From the Collections
Stories and behind-the-scenes information on the rich holdings of our Library archives.
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.
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.
From the Collections: Christian Science Communion services
Find out the background of these occasions for worship in The Mother Church and its branches.
From the Collections: Christian Science at the World’s Parliament of Religions
Find out about the achievements—and the challenges—surrounding this early presentation of Mary Baker Eddy’s healing system on a world stage.
From the Collections: A rich portrait of Bicknell Young
Explore the fascinating history of this highly accomplished figure in the early Christian Science movement.
From the Collections: The Monitor on the moon
Read how the 1971 Apollo 14 mission ended up including many front pages of The Christian Science Monitor among its payload.
From the Collections: A remarkable story of persistence
Find out what our research has uncovered about Christian Science services that took place in the captivity of a World War II internment camp.
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