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Mary Baker Eddy's tastes in food were those of a Victorian New Englander. Boiled dinner (beef brisket boiled with vegetables) and baked beans were weekly fare, according to a notebook kept in about 1900 by her cook, Minnie Weygandt.

The primary function of a research library is to make information available and accessible. Often this information comes in the form of original documents.

There's a great way to visit The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity at any time of the day or night — go to the Library's Web site at www. marybakereddylibrary.

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 Eddy's previously unpublished writings, The Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity will help ensure that her history will be "correctly narrated and understood" so that all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.