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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,

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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.