Close up of medium dark-brown Tiger Maple wood hammered dulcimer owned by Mrs. Ballard from Monroe County. The instrument is dated from the early 19th century or earlier. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, March 1989, Monroe County, WV. archive reference: GM S1269. 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.
