From the Collections
Stories and behind-the-scenes information on the rich holdings of our Library archives.
The pipe organ in The Mother Church Extension
Read about the history of this magnificent instrument.
The Dawn: “A Masterpiece of Skill”
Read the story behind one of the most dramatic paintings that Mary Baker Eddy owned.
Calvin Frye’s camera
Learn more about Calvin Frye’s love for technology and see how he used his camera in Eddy’s household.
“Her rightful place”: Images of Pleasant View
Hand tinted photograph of Pleasant View, home and gardens, post-1895 (P06829). Courtesy of The Mary Baker Eddy Library When Mary Baker Eddy was living at a house on North State Street in Concord, New Hampshire, she discovered what would become her home for the next 16...
Advice to Healers Collection
Selected letters by Mary Baker Eddy from the Library’s collection are available for purchase. They shed light on Eddy’s own spiritual growth, her loving care for and counsel to students, as well as on her spiritual insights and healing ideas. Advice to Healers, Volume...
Webcast: Revelations — What Scholars Learn from the Mary Baker Eddy Collection
Dr. David Holland, a Research Fellow at The Mary Baker Eddy Library and Associate Professor of North American Religious History at the Harvard Divinity School, and Mike Davis, Senior Researcher at The Mary Baker Eddy Library, held an online audiocast discussion, with questions from the public, on how The Mary Baker Eddy Library collections are bringing about new understanding of Mary Baker Eddy.
Photo of George Glover III: “the dear little fellow”
Mary Baker Eddy treasured this framed photograph of her grandson George W. Glover III, which she kept on display in her living room.
Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Mary Baker Eddy
To commemorate the publication of the Emancipation Proclamation, artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1830-1900) sought to depict President Lincoln reading it to his cabinet in September 1862.
Laying the cornerstone: “Let this ceremony be simple, prayerful, devout.”
One hundred and twenty years ago this month (January 6, 1895), the original Mother Church edifice was dedicated in Boston. Its cornerstone had been laid less than eight months before.
A Christmas gift from Mary Baker Eddy
Learn about Mary Baker Eddy’s Christmas gift to Sunday School children in 1904.
Gifts from Puget Sound
Find out what church photos and a case of salmon have in common.
Picnic at Point of Pines
See the largest group of Eddy’s students to sit for a single photograph.
Petty cash and ‘positive statements’
Explore the creative genius of photojournalist Gordon Converse.
Mary Baker Eddy’s personal photo album
Find out what people she chose to include.
A Christian Science art medal
Discover this collectible object commemorating Christian Science.