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 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: 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.
From The Papers: “Open a public institute at once”
Learn about an important early development in teaching Christian Science.
From The Papers: Word bubbles, data visualization, and sermons
Check out a new resource for exploring Mary Baker Eddy’s use of language.
From The Papers: “Maj Anderson and Our Country”
See how Eddy supported Union efforts leading up to the Civil War, through this 1861 poem.
From The Papers: Early letters and long careers
See how some of the strongest roots in Christian Science grew out of small beginnings.
From The Papers: 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: 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.
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