Archive Reference: GM S2539 Description: Mary Hicks and Irene Hartmann on the porch working wool with paddles and spinning wheel, […]
Archive Reference: GM S2539
Description: Mary Hicks and Irene Hartmann on the porch working wool with paddles and spinning wheel, as Gerry Milnes, Bob Campbell, and Stacy Kay film for the Helvetia video project.
Photographed by: Gerry Milnes
Date: June 1992
Location: Helvetia, WV
Notes: The video project culminated in a documentary film entitled Helvetia: The Swiss of West Virginia that features descendants of 19th century Swiss immigrants sharing and discussing their music, dance, yodeling, foodways, crafts, customs, and celebrations.
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.
