"While
I shall always love Bayou Bend and everything there, in one sense
I have always considered I was only holding my collection in trust."-
Miss Hogg
Miss Hogg
collected for Bayou Bend until her death in 1975 at age 93. In
1957, she donated Bayou Bend and it's collection to the Museum
of Fine Arts Houston, and under her guidance, transformed it into
a showcase for decorative arts that opened to the public in 1966.
Miss Hogg
was also concerned with the welfare of all Texans. Compassionate
by nature and progressive in outlook, she:
- established
the Child Guidance Center of Houston in 1929
- established
the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and Hygiene at the University
of Texas at Austin
- restored
the Varner Plantation
- restored
her parent's first home in Quitman, Texas
- restored
Texas-German buildings in Winedale, Texas which she later donated
to the University of Texas at Austin
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