Christian Science Reading Rooms 1887–1910

Christian Science Reading Rooms 1887–1910 (Updated January 2019)The beginnings of Christian Science Reading Rooms can be dated to January 1887. According to a later article in The Christian Science Journal, in that month the “Free Dispensary of Christian Science...
A Mustache Cup

A Mustache Cup

Out of all the china/dishware found in the Library’s collections there is only a single example of a mustache cup.

Mary Baker Eddy’s Horses

Mary Baker Eddy’s Horses

August Mann (left) and Calvin Frye (right) driving Prince and Duke at Eddy’s Pleasant View Home, P06537   From a very young age, Mary Baker Eddy loved horses. Years later she recalled calming her father’s work horses as a child, and always found the quiet, gentle...
Winter at Pleasant View

Winter at Pleasant View

As we look at photographs of life at Pleasant View, Mary Baker Eddy’s home in Concord, N.H., it’s fascinating to see a quiet New England town of a century ago.