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.
Categories:
Helvetia Video Project, Milnes Collection Photography