I've become intrigued by Rogers' private secretary.  My Twain's 
Geography project doesn't deal much with people but she has much 
underlying significance in Twain's life.  David Fears' Day By Day has 
104 references to her, as counted in his indices.  It appears that she 
was responsible for much of the "heavy lifting" for Rogers in dealing 
with Twain's finances.  My google searches for her have only turned up 
two references of any detail.  I became interested because when Twain 
and Paine went to the Standard Oil offices looking for assistance with 
Ashcroft's records, she wasn't there.  Instead another secretary, who 
was sympathetic to Lyons was assigned the case.

What I did find out was first from The Atlanta Georgian, Friday January 
17, 1913:  she was apparent avoiding subpoenas  from the Pujo 
Committee.  The second reference was in The Daily Ledger, Tacoma, 
Washington, Sunday, February 2, 1913.  Mention of her was a small part 
of an article about women in business.

"Miss Katherine Harrison; who was the private secretary of the late H. 
H. Rogers. was the forerunner of her sex in this important division of 
the world of business. Miss Harrison, who was credited with knowing all 
the secrets of Standard Oil, became a figure of national importance 
during the former investigation of Standard Oil, and when put on the 
witness stand proved herself exceedingly expert in a the difficult 
science of answering politely without telling anything. After Mr. 
Rogers’ death Miss Harrison retired to private life. She is believed to 
have amassed a considerable fortune while in the employment of Mr. 
Rogers, and her home in Dean street, Brooklyn, is a handsome and 
attractive residence."

Just curious if anyone has done any research on this enigmatic 
individual. I'm aware of the brief description Twain provides in his 
autobiography , as part of the section on Rogers.

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