1978 - 1978

1978 Major Accomplishments

  • Two new statewide themes appear: “Montana and the West: New Directions,” and “Heritage and Challenge.”
  • MCH funds oral history projects under “New Directions,” and, in what is the beginning of the Media Collection, begins to circulate video and film series such as The American Short Story.
  • “Governor’s Conference on Families.”
  • First Governor’s appointments to Committee: Alene Cooper and Perry Melton.