From the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
Articles highlighting our ongoing effort to annotate and digitally publish Eddy’s correspondence, sermons, and other manuscript materials.
From the Papers: The Chicago institutes
Read about an effort to give Christian Science more visibility in a fast-growing metropolis.
From the Papers: Women practicing Christian Science in the American West
Explore their newfound roles as leaders—and the unique challenges they faced.
From the Papers: Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science, and the temperance movement
Find out what the documents we’re annotating reveal about these intersections.
From the Papers: A New Year’s gift leads to a new beginning
Find out how Camilla Hanna’s interest in Christian Science changed the course of her life.
From the Papers: A revised curriculum for the Massachusetts Metaphysical College
Find out about the evolution of this institution and its activities in the 1880s.
From the Papers: “This is my message in love”
Enjoy the heartwarming story of a letter to Mary Baker Eddy—written from the top of Mt. Washington.
From the Papers: Slavery in Mary Baker Eddy’s neighborhood
Read this examination of racial geography in 1844 Charleston, South Carolina.
From the Papers: Early Christian Science in Scotland: spotlighting the Ramsay family
Learn about growing interest in the early Christian Science movement among the Scottish nobility.
From the Papers: Celia Osgood Peterson: Christian Scientist and public educator
Read about an eager correspondent with Mary Baker Eddy and learn how faith intersected with her career.
From the Papers: Joseph Adams and Christian Science pastoring
Read this account of a guest preacher in Mary Baker Eddy’s young church.
From the Papers: The Chautauqua Movement and Christian Science
Read how early Christian Scientists sought heightened awareness through participation in a growing cultural institution.
From The Papers: “The sermon was beautiful”
Share the perspective of a boy from Kansas, who heard Mary Baker Eddy preach in 1888.
From the Papers: Orrilla Day and her Christian Science practice
See how the experiences of this Chicago woman help to illustrate life in the early church movement.
From the Papers: Youth in early Christian Science
Explore documents that show how Mary Baker Eddy’s teachings were reaching people of all ages.
The Mary Baker Eddy Papers: An introduction
Read these FAQs about the Library’s ongoing documentary editing project.
From the Papers: Julia Adams’s time in Christian Science
Learn about her faith, as well as struggles with her husband’s departure from the church.
From the Papers: A letter that launched two careers
Find out how people were becoming introduced to Mary Baker Eddy’s instruction in Christian Science.
From the Papers: The Chicago institutes
Read about an effort to give Christian Science more visibility in a fast-growing metropolis.
From the Papers: Women practicing Christian Science in the American West
Explore their newfound roles as leaders—and the unique challenges they faced.
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