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Highlights from our collections and exhibits, staff blogs, and insights on the history of the Christian Science movement.
With the Program: Mary Baker Eddy and American Bible Culture
Learn about Bible publishing that embraced the common man and woman.
From the Papers: Sermon at Chickering Hall
Read about the first time Eddy preached in a noted Boston location.
From the Collections: Clues from a photo album
Explore some paths we traveled in researching images from the turn of the nineteenth century.
From the Papers: Praise for the new Journal
Read this annotated letter from a student of Mary Baker Eddy.
From the Papers: Growing demand for Science and Health
Read an 1884 letter to Eddy describing sales of her book in the Midwest.
Christian Science and African Americans: A new discovery of early healing
See what impact the early Christian Science movement made within the African American community.
From the Papers: Requests for treatment
Read an 1884 exchange between Mary Baker Eddy and a woman in search of healing.
Learning from Letterhead
Meet the people who wrote to Mary Baker Eddy—by looking at their stationery.
On the front lines: the Vest Pocket Edition of “Science and Health”
Read about a miniature edition of the Christian Science textbook, designed for soldiers.
Picturing “Uplands at Bow”
Learn the story behind this celebrated painting of Mary Baker Eddy’s birthplace.
From the Collections: Mandela visits the Monitor
See archival photographs sparking memories from 1990.
From the Papers: Encouragement in healing
Read an exchange in which Eddy mentors one of her students.
From the Papers: North Bennet Street School letter
Learn about this institution’s early interest in Science and Health.
From the Papers: “For unto us a child is born …”
Read annotated documents related to an 1888 Christmas sermon.
From the Collections: Charles Gratke reports
on the rise of Hitler
Read about a journalist’s struggles in covering pre-World War II Germany.
