Children in the community fair parade dressed in traditional clothing, pulling a cart with a sign that reads "Helvetia" as the crowd looks on. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Sept 1990, Helvetia, WV. archive catalog reference GM S2462. 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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