Helvetia after immigrating to America. Photograph of newspaper article display by Gerry Milnes, March 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2526

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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Helvetia Folk Dancers children’s performance/Helvetia Video Project 1992

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Bob Campbell filming the Helvetia Folk Dancers children’s performance at Helvetia Community Fair, photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.
archive reference GM S2586.

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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Dan Lehmann Helvetia Community Fair parade 1992

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Dan Lehmann pulling a cart with Helvetia sign and Swiss paper mache figure in the Helvetia Community Fair parade. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2562.

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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Children in Helvetia Community Fair parade 1992

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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.

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Float in Helvetia Community Fair Parade 1992

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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.

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