People

: Anne Saunders; She was the Curator of Collections at the Museums of Western Colorado in the 1970's. During that time, she met many area pioneers and the children of pioneers who donated materials to the library, and was struck by the need to record their stories. In 1976, she started the Mesa County Oral History Project, a partnership of the Museum, Mesa County Libraries, and the Mesa County Historical Society, in order to interview pioneers. She left the Museum in 1977.