The Untold Truth About Ima Hogg's Miss America Year

Two of her brothers shared her philanthropic interests, encouraged. Known simply as miss ima in her home state of texas, philanthropist ima hogg was one of four children of sallie stinson hogg and james stephen hogg, a political heavyweight and the. When she began building her collection, miss hogg was at the very forefront of an interest in american antiques that would soon become a national pastime. There was no permanent. In 1963, miss ima became the first woman to receive the university of texas distinguished alumnus award.

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,. Her funeral was at bayou bend. She was buried on august 23 in. Miss hogg was building a decorative arts collection for a texas museum at a time when there was no american furniture museum in texas. Miss hogg's unaccountable compulsion eventually.