Bertha Fox photo
Archive Reference: Unknown Description: Bertha Fox playing fiddle. Photographed by: (Possibly) Gerry Milnes Date: Unknown Location: Unknown The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual […]
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Wilson Douglas photo
Archive Reference: GM S1480 Description: Wilson Douglas in Clendenin, WV posing with fiddle. Photographed by: Gerry Milnes Date: December 1988 Location: Clendenin,
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Walter Miller photo
Archive Reference: Unknown Description: Walter Miller sitting with lap dulcimer. Photographed by: (Possibly) Gerry Milnes Date: Unknown Location: Unknown The Milnes Collection
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Upper Sleith Church photo
Archive Reference: Unknown Description: Homer Sampson singing with members of Upper Sleith Church; Shape note singing using Christian Harmony seven
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Sarah Singleton playing fiddle
Sarah Singleton smiling and playing fiddle. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, April 1990.
archive reference: GM S1439.
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.
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Phyllis Marks photo
Archive Reference: GM S1470 Description: Phyllis Marks close-up portrait. Photographed by: Gerry Milnes Date: February 1991 Location: Gilmer County, WV The
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Phoeba Parsons photo
Archive Reference: GM S1705 Description: Phoebe Parsons holding a banjo Photographed by: Gerry Milnes Date: December 1992 Location: (Possibly) Calhoun County,
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Bert Thompson photo
Archive Reference: GM S2278 Description: Bert Thompson water witch, or downer. Photographed by: Gerry Milnes Date: December 1995 Location: Beverly, WV
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Patty Looman photo
Archive Reference: Unknown Description: Patty Looman standing on porch with hammered dulcimer. Photographed by: Gerry Milnes Date: Unknown Location: Unknown The Milnes
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J. P. Fraley photo
Archive Reference: GM S3887 Description: J.P. Fraley playing fiddle Photographed by: Gerry Milnes Date: August 1996 Location: Unknown The Milnes Collection
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