Augusta E. Stetson Letters to James H. Hayes and Florence B. Hayes: Finding Aid mssHM 19831-19871
Gayle M. Richardson
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Title: Augusta E. Stetson letters to James H. Hayes and Florence B. Hayes
Creator:
Stetson, Augusta E.
(Augusta Emma), 1842?-1928
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 19831-19871
Physical Description:
1.58 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1906-1925
Abstract: A collection of letters from Augusta
Emma Stetson, a leader of the Christian Science church in New York.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Augusta E. Stetson letters to James H. Hayes and Florence B.
Hayes, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. James B. Hayes, 1957.
Augusta Emma (Simmons) Stetson (approximately 1842-1928) was born in Waldoboro, Maine; she
married Frederick J. Stetson and studied under Mary Baker Eddy at the Massachusetts
Metaphysical College. In 1886 she organized the First Christian Science Church in New York
and was ordained as a pastor there in 1890. In 1891, Augusta Stetson established the New
York City Christian Science Institute. A rift between her and Mary Baker Eddy led to Augusta
Stetson's excommunication in 1909. She, however, retained her post as principal of the New
York Christian Science Institute and continued to preach her version of Christian Science
until her death in Rochester, New York, on October 12, 1928.
A collection of letters from Augusta E. Stetson to her students Florence Belle Hayes and
her husband James Henry Hayes, who was a judge in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The collection
also includes photographs of Augusta E. Stetson and Mary Baker Eddy, printed material, and
newspaper clippings.
Processed by Huntington Library staff in approximately 1960; in February 2024, Gayle M.
Richardson created the finding aid.
Arranged alphabetically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Christian Science -- History
Christian Scientists
United States -- History -- 20th century -- Religious aspects --
Christian Science
Ephemera
Letters (correspondence)
Photographs
Hayes, Florence Belle Donnelly
Hayes, James H. (James Henry)
Box 1
Augusta E. Stetson letters to James H. Hayes and Florence B. Hayes 1906-1925
Box 2
Photographs of Augusta E. Stetson and Mary Baker Eddy; printed material; newspaper clippings related to Augusta E. Stetson