Norman Burky (playing Gerry Milnes' guitar) and Vernon Burky (on fiddle) smiling for the camera while performing traditional Swiss/German tunes at the Burky family homestead in Helvetia. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, May 1991, Helvetia, WV. archive reference: GM S2475. 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.
Categories:
Helvetia Video Project, Milnes Collection Photography