Mary Alice Harriman was a poet, author and publisher. She was called the "only woman publisher in the world" in the 1911 Who's Who in the Northwest. She published books in Seattle between 1907 and 1910, and in New York after that, closing her publishing business in 1913. She wrote A Man of Two Countries, Chaperoning Adrienne; a tale of the Yellowstone national park and Will Thou Not Sing.
Marriage mystery
The only year in which she used the name Harriman-Browne was in 1907 in her books, including the book about Chaperoning Adrienne. The next year, she started a publishing company, using only her maiden name, Harriman. In Seattle, on May 2, 1907, she married Seneca F. Browne. She gave different marital statuses when asked to list whether married. Alice was listed as single in the 1870 census and the 1880 census. Most of the 1890 census was destroyed by fire. In the 1900 census and 1910 census, she is listed as divorced. In the 1920 census, as well as the Who's Who guides of 1911 and 1914, she is listed as widowed. Finally, on the Biographical Index Cards, 1781–1990, Sacramento, California: California State Library she is listed as widowed.
Death
Harriman died in Hollywood, California, where she lived.
Publishing
Harriman began publishing books in 1907 in Seattle. She continued there until 1910, moving her business to 542 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Her company was the "Alice Harriman Company, publishers of fine books".
Reminiscences of Seattle: Washington Territory and the U. S. Sloop-of-War Decatur During the Indian War of 1855-56 by Thomas Phelps, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 1908
The Brand, a tale of the Flathead reservation by Therese Broderick, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle 1909
Marcus Whitman, Pathfinder and Patriot by Myron Eells, The Alice Harriman Company, Seattle, 1909
Songs o' the Olympics by Alice Harriman, illustrated by B. C. Bubb, 1909
Browning; Biographical notes, appreciations, and selections from his "Fifty Men and Women" by Pauline Leavens, The Alice Harriman Company, New York; Seattle, 1910
The Diamond Spider and Other Stories by Elinor Brotherton Butler, illustrated by C.M. Dowling, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 1910
A Man of Two Countries by Alice Harriman, The Alice Harriman Company, New York; Seattle, 1910
An Athabascan Princess by George Fenwick, illustrated by Max W. Kollm, pub. The Alice Harriman Company, New York; Seattle, 1910
Trails Through Western Woods by Helen Fitzgerald Sanders, The Alice Harriman Company, New York; Seattle, 1910
The Flame by Louise E Taber, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 1911
The Stairway on the Wall by Augusta Prescott, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 1911
The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert, The Alice Harriman Company, New York, 1911
Wilt Thou Not Sing? A Book of Verses by Alice Harriman, The Alice Harriman Company, New York 1912
