Helvetia Video Project

Clothesline, grapevine, and original woodwork on porch of Burky family House, photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive catalog reference GM S2551.

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.

Clothesline, grapevine, and original woodworking on porch of Burky House, photograph by Gerry Milnes, July 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2552.

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.

Vernon and Norman Burky near porch of family home, with clothesline and grapevines. Burky cheese house is visible in the distance. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1991, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2457.

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.