Hoboken reading room copy 1: Manual of the Mother Church. The First Church of Christ, Scientist. By Mary Baker Eddy. 89th Ed. 1914.
Entry/Object ID
2011.036.0200
Scope and Content
Manual of the Mother Church. The First Church of Christ, Scientist. In Boston, Massachusetts. By Mary Baker Eddy. Eighty-ninth Edition. Boston: Published by Allison V. Stewart, 1914.
Small 8vo brown cloth (beveled edge boards; all edges gilt), 138 pp. Printed bookplate.
Considered as an artifact and thus an example of published works that its reading room would have typically offered. The Hoboken church had a public Reading Room for many decades as an important part of the church's activities. While labeled as Book No. 1, it is probably copy 1 rather the first book placed in the Reading Room collection.
This was a branch church of the Mother Church and was formally incorporated in 1912.
Printed bookplate on front pastedown:
Book No. 1 [number handwritten]
This book is the property of the Loan Library of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hoboken, N.J. The book may be used by the borrower for a period of two weeks...
Cover title: Church Manual. The First Church of Christ Scientist, In Boston, Mass. 1914.
Acquisition
Accession
2011.036
Source or Donor
T & M Contracting Co., Inc.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Matt Seriale, T & M Contracting Co., Inc.
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1914 - 1914
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1914
Date(s): 1914
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Legal Status: Abandoned records found on site of former church.
The Church apparently ceased operations here ca. 2005 (latest dates found on utility bills.) Building was sold in 2010 or 2011 to real estate developer; demolition June 2011 commenced on interior for conversion to residential building.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-06-22
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