A ACS 6.111
Artist: Grace and “Coot” Nicholas, Orly Sears, and Mamie Santy
Album/Event: Interview
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Collected/Recorded by: Gerry Milnes
Date: 4/29/1987
Location: Elmira, WV
Notes: Interview with Grace Nicholas about humorous fight w/ rooster, Milton Frame’s family fighting off rebel raid, other Civil War incidents in the area, talk of Black people in the area; Orly Sears of Walker Creek, Mamie Santy of Walker’s Creek, Clay County, Civil War stories, the Billy Rocks, “Copper Nose Bill”
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 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.