Comments - Seeking good home(s) for Follett background materials - The Mary Parker Follett Network2024-03-19T13:45:22Zhttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3634948%3ABlogPost%3A125&xn_auth=noHello Clifford.
I gave your…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-11-16:3634948:Comment:23182009-11-16T15:49:19.000ZAlbie M. Davishttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/AlbieMDavis
Hello Clifford.<br />
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I gave your site a quick look. I like the guiding premise: Southwest Quality Network - <i>Everybody learns...everybody teaches.</i> What a nice spirit!<br />
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My first thought is one which I've wanted to pose to members of this network. DO FOLKS HAVE MATERIALS (PhD thesis, papers, research materials, photos, etc.) THAT ARE DIGITALIZED OR THAT THEY WOULD SCAN IN ORDER TO SHARE ON THE MPF NETWORK?<br />
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I wonder if Matthew Shapiro, who took the initiative to start the network a few months…
Hello Clifford.<br />
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I gave your site a quick look. I like the guiding premise: Southwest Quality Network - <i>Everybody learns...everybody teaches.</i> What a nice spirit!<br />
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My first thought is one which I've wanted to pose to members of this network. DO FOLKS HAVE MATERIALS (PhD thesis, papers, research materials, photos, etc.) THAT ARE DIGITALIZED OR THAT THEY WOULD SCAN IN ORDER TO SHARE ON THE MPF NETWORK?<br />
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I wonder if Matthew Shapiro, who took the initiative to start the network a few months back knows if we could have a separate category for such materials, "Resources" or whatever. And, everyone would have to take responsibility for copyright issues, etc. I'm going to copy my reply here and email it directly to Matt, just in case he's not following this thread.<br />
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Feel free to email me directly: albiedavis@aol.com<br />
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Thanks, Albie<br />
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Some of my own Follett materials which I would like to share are already scanned or scannable, and I'd be glad, over time, to let you know their nature and content. Most are more physical--books, papers, etc. and I've been thinking they might go to some physical location open to the public such as the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA (where Follett graduated.) Hello Albie, we have a web si…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-11-16:3634948:Comment:23082009-11-16T01:00:16.000ZClifford L. Normanhttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/CliffordLNorman
Hello Albie, we have a web site that is focused on the Science of Improvement. I would love to add a place for Mary Parker Follett. You can locate the site at <a href="http://www.pkpinc.com" target="_blank">www.pkpinc.com</a><br />
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You can read about the Southwest Quality Network. It is a group that has been focused on the Deming Philosophy for the last 20 Years. Mary Parker Follett was a focus at our session in 2008.<br />
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Best,<br />
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Cliff
Hello Albie, we have a web site that is focused on the Science of Improvement. I would love to add a place for Mary Parker Follett. You can locate the site at <a href="http://www.pkpinc.com" target="_blank">www.pkpinc.com</a><br />
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You can read about the Southwest Quality Network. It is a group that has been focused on the Deming Philosophy for the last 20 Years. Mary Parker Follett was a focus at our session in 2008.<br />
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Best,<br />
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Cliff Thanks, Tadit,
for the tip o…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-08-23:3634948:Comment:14262009-08-23T17:39:43.000ZAlbie M. Davishttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/AlbieMDavis
Thanks, Tadit,<br />
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for the tip on the University of Toronto Library system. I'll check it out. If you happen to have a web address, please send it my way. First, my apologies. I may have put an earlier email from you or about your comment in my SPAM folder. I guess I have to be more careful. Thanks for the followup email. I did find out that Joan Tonn who wrote the only full biography of Follett, gave some of her materials to the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe, which is a nice home, since…
Thanks, Tadit,<br />
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for the tip on the University of Toronto Library system. I'll check it out. If you happen to have a web address, please send it my way. First, my apologies. I may have put an earlier email from you or about your comment in my SPAM folder. I guess I have to be more careful. Thanks for the followup email. I did find out that Joan Tonn who wrote the only full biography of Follett, gave some of her materials to the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe, which is a nice home, since Follett attended Radcliffe. Perhaps they are ready to take more. However, they are limited in space and staff, so a place like U of T in Canada, which is set up to scan old books (or whatever technology they use) would be a big asset--get old books, etc. out to the public.<br />
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Betsy Geist, who is on our l list, found Anna Boynton Thompson's PhD these about Fichte on some site where Google is making books out of copyright available. Looks like some mixed media approach is in order for those wanting to give away or share their Follett materials. I'm going to google the University of Toronto and see what I find. As to cooperatives, I lived in the student cooperative at UC Berkeley, was a member of the Berkeley Coop, help start a medical coop in Sacramento, joined a babysitting coop in Washington, DC. My most recent "cooperative venture"? Joining an artists' cooperative in Maine. Too much like herding cats for me! The Rochdale principle unheard of! I looked up Albion Small. He's from Maine! Thanks for that piece of information.<br />
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Albie Hello y'all, I am interested…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-08-23:3634948:Comment:14242009-08-23T15:31:37.000ZTadit Andersonhttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/TaditAnderson
Hello y'all, I am interested in the archival project as well, particularly if it involves access via the w3. I recommend the University of Toronto Library system because they have a process where they post antique and out of print books for reading. They already have MPF's Creative Experience posted. My intersection goes far enough back that I don't remember how it happened. I was fascinated at one point by Albion Small who lived in the same general era. I have spent a lot of time dealing with…
Hello y'all, I am interested in the archival project as well, particularly if it involves access via the w3. I recommend the University of Toronto Library system because they have a process where they post antique and out of print books for reading. They already have MPF's Creative Experience posted. My intersection goes far enough back that I don't remember how it happened. I was fascinated at one point by Albion Small who lived in the same general era. I have spent a lot of time dealing with cooperatives, which one would suppose would be friendly to Follett's approach. Tadit Saturday, 18 July
Albie,
I…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-07-18:3634948:Comment:4812009-07-18T15:03:59.000Zpatrick j belowhttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/patrickjbelow
Saturday, 18 July<br />
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Albie,<br />
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I am thoroughly enjoying all your communication with "fellow Follett fans!"<br />
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Also, thank you for the picture of Mary Parket and Isobel's home in Vermont. Thanks to you, I did drive up and view their home...but someone was inside and did not appreciate me snooping around.<br />
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Your friend,<br />
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patrick
Saturday, 18 July<br />
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Albie,<br />
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I am thoroughly enjoying all your communication with "fellow Follett fans!"<br />
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Also, thank you for the picture of Mary Parket and Isobel's home in Vermont. Thanks to you, I did drive up and view their home...but someone was inside and did not appreciate me snooping around.<br />
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Your friend,<br />
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patrick All,
I would love to find a…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-07-14:3634948:Comment:2862009-07-14T16:03:33.000ZSuzanne Stigler Martinhttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/SuzanneStiglerMartin
All,<br />
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I would love to find a way to collect/house all of her materials in one home. I have discussed this possibility over the years with a colleague, Dr. Karin Klenke (who i have invited to join this network). There may be a way to collect/house all of her writings (including indexing, cataloguing) etc. at a university. More on that later.<br />
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Albie, do we want to explore a date in August?<br />
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I would love to come to Vermont. I am going to email you Albie about some of the ideas that I have had.
All,<br />
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I would love to find a way to collect/house all of her materials in one home. I have discussed this possibility over the years with a colleague, Dr. Karin Klenke (who i have invited to join this network). There may be a way to collect/house all of her writings (including indexing, cataloguing) etc. at a university. More on that later.<br />
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Albie, do we want to explore a date in August?<br />
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I would love to come to Vermont. I am going to email you Albie about some of the ideas that I have had. Hi Matthew.
Fabulous, an 189…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-07-14:3634948:Comment:2622009-07-14T11:38:28.000ZAlbie M. Davishttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/AlbieMDavis
Hi Matthew.<br />
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Fabulous, an 1896 copy of Speaker. A real cornerstone for a collection.<br />
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About a year ago I came across a 1904 copy of the Speaker, around $10.00, so naturally I bought it, because I've never seen an affordable older copies come up on the book searches, certainly never a first edition, and, like you, since I have a reprint copy that I've marked in years ago, I'd like my 1904 copy to be with it's cousins. It has a <u>State Library, Salem Oregon</u> stamp and embossment.<br />
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Imagine…
Hi Matthew.<br />
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Fabulous, an 1896 copy of Speaker. A real cornerstone for a collection.<br />
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About a year ago I came across a 1904 copy of the Speaker, around $10.00, so naturally I bought it, because I've never seen an affordable older copies come up on the book searches, certainly never a first edition, and, like you, since I have a reprint copy that I've marked in years ago, I'd like my 1904 copy to be with it's cousins. It has a <u>State Library, Salem Oregon</u> stamp and embossment.<br />
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Imagine Follett, who wrote this as a 28 year old woman, seeing reprints come out. I understand was President Johnson's favorite (some background info from Fran Cooper) As I look at it now, I am reminded it included an introduction by her favorite teacher at Radcliffe, Albert Bushnell Hart, a prolific historian.<br />
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And, I have a ten volume set of history books he wrote just about that same time. You can see what a pack rat I am. Around our house we say "Books breed at night while we sleep." We take our books to a library book sale and come home with two more boxes than we left off.<br />
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By the way, when I last looked in the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe, where Follett received her BA, they only had one copy of Dynamic Experience, so, although they weren't accepting background materials, certainly they should try for a complete set of her printed works. I could check that out.<br />
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And, while most of her first editions of the New State were going for big bucks, I found one in Florida for $10.00 which has "Miss S. E. White, Putney, Vt" written inside, and a stamp from the Putney Community Center, "the place where all are welcome" Putney, Vermont. She had some good friends named White in Putney.<br />
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My "old" Mac (all of four years!) is dying a Shakespearian death, but I did manage to pull off a photo of Follett's and Isobel Brigg's home they had built for themselves in Putney and I'm going to try to attach it to this blog. Wish me luck.<br />
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Albie I, too, have some items that…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-07-14:3634948:Comment:2442009-07-14T06:55:25.000ZMatthew Shapirohttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/MatthewShapiro
I, too, have some items that I'd like to put somewhere they'd be useful - even if only of archival value. One of them is a copy of Creative Experience that has a written comment and autograph by Follett pasted inside. The other is an 1896 edition of The Speaker of the House of Representatives. That one is very, very rare, as far as I can tell. I was lucky enough to pick it up cheap on one of the used book websites years ago. I have never seen another for sale. I have seen one copy at the New…
I, too, have some items that I'd like to put somewhere they'd be useful - even if only of archival value. One of them is a copy of Creative Experience that has a written comment and autograph by Follett pasted inside. The other is an 1896 edition of The Speaker of the House of Representatives. That one is very, very rare, as far as I can tell. I was lucky enough to pick it up cheap on one of the used book websites years ago. I have never seen another for sale. I have seen one copy at the New York Public Library. It's fun "owning" such a thing, but it does little good sitting on my shelf. Then again, I don't know what good it does sitting on anyone else's shelf. It's just that if it could be with its archival brothers and sisters, it would at least be more ready to entertain visitors. Hi Byron, Suzanne and anyone…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-07-14:3634948:Comment:2222009-07-14T02:07:34.000ZAlbie M. Davishttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/AlbieMDavis
Hi Byron, Suzanne and anyone else whose interested.<br />
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Wouldn't that be grand! A growing number of healthcare leaders with some of Follett's insights on leadership. My goal is to get my stuff out there where it will be used rather than sitting in boxes in my house, or worse yet, thrown away, as we have our house on the market. Of course, these days, that could be a long wait before it sells.<br />
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So, I don't want to get too complicated about this, but also would like to let people know what I have…
Hi Byron, Suzanne and anyone else whose interested.<br />
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Wouldn't that be grand! A growing number of healthcare leaders with some of Follett's insights on leadership. My goal is to get my stuff out there where it will be used rather than sitting in boxes in my house, or worse yet, thrown away, as we have our house on the market. Of course, these days, that could be a long wait before it sells.<br />
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So, I don't want to get too complicated about this, but also would like to let people know what I have (and if any of those out there who did their PhDs or some other research and are ready to shed stuff want to weigh in, please do so).<br />
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One long-shot possibility is to have a small gathering in Maine in August. I could probably house five to six folks for two or three days, since we have a big house, and a great barn for meetings. People could pitch in for meals, help do dishes, etc. No cost for housing, but you gotta find a way to get here--Thomaston, Maine, about three and a half hours from Boston; 1.5 hours from Portland, ME.<br />
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I'd be glad to begin detailing what I have, and at some point, ship it out if folks can pay postage, but it might be fun to share thoughts in person about how stuff might be used. Then people could take stuff home--bring an extra suitcase!<br />
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Again, feel free to email at albiedavis@aol.com if you want to chat off line. Albie<br />
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Byron, for several years I did some conflict resolution training with the Harvard School of Public Health, Lenny Marcus and crew, <u>Renegotiating Health Care,</u> which you've probably read, a week-long annual event at Babson College. One time, I put on my Mary Parker Follett outfit, and joined them for a graduation dinner, speaking 95% directly from her words and taking questions. They "got it." They got her! Dear Suzanne and Albie
From…tag:mpfollett.ning.com,2009-07-13:3634948:Comment:2212009-07-13T23:44:58.000ZByron Murrayhttp://mpfollett.ning.com/profile/ByronMurray
Dear Suzanne and Albie<br />
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From a leadership perspective I would love to review some of your material and perhaps house some of it. I was introduced to MPF by a friend and colleague. Both of us are helping healthcare executives with future leaders and their development. MPF's views on leadership are critical to what we are helping executives to understand.<br />
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Thanks<br />
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Byron Murray<br />
Eugene, Oregon
Dear Suzanne and Albie<br />
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From a leadership perspective I would love to review some of your material and perhaps house some of it. I was introduced to MPF by a friend and colleague. Both of us are helping healthcare executives with future leaders and their development. MPF's views on leadership are critical to what we are helping executives to understand.<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
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Byron Murray<br />
Eugene, Oregon