Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy (née Baker; July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was an American religious leader and author, who in 1879 founded The Church of Christ, Scientist, the Mother Church of the Christian Science movement. She also founded The Christian Science Monitor in 1908, and three religious magazines: the Christian Science Sentinel, The Christian Science Journal, and The Herald of Christian Science. Eddy wrote numerous books and articles, most notably the 1875 book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, selected as one of the "75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World" by the Women's National Book Association. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995. Other works Eddy authored include Manual of The Mother Church, and a collection of varied writings that were consolidated posthumously into a book called Prose Works. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Bow (town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States), Died 1910 (Chestnut Hill (village in Massachusetts) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1906 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: author
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-5085 | 10-in. | 2/18/1908 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Haydn Quartet | Male vocal quartet | author | |
| Victor | C-9407 | 12-in. | 9/2/1910 | O'er waiting harp-strings of the mind | George Hamlin | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-12197 | 10-in. | 7/17/1912 | Shepherd, show me how to go | George Hamlin | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-12208 | 10-in. | 7/16/1912 | Saw ye my Saviour? | George Hamlin | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-13655 | 10-in. | 8/1/1913 | O gentle presence | Percy Hemus | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-16795 | 10-in. | 11/19/1915 | Oh gentle presence | Mabelle A. Strock | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-16929 | 10-in. | 12/23/1915 | O gentle presence | Marguerite Dunlap | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-19140 | 10-in. | 1/29/1917 | O gentle presence | Beulah Gaylord Young | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-20620 | 10-in. | 8/15/1917 | O'er waiting harpstrings of the mind | Estelle Hearte-Dreyfus | Female vocal solo, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-20621 | 10-in. | 8/15/1917 | Communion hymn | Estelle Hearte-Dreyfus | Female vocal solo, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-20622 | 10-in. | 8/15/1917 | Christmas morn | Estelle Hearte-Dreyfus | Female vocal solo, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-20623 | 10-in. | 8/15/1917 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Estelle Hearte-Dreyfus | Female vocal solo, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-20629 | 10-in. | 8/15/1917 | Morecambe | Estelle Hearte-Dreyfus | Female vocal solo, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-26445 | 10-in. | 5/1/1922 | O gentle presence | Clifford Cairns | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-27441 | 10-in. | 1/30/1923 | Saw ye my Saviour | Trinity Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-27442 | 10-in. | 1/30/1923 | O gentle presence | Trinity Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | C-27442 | 12-in. | 4/6/1923 | O gentle presence | Trinity Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-27733 | 10-in. | 4/6/1923 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Trinity Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-27734 | 10-in. | 4/6/1923 | Blest Christmas morn | Trinity Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | C-27735 | 12-in. | 4/6/1923 | O'er waiting harpstrings | Trinity Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | B-27758 | 10-in. | 4/16/1923 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Trinity Mixed Quartet | Mixed vocal quartet, unaccompanied | author | |
| Victor | C-30765 | 12-in. | 11/13/1924 | O gentle presence | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with pipe organ | author | |
| Victor | C-30766 | 12-in. | 11/13/1924 | Saw ye my saviour | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with pipe organ | author | |
| Victor | C-31893 | 12-in. | 3/10/1925 | O gentle presence | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with piano | author | |
| Victor | CVE-31893 | 12-in. | 6/1/1925 | O gentle presence | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with piano | author | |
| Victor | C-31895 | 12-in. | 3/11/1925 | Saw ye my saviour | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | B-31896 | 10-in. | 3/11/1925 | Blest Christmas morn | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | BVE-32854 | 10-in. | 6/2/1925 | Blest Christmas morn | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with piano | author | |
| Victor | CVE-32877 | 12-in. | 6/2/1925 | Saw ye my saviour | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with piano | author | |
| Victor | BVE-48087 | 10-in. | 11/23/1928 | O'er waiting harpstrings of the mind | Willard Robison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | BVE-48088 | 10-in. | 11/23/1928 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Willard Robison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Victor | BVE-51889 | 10-in. | 10/28/1929 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Florence K. Middaugh | Contralto vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Victor | CVE-51890 | 12-in. | 10/28/1929 | Love | Florence K. Middaugh | Contralto vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Victor | BVE-51891 | 10-in. | 10/28/1929 | Blessed Christmas morn | Florence K. Middaugh | Contralto vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Victor | CVE-51893 | 12-in. | 10/29/1929 | Oh! Gentle presence | Florence K. Middaugh | Contralto vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Victor | CVE-51894 | 12-in. | 10/29/1929 | O'er waiting harpstrings of the mind | Florence K. Middaugh | Contralto vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Victor | CVE-51895 | 12-in. | 10/29/1929 | Saw ye my Saviour? | Florence K. Middaugh | Contralto vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Victor | BVE-51897 | 10-in. | 10/29/1929 | Mother's evening prayer | Florence K. Middaugh | Contralto solo, with organ | author | |
| Victor | PBS-68586 | 10-in. | 10/18/1933 | Brood o'er us with thy shelt'ring wings | Leon Strashun | Dubbed recording from film : Vocal chorus, with organ | author | |
| Victor | PBS-68588 | 10-in. | 10/18/1933 | O gentle presence | Leon Strashun | Dubbed recording from film : Vocal chorus, with organ | author | |
| Victor | BS-010441 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Frederick Jagel ; Charles Paul | Tenor vocal solo, with electric organ | author | |
| Victor | BS-010442 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | O gentle presence | Frederick Jagel ; Charles Paul | Tenor vocal solo, with electric organ | author | |
| Victor | BS-010443 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | O gentle presence | Frederick Jagel ; Charles Paul | Tenor vocal solo, with electric organ | author | |
| Victor | BS-010446 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | Communion hymn : Saw ye my saviour | Frederick Jagel ; Thomas Richner | Tenor vocal solo, with electric organ | author | |
| Victor | PD6VB-1802 | 10-in. | 2/6/1946 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Hymns of All Churches Choir | Mixed vocal choir, with soprano vocal solo and instrumental quartet | author | |
| Victor | [Trial 1918-01-11-01] | Not documented | 1/11/1918 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Flora McGill Keefer | Female vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Columbia | 3657 | 10-in. | between January and June 1907 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Frederick Weld | Male vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Columbia | 45839 | 10-in. | 7/3/1915 | O'er waiting harp-strings of the mind | Nevada Van der Veer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 47118 | 10-in. | 11/2/1916 | Saw ye my Saviour | Nevada Van der Veer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 79548 | 10-in. | 12/3/1920 | O gentle presence | Harry C. Browne | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 80180 | 10-in. | 2/10/1922 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Harry C. Browne | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 81277 | 10-in. | 10/11/1923 | Saw ye my Saviour? | Oscar Seagle | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 81880 | 10-in. | 7/18/1924 | Saw ye my Saviour? | Lucy M. van de Mark | Female vocal solo, with violin, cello, and organ | author | |
| Columbia | 30072 | 12-in. | approximately 1906 | Saw ye my savior | Frederick Weld | Male vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Columbia | 30073 | 12-in. | between 1906 and June 1907 | O'er waiting harpstrings of the mind | Frederick Weld | Male vocal solo, with organ | author | |
| Columbia | 37392 | 12-in. | approximately 1915 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Beecher C. Burton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 98007 | 12-in. | 1/11/1922 | O gentle presence | Flora Keffer | Female vocal solo | author | |
| Columbia | 98009 | 12-in. | 1/16/1922 | O'er waiting harpstrings of the mind | Nevada Van der Veer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 98031 | 12-in. | 7/17/1922 | Oh gentle presence | Nevada Van der Veer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 98065 | 12-in. | 3/29/1923 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Nevada Van der Veer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Columbia | 98156 | 12-in. | 7/17/1924 | O gentle presence | Lucy M. van de Mark | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | author | |
| Columbia | 98161 | 12-in. | 11/20/1924 | Saw ye my Saviour? | Lucy M. van de Mark | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | author | |
| OKeh | S-70023 | 10-in. | July 1921 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Nevada Van der Veer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| OKeh | S-70024 | 10-in. | July 1921 | O'er waiting harpstrings of the mind | Nevada Van der Veer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Brunswick | 4110 | 10-in. | approximately September 1920 | Saw ye my Savior | Lloyd Simonson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Brunswick | 4935 | 10-in. | approximately January 1921 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Lloyd Simonson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Brunswick | B82-B83 | 10-in. | 8/6/1924 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | B84-B87 | 10-in. | 8/6/1924 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | 13715-13716 | 10-in. | 8/11/1924 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | 13717-13719 | 10-in. | 8/11/1924 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | 13939-13941 | 10-in. | 10/14/1924 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Contralto vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | 13981-13982 | 10-in. | 10/18/1924 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | 14830-14832 | 10-in. | 2/5/1925 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Brunswick | 14915-14916 | 10-in. | 2/13/1925 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Brunswick | E18603 | 10-in. | 3/29/1926 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | E18487-E18488 | 10-in. | 3/19/1926 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | E18489-E18491 | 10-in. | 3/19/1926 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | E18541-E18543 | 10-in. | 3/25/1926 | Saw ye my Saviour | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | E18544-E18545 | 10-in. | 3/25/1926 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Marie Morrisey | Female vocal solo, with string quartet and organ | author | |
| Brunswick | C2110 | 10-in. | 7/23/1928 | Saw ye my Savior | Sylvia Metcalf | Female vocal solo, with piano | author | |
| Edison | 5076 | 10-in. | 10/18/1916 | Shepherd, show me how to go | Nevada Van der Veer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Edison | 5077 | 10-in. | 10/18/1916 | Saw ye my Saviour | Nevada Van der Veer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Edison | 5822 | 10-in. | 10/1/1917 | O'er waiting harpstrings of the mind | Nevada Van der Veer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | author | |
| Edison | 8168 | 10-in. | 8/4/1921 | Oh gentle presence | Robert C. Dyrenforth ; Robert Gayler | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | author | |
| Decca | 80480 | 1/31/1951 | Saw ye my Savior | Felix Knight | author |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Eddy, Mary Baker," accessed January 7, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102613.
Eddy, Mary Baker. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 7, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102613.
"Eddy, Mary Baker." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 7 January 2026.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Eddy, Mary Baker, 1821-1910 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79139484
Wikidata: Mary Baker Eddy - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q235069
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/102315044
MusicBrainz: Mary Baker Eddy - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/06aff101-4ce0-45a8-a17d-3bde92bfd829
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/46615 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/46615
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