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: Correspondence with Ira and Flavia Knapp
Glimpse how two accomplished early Christian Scientists began to practice healing.
From the Papers: 1884 church business report
Read how the early church was adding members and paying expenses.
From the Papers: A thank-you letter
Read a letter showing the early influence of the Christian Science textbook.
From the Papers: A letter from A.C. Coates
Read an 1884 letter to Eddy that’s notable for several reasons.
From the Papers: Letterpress correspondence
Read some of the letters that Eddy especially wanted to keep copies of.
From the Papers: “following the line of duty”
Read Mary Baker Eddy’s frank 1884 letter to a student in Washington, D.C.
From the Papers: “the book that is doing so much good”
Read one of Eddy’s letters to a student practicing Christian Science in Chicago.
From the Papers: Sermon at Chickering Hall
Read about the first time Eddy preached in a noted Boston location.
From the Papers: Praise for the new Journal
Read this annotated letter from a student of Mary Baker Eddy.
From the Papers: Growing demand for Science and Health
Read an 1884 letter to Eddy describing sales of her book in the Midwest.
From the Papers: Requests for treatment
Read an 1884 exchange between Mary Baker Eddy and a woman in search of healing.
From the Papers: Modest means for writing Science and Health
Read new insights on how Eddy supported herself in the 1870s.
From the Papers—Part Two: Learning from Letterhead
Meet the people who wrote to Mary Baker Eddy—by taking a look at their stationery.
From the Papers: Eddy’s “Questions and Answers” column
See how she responded to requests for clarification of her teaching.
From the Papers: Mary Baker Eddy’s poetry
See how recently annotated documents provide new insights.
From the Papers: Work and parenting in 1885
Read some of Eddy’s correspondence with mothers studying Christian Science.
From the Papers: A pioneer of Black history, bibliography, and biography
Meet Daniel A. P. Murray, one of the Library of Congress’ first Black American librarians.
From the Papers: “Our new field of work”
Read how two new students of Eddy began their careers as healers.
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