Traditional Music

Melvin Wine with fiddle

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Portrait of Melvin Wine holding his fiddle. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988.

archive reference: GM S1475.

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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Leland Hall

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Leland Hall tuning his fiddle outside. Related content features Hall playing fiddle tunes and talking with Gerry Milnes on 12/4/1991. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1990, Braxton County, WV.

archive reference: GM S1473. (related content reference: A ACS 6.303)

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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Jimmy Dowdle

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Jimmy Dowdle from Cowen holding an old Dobson pegheaded banjo made in Baltimore possibly in the 1890’s. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Jan 1988, Cowen, WV.

archive reference: GM S1462.

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

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Portrait of Phyllis Marks from Gilmer County, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1991.

archive reference: GM S1470. (related content reference: A ACS 6.281).

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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Glen Smith and Gerry Milnes

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Glen Smith with fiddle and Gerry Milnes with guitar, performing in Elizabeth, Wirt County, WV. Photograph by Dwight Diller (using Gerry Milnes’ camera), Nov 1989, Elizabeth, WV.

archive reference: GM S1461.

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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Dwight Diller and Glen Smith

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Dwight Diller playing banjo with Glen Smith on fiddle while performing in Elizabeth, Wirt County, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Nov 1989, Elizabeth, WV.

archive reference: GM S1460.

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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Glen Smith and Dwight Diller

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Dwight Diller playing banjo with Glen Smith on fiddle while performing in Elizabeth, Wirt County, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Nov 1989, Elizabeth, WV.

archive reference: GM S1459.

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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Arthur “Jake” Casto playing fiddle

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Arthur “Jake” Casto seated on a porch, playing a fiddle. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Aug 1990, Hacker Valley, WV.

archive reference: GM S1451 (related content archive reference: A ACS 6.271).

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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Melvin Wine’s birthday

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Melvin Wine performing on stage for his birthday. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, April 1989, Elkins, WV.

archive reference: GM S1450.

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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Jimmy Dowdle with banjo

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Jimmy Dowdle from Cowen holding an old Dobson peghead banjo made in Baltimore, possibly in the 1890’s. Metal plate on banjo could contain the name of the original owner. Related content is a recording featuring Jimmy Dowdle playing Dusty Roads and Home Sweet Home on banjo (beginning at 28:40). Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Jan 1988, Cowen, WV.

archive reference: GM S1472. (related content reference: A ACS 6055)

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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