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James Albins is the manager of program development for The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity. He speaks here about two of the Library's research programs — "American Women in Religious Leadership" and "Spirituality and Health.

Lesley Pitts is manager of the archives at The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity. Here, she gives a glimpse of what a visit to the reference and research libraries will be like when they open to the public later this year.

Chet Manchester is the creative director for The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity. In this role, he has worked with a team of researchers, writers, and designers to produce a learning experience for all ages.

Until recently , a framed embroidery of a flower bouquet hung on a wall in the Mary Baker Eddy Historic Home at 12 Broad Street, Lynn, Massachusetts. As the curatorial team from The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity took inventory of the artifacts in the house, the embroidery was cataloged and photographed along with many other objects of interest.

By providing context, sequence, and order to the vast collection of Mrs. Eddy's previously unpublished writings, The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity will help ensure that her history will be "correctly narrated and understood" so that all mankind can have a better understanding of Mrs.

Writings and manuscripts Mary Baker Eddy once referred to her primary work, Science and Health with key to the Scriptures , as "the outgrowth of my whole life .

In the varied aspects of her life , Mary Baker Eddy was all about bettering humanity. She was a healer and teacher.

In 1898, Mrs. Eddy used the 91st psalm as her text for an address she delivered at Christian Science Hall in Concord.

In the summer of 1998, I was invited to join a panel at "Celebrate '98," to discuss women's religious leadership in America. The celebration marked the 150th anniversary of the first woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York.

Last summer, over 5,000 library executives from around the world attended the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in Boston. Many attended tours offered by The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity, and were interested to learn of its purpose and scope.