A ACS 6.331
Artist: Leroy Wingfield, Charles and Odee Chapman, Pam Merrit
Album/Event: Interview
Tracks: Omie Wise
Collected/Recorded by: Gerry Milnes
Date: 5/28/1992
Location: Beverly, WV
Notes: Discussion by Wingfield, who claims his mother was Naomi (Omie) Wise’s half sister. Chapmans have researched song/story
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.