Lap dulcimer owned by David Schnaufer, in a new case; maker is Dennis McGowan in 1911. The instrument features a hollow fingerboard, hourglass shape, scrollwork at the head, and star-shaped sound holes. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, May 1991, Augusta Heritage Center, Elkins, WV. archive reference: GM S1300. 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.
