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Highlights from our collections and exhibits, staff blogs, and insights on the history of the Christian Science movement.

From the Papers: Letterpress correspondence
Read some of the letters that Eddy especially wanted to keep copies of.

From the Collections: Phillips family photo album
Learn about a family that was close to Mary Baker Eddy around the time she discovered Christian Science.

From the Papers: “following the line of duty”
Read Mary Baker Eddy’s frank 1884 letter to a student in Washington, D.C.

From the Collections: Mind Cure by Cyrus Bartol
Read about an early advocate of Christian Science among Boston’s religious establishment.

From the Papers: “the book that is doing so much good”
Read one of Eddy’s letters to a student practicing Christian Science in Chicago.

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.

From the Papers: “To prove the ‘Truth’ you had taught us”
Read the first letters to Mary Baker Eddy from Laura Sargent.

From the Papers: The author’s voice
See how different documents contain similar word choices.

From the Collections: A small book notes a big story
Read about early efforts to organize the Christian Science movement.

From the Papers: A letter from a healer
Read the first communication to Eddy from a devoted early worker in Christian Science.

From the Papers: Easter season
Read how Mary Baker Eddy preached on the subject in 1885.