Hogg History: The State Hospital Reform Movement of the 1950s
Not long after the Hogg Foundation was established in 1940, Texas was swept up in the growing movement to reform neglected state asylums.
Not long after the Hogg Foundation was established in 1940, Texas was swept up in the growing movement to reform neglected state asylums.
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health is pleased to announce that it has awarded $260,000 to The University of Texas at Austin for the Austin State Hospital Archives Project.
In recognition of Women’s History Month, we are reaching into our archives to share a conversation between two history makers: Bert Kruger Smith and Maggie Kuhn.
Miss Ima had strong intuition for how to improve conditions and noted the need for a stronger mental health workforce, so she created the Ima Hogg Scholarship fund.
Over the 80 years of the foundation’s history, Texas has experienced many challenging times. What remains unchanged is that we’re here—supporting our communities.