Lap dulcimer with red string made by Jack Keith from Braxton County. Jack Keith was a "stave mill man" who Milnes described as a pre-revival Braxton County dulcimer maker from Salt Lick. The instrument features four small diamond sound holes, wire frets, and metal guitar tuners. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Dec 1988, Nicholas County, WV. archive reference: GM S1544. 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.
