From the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
Articles highlighting our ongoing effort to annotate and digitally publish Eddy’s correspondence, sermons, and other manuscript materials.
“The sermon was beautiful”
Share the perspective of a boy from Kansas, who heard Mary Baker Eddy preach in 1888.
British aristocracy and early Christian Science—the Murray family
Learn how these prominent individuals influenced, and were influenced by, the growth of a new religion.
“Open a public institute at once”
Learn about an important early development in teaching Christian Science.
Word bubbles, data visualization, and sermons
Check out a new resource for exploring Mary Baker Eddy’s use of language.
“Maj Anderson and Our Country”
See how Eddy supported Union efforts leading up to the Civil War, through this 1861 poem.
Early letters and long careers
See how some of the strongest roots in Christian Science grew out of small beginnings.
A copyist for Mary Baker Eddy
Learn about an important role in the creation of early “teaching manuscripts.”
From the Papers: How we do our work
Learn about the steps we take in transcribing and annotating Mary Baker Eddy’s correspondence.
From the Papers: Early Christian Science—a family affair
Read how three members of one frontier family contributed to the expanding church movement.
From the Papers: Letters from the western frontier
Read how the growth of Christian Science was interwoven with America’s westward expansion.
From the Papers: Lynn on the Fourth of July
Learn about Eddy’s connection to a nationally popular musical group of her time.
From the Papers: Paths into the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
Check out two important visual aids in exploring Eddy’s correspondence.
“The sermon was beautiful”
Share the perspective of a boy from Kansas, who heard Mary Baker Eddy preach in 1888.
British aristocracy and early Christian Science—the Murray family
Learn how these prominent individuals influenced, and were influenced by, the growth of a new religion.
“Open a public institute at once”
Learn about an important early development in teaching Christian Science.
Word bubbles, data visualization, and sermons
Check out a new resource for exploring Mary Baker Eddy’s use of language.
“Maj Anderson and Our Country”
See how Eddy supported Union efforts leading up to the Civil War, through this 1861 poem.
Early letters and long careers
See how some of the strongest roots in Christian Science grew out of small beginnings.
A copyist for Mary Baker Eddy
Learn about an important role in the creation of early “teaching manuscripts.”