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Chapter 05: Creating an MD Anderson Annex to House Patients
No full textMrs. Harrison explains that she purchased a very large home after her husband died and patients coming in from out of town stay with her. One woman gave her two robes to keep in the guest room, embroidered with “MD Harrison.” This is “another step in her love of Anderson.” Mrs. Harrison then describes the accommodating nature of people who work and volunteer at MD Anderson.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1873/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 10: The “MD Anderson Annex”
No full textIn this chapter, Mrs. Harrison describes the “annex” she has been running for the past 8 years. She explains that she purchased a very large home after her husband died, acting on her son’s comment that she could turn it into an annex for MD Anderson. She explains how she invited her first MD Anderson patient to stay with her, then recalls some of the other patients and families who have stayed with her over the years when they came into town for treatment.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1878/thumbnail.jp
Receipt, George Harrison to Carter Henry Harrison
No full textReceipt for the purchase of Elkora, Cumberland County, Virginia, by Carter Henry Harrison from George Harrison
Letter, Carter Henry Harrison to Alice Harrison
No full textLetter from Carter Henry Harrison to his wife, Alice Harrison. Includes information about the corn harvest and his feelings about his wife
Letter, Janetta Harrison to Mary Harrison
No full textDiscussing the health of Carter Henry Harrison, Sr
Chapter 02: The Children’s Christmas Card Project
No full textMrs. Harrison begins by talking about Page Lawson, “the most innovative person in the world” (who served as Director of Volunteer Services at MD Anderson from 1973 – 1991). As an example, she says that Ms. Lawson arranged for the volunteers to have t’ai chi classes as a relaxation technique. She also speculates that the Children’s Christmas Card Project was really Ms. Lawson’s idea, though Ms. Lawson circulated the story that the idea came from an unnamed volunteer who taught art classes for children at MD Anderson and discovered a particular piece of artwork she thought would make a wonderful Christmas card. Mrs. Harrison then explains how Ms. Lawson offered her a job as manager of the Children’s Christmas Card Project; her first main task was to develop a five-year plan to expand the project. She was fortunate, she notes, because MD Anderson was connected to the UT System: she actively promoted the project at all the UT Divisions. She also explains that an important expansion occurred when Randall’s Supermarket agreed to sell the cards at no profit (and continues to sell them today).
Next, Mrs. Harrison talks about how funds from the Project were used: MD Anderson employees submitted requests for funds to a board of volunteers who decided how money should be spent. She notes that the aquariums one can still see around MD Anderson were one of the first projects funded. At the end of this chapter, Mrs. Harrison talks about the importance of spirituality in her life.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1870/thumbnail.jp
Carter Henry Harrison to Alice Harrison, circa 1859
No full textLove letter from Carter Harrison to Alice Harrison
Chapter 14: MD Anderson Publications and Publication Ethics
No full textDr. Goepfert has served on a number of editorial boards and is keenly interested in the educational dissemination of information critical to cancer research. In this section he talks about some of MD Anderson’s publications and also addresses some controversies with publication. He first raises the ethical issue of how authorship is assigned to a manuscript going out for publication. Today there are guidelines for assigning authorship, but twenty years ago, he explains, some department chairs at MD Anderson reviewed all manuscripts going for publication and insisted on being listed as first author of an article, whether they made any contribution to the research or not. Dr. Goepfert contrasts his own practice of putting his name on a paper only if he has contributed. Dr. Goepfert then shifts subjects and describes several MD Anderson educational publications, beginning with Cancer Bulletin, distributed free to all physicians across Texas.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/2010/thumbnail.jp
Chapter 09: Memorable Volunteers and the “MD Anderson Annex”
No full textMrs. Harrison explains that her husband, a chemical engineer, volunteered in the radiology department and could be comforting to patients, in part, because of his technical understanding of radiology. Mrs. Harrison then recalls a woman who became a volunteer after undergoing an hemi-hipectomy and who continued to volunteer, even after her husband died.https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewchapters/1877/thumbnail.jp
Fairfax Harrison Scrapbook, 1891-1914
No full textScrapbook pages, 1891-1914, containing newspaper clippings, quotations from varied texts and sources, and a few photographs.Pages from the scrapbook of Fairfax Harrison.Found In: Mss. 65 H25, Fairfax Harrison Papers, 1736-194
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