For 93 years, Colorado Springs has been home to the remarkable woman at the heart of this collection. Over the course of a lifetime, she became the keeper of generations—preserving treasured belongings passed down through both her own family and that of her late husband.

As families changed, generations passed and loved ones entrusted their belongings to her care, she became the steward of an extraordinary assortment of family treasures, heirlooms, furnishings and keepsakes. Each...