From the Collections
Stories and behind-the-scenes information on the rich holdings of our Library archives.
From the Collections: Mandela visits the Monitor
See archival photographs sparking memories from 1990.
From the Collections: Charles Gratke reports
on the rise of Hitler
Read about a journalist’s struggles in covering pre-World War II Germany.
From the Collections: Mary Baker Eddy portrait plate
Learn the story behind a heartfelt gift to Mary Baker Eddy that featured her likeness.
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 Collections: Mind Cure by Cyrus Bartol
Read about an early advocate of Christian Science among Boston’s religious establishment.
From the Collections: Clues from a photo album
Explore some paths we traveled in researching images from the turn of the nineteenth century.
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—Part One: Learning from Letterhead
Meet the people who wrote to Mary Baker Eddy—by taking a look 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: The Monitor takes flight
Read how the newspaper that Eddy founded covered the young field of aviation.
From the Collections: Mary Baker Eddy’s interview with Arthur Brisbane
Read about a victory over false news reporting in 1907.
From the Collections: Warren Portrait of Eddy
Learn how much a photo could mean to someone in the nineteenth century.
From the Collections: Young’s “Night Thoughts”
Read about Eddy’s lifelong love of this long form poem.
From the Collections: A small book notes a big story
Read about early efforts to organize the Christian Science movement.
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