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The Mary Baker Eddy Library
Mary Baker Eddy Book Collection
a finding aid
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Boston, MA 02115
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Collection Description
Collection Number: 09 MBE DOCS
Collection Title: Mary Baker Eddy Book Collection
Creator: Eddy, Mary Baker
Inclusive Dates: Pre 1910
Extent: 72 __LF __(458 books)
Provenance: Books transferred from Chestnut Hill (400 Beacon) at various times.
Access: The collection is open and available through the online database accessible to
remote users and the public during research room hours.
Copyright Restrictions: The Mary Baker Eddy Book Collection is subject to applicable copyright laws.
Language: Bulk of the materials are in English. Materials also in German. __eng
Related Collections The Chestnut Hill Book Collection consists of books that Mary Baker Eddy may
have read, referenced, or were present in her residences.
Mary Baker Eddy Autographed and Inscribed Books consists of books
inscribed by Mary Baker Eddy but were not transferred from Chestnut Hill.
Mary Baker Eddy Pamphlet and Serial Publications consists of printed and
published materials written by and with notations by Mary Baker Eddy and were
transferred from her last residence at Chestnut Hill.
Scope and Content Note
The Mary Baker Eddy Book Collection consists of books from Eddy’s Chestnut Hill home (400 Beacon).
The bulk of the books were transferred from Mary Baker Eddy's study after her passing in 1910. The
Collection consists of Bibles and other titles by authors Eddy was known to have liked or referenced,
books by contemporaries, and books by Eddy. The collection was created after 1910 when selected
books from Eddy’s study at Chestnut Hill were first transferred to the Church Archive.
The collection continued to be added to through 2006 as notations and handwriting were found in the
remaining books at Chestnut Hill. If research of a book from Chestnut Hill revealed the book was once in
Eddy's room, such as on the desk or bedside table, or if the notations were credited to Eddy, the book was
transferred to the Mary Baker Eddy Book Collection. These books were transferred from the first floor
library, music room, and back parlor; and the second floor study, sitting room (pink room), west room, and
dressing room. Books in all of the rooms in the home were documented in the 1917 and 1951 Chestnut
Hill inventory.
Not all of the books in this collection contain notes or markings in Eddy’s or her secretaries’ hand as they
may have been second hand. Also, it is not known if Eddy read all of the books in this collection.
Additionally, these books do not represent all of the books Eddy may have read or acquired throughout her
lifetime. Some of the books in the collection, although few, did not come to the collection from the
Chestnut Hill home. These books were acquired by the Archives prior to the opening of the Library in 2002
and were added to this collection because of notations identified as written by Eddy (or her secretaries). At
one time, this included books from the Calvin A. Frye Library, acquired in 1947, but these books were
returned to the Calvin A. Frye Library Book Collection.
This collection does not consist of all of the books or published writings by Mary Baker Eddy. Other
published and printed materials such as pamphlets and articles are not in this collection; rather, they are in
the Magazine and Pamphlet Collection and Eddy/Frye Scrapbooks.
Arrangement:
The collection consists of two series, Series I, Mary Baker Eddy Bibles and Bible Reference Books; Series
II, Mary Baker Eddy Books.
Series I, Mary Baker Eddy Bibles and Bible reference books consists of forty-four items numbered B00001
-B00041. These Bibles were owned by Mary Baker Eddy or owned by Asa G. Eddy (B00002) and,
possibly, Calvin A. Frye (B00005). The collection does not consist of all of the Bibles owned or referenced
by Eddy. Some Bibles consist of notations by Eddy most notably, the Baker Family Bible (B00029) and
The Book of Psalms (B00016). The Bibles include notations by others such as Laura E. Sargent, John
Carroll Lathrop, Adam Dickey, and Calvin A. Frye.
Series II, Mary Baker Eddy Books consists of approximately four hundred books from Eddy’s Chestnut Hill
home as well as books acquired by The First Church of Christ, Scientist Archives. The books from the
Chestnut Hill home were selected because of their connection to Mary Baker Eddy either by their location
at Chestnut Hill or their notations. The majority of the books in the collection were transferred from Mary
Baker Eddy’s study at Chestnut Hill to the Archives.
Some of the books were given to Mary Baker Eddy and inscribed to her from the author including Martha
Baldwin Ensign, Willis Vernon Cole, Joseph Adams, Charles Adolphus Murray Dunmore, Edward
Augustus Jenks, William P. McKenzie amongst others. Almost half of the collection consists of various
editions of books written by Mary Baker Eddy including, Miscellaneous Writings. 1883 – 1896; Poems;
Pulpit and Press; Science and Health with Key to Scriptures; and Unity of Good.
Several authors in this collection were referred to by Eddy in her writings and interviews including Mrs.
Felicia Hemans, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Edward Young.
Books are arranged alphabetically by author. In the case of no author, the book was arranged by title. The
Bibles in Series I are numbered beginning with B00001. Books in Series II are numbered beginning with
B00100. Titles added after the initial numbering date, were inserted into the numbering with an ‘A’ after the
next consecutive alphabetical author.
Series I, Mary Baker Eddy Bibles and Bible Reference Books
Scope: Series I, consists of Bibles and Bible reference books numbered B00001-B00041.
These Bibles were owned by Mary Baker Eddy. The collection does not consists of
all the Bibles owned or referenced by Eddy but many of the books consist of
notations by Eddy including, the Baker Family Bible (B00029) and The Book of
Psalms (B00016).
Extent: 44 Bibles and Bilble reference books
Item No.: Title: Date:
B00001 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1872
etc.
John E. Potter and Company. Title page: Potter's Standard Editions. The Holy
Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, with full and complete marginal
references and notes and the apocrypha, concordance and psalms in metre, to
which are added Blackwood's comprehnsive aids to the study of the sacred
scriptures, embracing the evidences of the genuineness, authenticity,
inspiration, preservation and value of the word of God...with sixteen fine steel
plates, four illustrative maps in colors, and more than two hundred superior
engravings on wood. John E. Potter Co., Philadelphia, King James version.
The Eddys' marriage certificate is affixed to a back flyleaf.
B00002 The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments, ca. 1880
with References and a Condensed Concordance
Cassell, Peter and Galpin. Title page: The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and
New Testaments, with References and a Condensed Concordance. Illustrated
with more than nine hundred highly finished engravings. Cassell, Petter, and
Galpin, London and New York. King James Version.
Asa Gilbert Eddy's Bible.
B00003 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1809
etc.
Greenough and Stebbins. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and
New Testaments: translated out of the original tongues, and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. Boston: Greenough and Stebbins,
1809.
B00004 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1809
etc.
Oxford University Press. Title page: The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New
Testaments translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translation
diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command. Appointed
to be read in churches. In three volumes: Vol. I. Genesis to II Chronicles; Vol. II.
Ezra to Milachi; Vol. III. The New Testament. King James version. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Gift to Mary Baker Eddy from James A. Neal. Most handwriting by Mary Baker
Eddy. Also Calvin A. Frye's and Laura E. Sargent's handwriting.
Item No.: Title: Date:
B00005 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1890
etc.
Oxford University Press. Title page: The Sunday School Teachers' Edition. Holy
Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: translated out of the original
toungues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by
his Majesty's special command. Appointed to be read in Churches. Oxford
University Press, London, [1890]. King James Version.
Calvin A. Frye's Bible. Handwriting is mostly Frye's. Also Mary Baker Eddy's and
Ebenezer J. Foster Eddy's.
B00006 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1908
etc.
Oxford University Press. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New
Testaments translated out of the original tongues and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command.
Appointed to be read in churches. Oxford: Oxford University Press [1908]. King
James Version.
Most notations are in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting; also Calvin A. Frye's and
Laura E. Sargent's handwriting.
B00007 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, ca. 1908
etc.
Oxford University Press. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New
Testaments translated out of the original tongues and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. [1908]. King James Version.
Most handwriting by Laura E. Sargent. Many notations by Mary Baker Eddy.
Some by Calvin A. Frye and Adam H. Dickey.
B00008 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments... 1908
Oxford University Press. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New
Testaments translated out of the original tongues and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1908?]. King James Version.
No annotations in this book.
B00009 The Comprehensive Teachers' Bible Containing the Old and n.d.
New Testaments, etc.
S. Bagster and Sons, Ltd.. Title page: The Comprehensive Teachers' Bible,
Containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the authorized version.
Together with new and revised helps to Bible Study a new concordance and an
indexed Bible atlas. Londong: S. Bagster and Sons, [1892?]. King James
Version.
Handwritten Notations by Mary Baker Eddy. Also by Calvin A. Frye and
Ebenezer J. Foster Eddy. This Bible was a gift from Foster Eddy.
Item No.: Title: Date:
B00010 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1907
etc.
Oxford University Press. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New
Testaments translated out of the original tongues and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. [1907?]. King James Version.
Slip of paper found in Bible is a version of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
and Miscellany", P. 194:4-18. Handwritten notations by Mary Baker Eddy. One
notation by Calvin A. Frye.
B00011 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments 1876
American Publishing Company. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old
and New Testaments; translated literally from the original tongues. Hartford,
Conn.: American Publishing Co., 1876.
B00012 Nave's Topical Bible: A Digest of The Holy Scriptures 1904
Topical Bible Publishing Company. Title page: Nave's Topical Bible: A Digest of
The Holy Scriptures, more than twenty thousand topics and subtopics, and one
hundred thousand references to the scriptures, embracing, all doctrines of
biblical religion, and all phases of ancient society..."Lincoln, Nebraska: Topical
Bible Publishing Co., 1904.
Note by Mary Baker Eddy.
B00013 The Modern Reader's Bible, etc. 1907
The MacMillian Company. Title page: The Modern Reader's Bible. The books of
the Bible, with three books of the Apocrypha, presented in modern literary form.
Edited, with introductions and notes, by Richard G. Moulton. New York: The
MacMiillian Co., 1907. Based on English revised version.
Handwriting by Mary Baker Eddy.
B00014 Selections From the Old Testament 1896/12/27
Eddy, Mary Baker. Title page: Selections From the Old Testament, authorized
version. Compiled by Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy, author of Science and Health
with Key to the Scriptures. Concord, NH. 1896.
Contents: Selections from Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, and Malachi.
Notations in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting.
B00015 The New Testament Of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, ca. 1900
etc.
Oxford University Press. Title page: The New Testament of the Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, translated out of the original Greek; and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command.
Appointed to be read in churches. Oxford: Oxford University Press, [ca. 1900's].
Contains New Testament and Psalms. Handwriting by Mary Baker Eddy.
Item No.: Title: Date:
B00016 The Book of Psalms, etc. 1879
American Bible Society. Title page: The Book of Psalms: translated out of the
original Hebrew; and with the former translations diligently compared and
revised. New York: American Bible Society, 1879.
Notations primarily in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting. Some by Calvin A. Frye.
Poem entitled "Snowdrops," by Marion Boyd Allen is pasted to the front fly leaf.
B00017.A The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1879
etc.
American Bible Society. Title page: The New Testament of Our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of The Original Greek; and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. Part 1. Matthew, Mark. New York:
American Bible Society, 1879. In Four Volumes. King James Version.
Handwriting by Mary Baker Eddy, also Calvin A. Frye, John Lathrop, and Laura
E. Sargent. Poem entitled, "Requiem", pasted to front fly leaf.
B00017.B The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1879
etc.
American Bible Society. Title page: The New Testament of Our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of The Original Greek; and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. Part II. Luke, John. New York:
American Bible Society, 1879. In Four Volumes. King James Version.
Handwriting by Mary Baker Eddy, also Calvin A. Frye, John Lathrop, and Laura
E. Sargent. Poem entitled, "Requiem", pasted to front fly leaf.
B00017.C The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1879
etc.
American Bible Society. Title page: The New Testament of Our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of The Original Greek; and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. Part III. Acts - II Corinthians. New
York: American Bible Society, 1879. In Four Volumes. King James Version.
Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy, also by Calvin A. Frye, John Lathrop, and
Laura E. Sargent. Poem entitled, "Requiem," pasted to front flyleaf.
B00017.D The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1879
etc.
American Bible Society. Title page: The New Testament of Our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of The Original Greek; and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. Part IV. Galations - Revelation.
New York: American Bible Society, 1879. In Four Volumes. King James Version.
Handwriting by Mary Baker Eddy, also by Calvin A. Frye, John Lathrop, and
Laura E. Sargent. Poem entitled, "Requiem," pasted to front flyleaf.
B00018 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, ca. 1900
etc.
Oxford University Press. Title page: The New Testament of Our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ translated out of the original Greek: and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command,
appointed to be read in churches. Oxfored: Oxford University Press, [ca. 1900].
Most notations in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting. Two by Laura E. Sargent.
Item No.: Title: Date:
B00019 The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, ca. 1890s
etc.
Fenton, Ferrar. Title page: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, Translated from the Greek into current English, by Ferrar Fenton,
London: J. Doddington, [ca. 1890's].
No notations by Mary Baker Eddy or her Secretaries are in this Bible.
B00020 The New Testament in Modern English, etc. n.d.
Marshall, Horace. Title page: The New Testament in Modern English being The
New Testament of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ newly translated direct from
the accurate Greek text of Drs. Westcott and Hort, by Ferrar Fenton, Horace
Marshall, London [1880's].
One notation in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting.
B00021 The New Testament in Modern English, etc. 1883
Horace Marshall and Son. Title page: The New Testament in Modern English,
Being the New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Newly
translated direct from the accurate Greek text of Drs. Westcott and Hort, by
Ferrar Fenton. Horace Marshall and Son, London, 1883.
There are no notations by Mary Baker Eddy or her Secretaries in this Bible.
B00022 The Twentieth Century New Testament, etc., Part I. 1899
Revell, Fleming H.. Title page: The Twentieth Century New Testament, A
translation into modern English made from the original Greek (Westcott and
Hort's text). In two parts, Part I. The five historical books, Fourth edition, New
York: Fleming H. Revell, 1899.
Notations in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting.
B00023 The Apocryphal New Testament, Etc. 1910
Gebbie & Company. Title page: The Apocryphal New Testament: Being all the
Gospels, Epistles, and other pieces now extant, attributed in the first four
centuries to Jesus Christ, His Apostles and Their Companions; and not included,
by its compilers, in the authorized New Testament. Translated from the original
tongues. Illustrated from ancient paintings and sculptures, Philadelphia: Gebbie
& Co., [ca. 1910].
One notation in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting; remaining notations by
Ebenezer J. Foster Eddy.
B00024 The New Testament: Newly Translated, etc. 1890
Samuel Bagster and Sons. Title page: The New Testament: Newly Translated
[from the Greek text of Tregelles] and critically emphasised, with an introduction
and occasional notes. By Joseph B. Rotherham, eighth edition, revised. London:
Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1890.
Notations in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting.
Item No.: Title: Date:
B00025 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1843
etc.
Summer and Goodman. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New
Testaments: together with the Apocrypha: translated out of the original tongues,
and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. With Canne's
marginal notes and references to which are added an index; an alphabetical
table of all the names in the old and new testaments, with their significations;
tables of scripture weights, measures, and coins, Hartford: Summer and
Goodman, 1843.
Glover Family Bible. There are no notations in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting in
this bible.
B00026 The English Version of the Polyglott Bible, etc. 1836
Fessendon & Company. Title page: Fessenden & Co's Edition. The English
Version of The Polyglott Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the
marginal readings, and a full and original selection of references to parallel and
illustrative passages, arranged in a manner hitherto unattempted; to which are
added a critical introduction to the Holy Scriptures, and to each of the books;
Brattleboro: Fessendon & Co., 1836.
There are no notations in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting in this Bible.
B00027 The New Testament in Modern Speech 1903
James Clarke and Company. Title page: The New Testament in Modern
Speech. An idiomatic translation into everday English from the test of "The
resultant Greek Testament" By Richard Francis Weymouth. James Clarke and
Co., London. 1903.
One notation by Mary Baker Eddy. Other notations in unknown handwriting.
B00028 Nave's Topical Bible, A digest of the Holy Scriptures, etc. 1904
Nave, Orville J.. Title page: Nave's Topical Bible, A digest of the Holy Scriptures
more than twenty thousand topics and subtopics, and one hundred thousand
references to the scriptures, embracing all doctrines of Biblical religion, and all
phases of ancient society. History, Law, Politics, and other secular subjects;
Archaeology, the Arts, Sciences, Philosphy, Ethics, and Economics; principles of
Government, Equity, and right personal conduct; biographical, personal incident,
and illustrative facts; Geography, the history of nations, states and cities, and a
multitude of common subjects, illustrative of ancient religions, governments,
manners, fashions, customs, and ideas. By Orville J. Nave. Lincoln, Nebraska,
1904.
Inscription in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting.
B00029 The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1795
etc. [Baker Family Bible]
Mark and Charles Kerr. Title page: The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New
Testaments: translated out of the original tongues; and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special command.
Appointed to be read in churches. King James Version. Edinburgh: Mark and
Charles Kerr, 1795.
Baker Family Bible. Some unknown handwriting. Note, date and signature by
Mary Baker Eddy. Found inside back cover: receipt to Mark Baker for Bible.
Item No.: Title: Date:
B00030 Nave's Topical Bible. A Digest of the Holy Scriptures, etc. 1904
Topical Bible Publishing Company. Title page: Nave's topical Bible: a digest of
the Holy Scriptures. More than twenty thousand topics and subtopics, and one
hundred thousand references to the Scriptures ... by Orville J. Nave. Topical
Bible Publishing CO., Lincoln, Nebraska. 1904. Notations in MBE Bible
Collection. Inscription in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting.
B00031 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1865
etc.
J.B. Lippincott & Company. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and
New Testaments: translated ot of the original tongues: and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.,
1865. King James Version.
Inscription in Mary Baker Eddy's and unknown handwriting.
B00032 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1873
etc.
American Bible Society. Title page: The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New
Testaments: Translated out of the original tongues; and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised. New York: American Bible Society,
1873. King James Version.
Notation in Mary Baker Eddy's Handwriting.
B00033 The New Testament Translated by John Wycliffe, etc. 1849
Wycliffe, John. Title page: The New Testament in English Translated by John
Wycliffe Circa 1380. Now first printed from a contemporary manuscript formerly
in the monastery of Sion Middlesex late in the collection of Lea Wilson, F.S.A.
London: Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, 1849.
One notation in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting.
B00034 The First Printed English New Testament 1871
Abner, Edward. Title page: The First Printed English New Testament. Translated
by William Tyndale. Facsimile texts. London, 1871.
No comments in Mary Baker Eddy's or her Secretaries handwriting appear in
this Bible. Calling card inside front cover: "Mr. & Mrs. E. P. Bates, Boston, Mass.
B00035 Biblia Pad Er Leilog Ritning. 1908
. Title Page: Biblia Pad Er Leilog Ritning. Ny pyding ur frummalunum. Reykjavik:
A Kostnad Hins Brezka Og Erlenda Bibliufelags [Publisher?], 1908. Printed in
Icelandic. No comments in Mary Baker Eddy's or her Secretaries handwriting
appear in this bible.
B00036 The Holy Bible in Modern English, etc. 1903
S.W. Partridge & Company. Title page: The Holy Bible in Modern English, etc.
S.W. Partridge & Co., London, 1903. Translated by Ferrar Fenton. Inscription by
Fenton.
Handwriting by Mary Baker Eddy, Ferrar Fenton, and Irving C. Tomlinson.