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Our Research Room is open Monday–Thursday, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. No appointment is needed during these hours.
NOTE: The Research Room will close at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, and will be closed all day on Thursday, July 9.

Our Research Room is open Monday–Thursday, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. No appointment is needed during these hours.
NOTE: The Research Room will close at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 2, and will be closed all day on Thursday, July 9.

Image description: Collage of four images. Clockwise from top left: Black-and-white photograph of the United States Capitol building, with a copse of trees growing in front of it on the hillside. Close-up of a handwritten note, reading "March 10th, Washington D.C." Sepia-toned portrait of President Garfield, wearing a suit jacket and bowtie. Black-and-white photo taken from a high vantage point of a neighborhood, showing several blocks of buildings and streets.
Did Mary Baker Eddy say it? “Give me higher, holier, purer motives”

Authentication

Different versions of this prayer have been reported—see how they were documented by people who served on Eddy’s staff.

Image description: Collage of two images. From left to right: Greyscale portrait of Augusta Fairchild from a newspaper article, in which she is seated and wearing a polished outfit and eyeglasses. Here she is more senior than when she would have known Mary Baker Eddy. Handwritten letter, with writing going left to right as well as up and down on the page. The signature "Augusta Fairchild" is visible among the writing.
Mary Baker Eddy and photographer Sereno A. Bowers

From the Papers

In this photo essay, enjoy rich images of Eddy and her home in New Hampshire.

Image description: Collage of four images. Clockwise from top left: Black-and-white photograph of the United States Capitol building, with a copse of trees growing in front of it on the hillside. Close-up of a handwritten note, reading "March 10th, Washington D.C." Sepia-toned portrait of President Garfield, wearing a suit jacket and bowtie. Black-and-white photo taken from a high vantage point of a neighborhood, showing several blocks of buildings and streets.
Mary Baker Eddy's visit to President Garfield's assassin

Ask a Researcher

Read about her conversation with Charles Guiteau when he was in a Washington, DC, jail cell.

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Welcome to The Mary Baker Eddy Library

Since opening to the public in 2002, the Library has offered a place to explore the life, ideas, and achievements of Mary Baker Eddy, who discovered and founded Christian Science—a pioneer whose work touched the fields of religion, health, and journalism. 

The Library houses a rich and extensive collection of original materials that includes documents, art and historic artifacts, photographs, books, and audiovisuals that document the history of the church she founded, up to the present day. 

Explore this website to learn about the Library’s article content, programs, exhibits, and archives. Ask us your questions…and read about our research.

Video: “Mary Baker Eddy: A Life of Discovery”

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