Tear-drop shaped lap dulcimer from Jim Costa’s extensive collection of Appalachian folklife artifacts. The dulcimer is leaning upright on wooden chair, disassembled to show the interior construction of the instrument. Photograph by Gerry Milnes, Feb 1989, Summers County, WV. archive reference: GM S1393. 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.
