Close-up showing construction of early 20th century lap dulcimer with curved head and tuning pegs with etched edges. Lap dulcimer made in 1911 by Dennis McGowan from Big Tyler Mountain, Kanawha County, WV. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, May 1991. archive reference: GM S1285. 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.
