Helvetia Video Project

Genevieve Hofer on porch of her old homeplace

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Genevieve Hofer in rocking chair on porch of family home. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2537.

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 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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Genevieve Hofer with fancy woven coverlet

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Genevieve Hofer holding woven coverlet that reads Marie Wagner Fancy Coverlets Wove by J.J. Heilbronn, Basil Ohio 1840. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2529.

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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Mary Hicks wool working demonstration

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Mary Hicks with wool carding paddles, demonstrating the process of making sheep’s wool into yarn. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2536

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 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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Mary Hicks and Irene Hartmann working wool into yarn

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Mary Hicks and Irene Hartmann on porch with spinning wheel and wool carding paddles, demonstrating the process of making yarn. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2535.

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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Mary Hicks and Irene Hartmann working wool

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Mary Hicks and Irene Hartmann on porch with spinning wheel and wool carding paddles, working wool into yarn. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, June 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2534.

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 Log House

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Half dovetail notch architecture on log house. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, May 1991, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2476

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 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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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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