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Image description: Collage with three images. Clockwise from top left: Black-and-white photograph of a man (Calvin Frye), seated casually in front of a wooden rolltop desk. On a side table next to the desk is a semicircular Hammond typewriter. Crop of a typed letter on letterhead from the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, as well as the first few words visible. The letter begins: "Mr. J. F. Bailey, My dear student." Crop of letterhead from the Bradley, Garretson, & Company Publishers in Philadelphia, with a printed illustration of a woman typing on a typewriter at a desk, and a man sitting on the opposite side of the desk. A brief explanation of "The Type-Writer" is given below it.

“It will never do to be behind the times”

From the Papers

Learn how the typewriter’s introduction in the late 1800s impacted correspondence from the desk of Mary Baker Eddy.

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 programs, podcasts, exhibits, and archives. Ask us your questions…and read about our research.

Welcome to The Mary Baker Eddy Library

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