Marshall Brooks Library: Mary Baker Eddy & History of Christian Science: Overview

Resources about Mary Baker Eddy and the History of Christian Science

The Principia College library has numerous resources about Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science, and the movement. Library Search @ Principia lists all of the resources available at Principia College both archival and contemporary.

Below are several other organizations who hold and/or publish materials by or about Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science, and the movement.

Chronology of Events Surround the Life of Mary Baker Eddy

A Chronology of Events Surround the Life of Mary Baker Eddy,
From the Mary Baker Eddy Library

Mary Baker Eddy Library Holdings & Finding Aids

Mary Baker Eddy Library Holdings & Finding Aids
A list of the Mary Baker Eddy Library’s collection including letters, manuscripts, photographs, artifacts, books, periodicals, and other materials.

Selections from the Mary Baker Eddy Papers
The Mary Baker Eddy Papers project is a selection of Mary Baker Eddy’s sermons and related documents from The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity. A first selection of Eddy’s papers, which included sermons and related documents, was published in January 2014. In 2015, the Library began to add all documents from the years 1872-1880. They are now publishing letters from 1881-1886.

Longyear Research Archive

Longyear Research Archive
Research articles and videos about Mary Baker Eddy’s history from Longyear Museum in Massachusetts.

Historical Societies

Historical Societies with Information on Mary Baker Eddy and/or Christian Science Movement

New Hampshire Historical Society
Massachusetts Historical Society
Check both the digitial collections and library catalog

JSH-Online and Computer Software

JSH-Online is available on selected computers in the library. Please see a library staff member for more information.

The library has multiple copies of the software: Ark:Christian Science Collection Version 2.0 available for check out. The Ark software includes the following titles:

King James Version Bible
Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
Mary Baker Eddy's Other Published Writings
Christian Science Periodicals
-  The Christian Science Journal (1883-1922)
-  Christian Science Sentinel (1898-1922)
-  The Christian Science Quarterly (1904-1922)