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: A letter from a healer
Read the first communication to Eddy from a devoted early worker in Christian Science.
From the Papers: Easter season
Read how Mary Baker Eddy preached on the subject in 1885.
From the Papers: Encouragement in healing
Read an exchange in which Eddy mentors one of her students.
From the Papers: North Bennet Street School letter
Learn about this institution’s early interest in Science and Health.
From the Papers: “For unto us a child is born …”
Read annotated documents related to an 1888 Christmas sermon.
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: A college for teaching Christian Science
Read about the Massachusetts Metaphysical College and its curriculum.
From the Papers: A major revision of Science and Health
Find out what makes the book’s 16th edition particularly noteworthy.
From the Papers: Women doctors write to Mary Baker Eddy
Find out what we’ve learned from our archives.
From the Papers: Mary Baker Eddy’s support for emancipation
Find out what we’ve learned from her correspondence during the Civil War.
From the Papers: Reports of healing
Read examples of how the early church was accomplishing its mission.
From the Papers: A New Year’s exchange
See how the turn of the calendar prompted happy communication among early Christian Scientists.
From the Papers: A notable Christmas sermon
See how this 1880 text introduced wording found in Eddy’s future writings.
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