[2] She married Jack Harrison, a railroad engineer, in 1930, in Estes Park, Colorado and the couple had two children: Carol Anne and Peggy.
During World War II, Harrison worked with the United Service Organizations (USO).
[4] At the war's end, Harrison started the United Choir of all Faiths which evolved into the Anchorage Community Chorus.
As a promoter of music and performer she worked with Eugene Ormandy, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, George Szell, Van Cliburn, Fred Waring, and Isaac Stern.
[1] In 2001, the Anchorage Cultural Council instituted an award named in her honor, which it bestows for lifetime achievements in the arts.