Milnes Collection Photography

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

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

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

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

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

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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Walking a goat in Helvetia Community Fair Parade 1992

Young girl wearing traditional Swiss clothing, walking a goat on a lease in the Helvetia Community Fair parade. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2561.

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 Community Fair 1992

Two children looking at person with video camera over shoulder as they stand next to Alpen Rose Garden Club cart and Helvetia Public Library Bookmobile cart at the Helvetia Community Fair. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2563.

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 Community Fair parade 1992

Young child riding a cart decorated in flowers with a sign that reads “Alpen Rose Garden Club.” Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1992, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference GM S2560.

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 Community Fair parade 1990

Helvetia Folk Dancers: children wearing traditional clothing walking in the community fair parade pushing three children in cart as spectators look on. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1990, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2555

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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Folk dancing at Helvetia Community Fair 1990

A view from the stage as The Helvetia Dancers perform traditional dance. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1990, Helvetia, WV.

archive reference: GM S2460.

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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