Freda Balli, Anna Balli, and Gertrude Balli, "The Balli Sisters," seated side by side in their home on Balli Ridge, Hacker Valley near Helvetia. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1991, Hacker Valley, WV. archive reference: GM S2608 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.
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Helvetia Video Project, Milnes Collection Photography