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Newsletter Vol 2010 Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 Programs the public’s heart in nineteenth-century New England and America. After learning that early New Englanders Caring for Christmas often only had Thanksgiving as a holiday, as a special time for expressing gratitude, Montgomery noted that he Many are unaware that Christmas, a much-loved holi- liked gratitude, and on Thanksgiving he was especially day, was not always so beloved, especially in colonial- into gravytude. era New England and other parts of colonial America. Puritans and other early settlers to America came out of The script was written by Library Programs Manager an experience in Europe where Christmas was often a Jonathon Eder and included several traditional Christ- time of excess, encouraging violence and decadence. mas songs which helped tell the story. The music was So, initially many regions suppressed the holiday. In the performed by the New England Conservatory Children’s nineteenth century, Americans refashioned its celebra- Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Jamie Kirsch, with tion with a family-friendly focus. On Sunday, December piano accompaniment by Na Yeon Kim. 6, The Mary Baker Eddy Library brought this history to life with a dramatic and musical revue titled, “Caring for The musical pieces ranged from the amusing to the mov- Christmas: A Nineteenth-Century American Story.” ing. A rendition of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” gave special punch to the lines, “We won’t go until we At the helm of this program were two narrators, Leah get some, So bring some right here,” revealing how this Huenneke, a student in the Christian Science Sunday sixteenth-century carol had associations with the rowdy School, and Mark Montgomery from The Mary Baker Christmas of earlier times. Mary Baker Eddy’s poem, Eddy Library. Huenneke and Montgomery traded dia- “Christmas Morn,” set to music, evoked the tender side logue and repartee in evoking the culture and history of Christmas. In introducing the piece, Huenneke noted of nineteenth-century America around the subject of how Eddy recognized the “murky clouds” that could Christmas. sometimes weigh on people during the season, but that the Christmas message of love shines through for all. Montgomery played the part of the incredulous inno- cent, amazed that anyone could ever have not wanted The program offered an opportunity to partner with local to celebrate Christmas. Huenneke indulged her fel- charities. During the nineteenth century, caring for those low narrator’s protests and jokes as she explained how in need at Christmastime became a popular activity, and Christmas moved from the margins to a central place in continued on p. 2 Left to right: Library Educational Programs Coordinator Kelli Alvarez with Scott Inman of The Home for Little Wanderers. Leah Huenneke and Mark Montgomery discuss Christmas in America. Members of the New England Conservatory Children’s Chorus. 1 Mission Statement “The Mary Baker Eddy Library provides public access and context to original materi- als and educational experiences about Mary Baker Eddy’s life, ideas, and achievements, including her Church. The Library promotes Programs exploration and scholarship through its collections, exhibits, and programs.” Special Year of Centenary Programming on Mary Baker Eddy One hundred years since her passing in 1910, Mary Baker Eddy remains a figure of fascination, controver- sy, and inspiration. Beginning in January 2010, The Mary Baker Eddy Library is featuring regular program- ming on how contemporary artists, writers, histori- ans, and others are engaging with her life and ideas. The series kicks off with three dynamic programs: playwright Christine Buxton; actor/screenwriter Val Kilmer; and biographer Gillian Gill. In January, Buxton discussed ©2010 The Mary Baker Eddy Library®. All rights reserved. the challenges and inspirations Printed in the United States on 100% recycled, 100% involved in bringing Eddy’s life post-consumer waste paper manufactured with Green-e® story to the stage. In February, certified biogas energy and wind power. Kilmer will talk about his film www.mbelibrary.org project in which Eddy stands 200 Massachusetts Avenue n Boston, MA 02115 above her age as a giant in 617-450-7000 or toll free 888-222-3711 thought and action, becoming a fascination to another towering continued from p. 1 figure of the period, the celebrat- many charities sprang up. For several weeks leading up ed satirist, Mark Twain. Gill will to the event, the Library provided gift boxes in the recep- come to the Library in March to tion area where visitors placed donated items for three speak about a quartet of biog- charities: On the Rise; Friends of Boston’s Homeless; raphies that she has written on and The Home for Little Wanderers. On the day of the women of extraordinary achieve- program, many attendees also made monetary donations ment. She will compare and to representatives on hand from the charities. All three contrast the lives and careers of organizations reported a generous outpouring of mon- Mary Baker Eddy, Queen Victoria, etary and item donations. Agatha Christie, and Florence Nightingale. For the Library, it was also a pleasure to collaborate Other programming will follow in April and May, in- with a neighboring cultural institution, the New Eng- cluding a follow-up to last year’s program on nursing land Conservatory, in producing this program. By all and spirituality. Noted Florence Nightingale historian, accounts, the standing-room-only audience thought so, Barbara Dossey, and Giulia A. Nesi, a Christian Sci- too. You can enjoy this lively blend of history and en- ence practitioner and teacher, will participate. Please tertainment through a video of the event at http://www. see the schedule of upcoming programs on page 6. mbelibrary.org/events/programs/caring-christmas. 2 Programs Exhibits First Night at the Library Object of the Month Nearly 550 visitors, up more than one hundred people from last year, turned out to celebrate New Year’s Eve Take a look at Object of the Month on the Library’s 2010 at the Library—a hit for all ages. With snow lightly Web site. Each month we showcase an object, letter, falling on the city of Boston, the coat racks were chock document, photograph, or textile from the Library’s full of parkas, hats, and the like. collections. In addition to the objects listed below, learn about Christian Science souvenir spoons, Children—and adults indulging their inner child— preservation treatments applied to Mary Baker Eddy’s enjoyed decorating crowns with jewels, feathers, and letters, and many other interesting items. stickers. There was also a word scramble, scavenger hunt, and free refresh- February 2010: Chafing Dish Possibilities. ments in the café. The A recipe book by Fannie Mapparium and the rest Merritt Farmer used by of the Library’s exhibits Minnie Weygandt, Mary were open all day for Baker Eddy’s cook from 1899-1907. folks to enjoy and ex- plore. January 2010: Turkey Feather Fan. Three different perfor- A gift to Eddy from mance groups also Elizabeth Earl Jones and provided special enter- Lily Hazzard, which sheds tainment. First up was light on the early his- tory of African-Americans Project STEP, a group in Christian Science in of youth string instrument South Carolina. players from the program founded by the Boston December 2009: Symphony Orchestra. Winter at Pleasant View. In the early afternoon Two early twentieth-cen- tury photographs show slot, moods—and toe glimpses of life at Mary tapping—picked up a bit Baker Eddy’s Pleasant as Stajez performed. The View home in Concord, group, which is a hip-hop N.H., in the wintertime. dance ensemble, is part of an arts organization founded in 1994, which brings Go to http://www.mbelibrary.org/collections/research/ cultural programs to underserved children. Topping off objects/ to see the latest item and to view past the day’s schedule was SCIM Youth Band, a Chinese selections. dulcimer group. Refreshments were made possible by a generous donation from Library Trustee Charles Wyly. 3 Research Room it was not necessarily a subterfuge, either. If writers were proving themselves by quoting others, the as- Query of the Quarter sumption was that readers would know and recognize the sources they quoted, even without explicit citation. How did Mary Baker Eddy use quotations from other The Bible was such a frequent and pervasive cultural authors in her work? reference that educated readers would never have be- lieved that when Eddy wrote “Thus far and no farther,” “By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all on page 124, line 24 of Science and Health with Key quote,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay, to the Scriptures, she intended it to pass as her own “Quotations and Originality.” This truism is well il- work. The phrase was—and is—recognizable as part of lustrated in the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. An avid God’s rebuke to Job: “Hitherto shalt thou come, but no reader since childhood, Eddy had in her mind an further” (Job 38:11). enormous library of references to call upon when she wanted to. Tracking down the precise origin of common phrases such as Eddy often used is only occasionally a linear In the second volume of his biography of Eddy, Mary exercise. For example, the phrase “while there’s life, Baker Eddy: The Years of Trial, Robert Peel points out there’s hope,” which appears on page 40, lines 12-13 that many of Eddy’s passages contain “verbal echoes” of Science and Health, is still frequently quoted today of phrasings from other works. Edward Young’s Night with little or no attribution to its original source. That Thoughts was a frequent source of inspiration; so, too, exact phrase appears in Miguel de Cervantes’ seven- were the writings of Shakespeare and English poet teenth-century novel Don Quixote, but Cervantes was Hannah More.
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