Interview with Pat Gaunce

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0:37:07
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Lacey, Anne
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Description

Interview with retired librarian and community leader Pat Gaunce. Gaunce discusses her start in library work while raising her children, working in school libraries, developing new public library branches in Wyandotte County including the F. L. Schlagle Environmental Library, furthering her professional education, undergoing cancer treatment, serving on Kathleen Sebelius' transition team and the University of Kansas Hospital Authority Board along with other community-oriented roles, and shares thoughts about her family and the future of the Kansas City, Kansas community.

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KCKPL-GENERAL-Gaunce-Pat
Disclaimer
This oral history recording is presented as a historical document of the recollections and opinions of persons living and/or working in Kansas City when the history was conducted. Minor edits have been made to remove pauses, interruptions and verbal tics, and the recording is otherwise verbatim as it was captured. These oral histories represent the thoughts and opinions of the original participants and do not reflect the views of the Kansas City Public Library or its partner organizations in this oral history project.
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Acknowledgement
This project was funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the Missouri State Library.