HOUSE MEMORIAL 45

47th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2006

INTRODUCED BY

Roberto J. "Bobby" Gonzales

A MEMORIAL

HONORING THE MILLICENT ROGERS MUSEUM ON ITS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.

     WHEREAS, Millicent Rogers was the granddaughter of Henry Huttleston Rogers, one of the original founders of Standard oil; and

     WHEREAS, she moved to Taos, New Mexico, in 1947 where she assembled a stellar collection of Native American jewelry and textiles; and

     WHEREAS, when she passed away in 1953, she left behind a collection of items worthy of a premier museum; and

     WHEREAS, her son, Paul Peralta-Ramos, envisioned a place where his mother's collection could be displayed and in 1953, together with other family members, created a foundation to preserve Millicent Rogers' collection; and

     WHEREAS, the Millicent Rogers museum first opened its doors in 1956 and moved to its present location in 1960 as the museum's collection grew through donations and purchases; and

     WHEREAS, over the last fifty years, the museum has continued Millicent Rogers' tradition of collecting important pieces of Native American and Spanish colonial art; and

     WHEREAS, today, the museum's collections include Navajo and pueblo jewelry, Navajo and pueblo textiles, pueblo pottery, Hopi and Zuni kachina dolls, southwestern basketry, the Maria Martinez family collection of ceramics, Hispanic devotional art, Rio Grande weavings, colcha embroidery, tinwork and contemporary arts and crafts of northern New Mexico; and

     WHEREAS, the Millicent Rogers museum is a nonprofit, educational institution that has been an important part of the tradition of preservation and presentation of northern New Mexico art for fifty years;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the Millicent Rogers museum be honored for celebrating its fiftieth anniversary; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the Millicent Rogers museum.

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