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The Mary Baker Eddy LibrarySargent and McDonald Family Collection, 1908-1935, n.d.

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Laura E. Sargent (1858–1915)Laura Ellen Adams was born April 26, 1858 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the fifth and last child of Samuel & MinervaAdams.

The family had New England roots and had moved west in 1857, settling in Oconto, Wisconsin, a town known for itslumber trade. Laura attended school there.

In 1876 Laura married James Sargent, the brother-in-law of her sister Victoria. In 1883, Laura joined her friendEmma McDonald, who had introduced her to Christian Science, in Milwaukee, where she was healed of semi-invalidism through receiving treatment in Christian Science. On returning home, she shared Science and Health withKey to the Scriptures with her family, and as a result her mother and sisters both began to study Christian Science.She traveled to Chicago the following year to study under Mary Baker Eddy, attending her Primary class on May 13.This special class—the only one Eddy taught in the west—occurred after Christian Science had begun to take hold inthe Midwest. In a June 1884 letter to Eldridge J. Smith, Eddy stated “this great work had been started but mystudents needed me to give it a right foundation and impulse in that city of ceaseless enterprise.” Benefitting fromthat “right foundation,” Laura healed her first patient, her mother, soon after the class. At Eddy’s request, she andVictoria traveled to Boston to attend another Primary class that Eddy taught on December 22.

In May 1886 Laura enrolled in Eddy’s Normal class at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in Boston. Later thatyear she was among those involved in the construction of a church edifice in Oconto, stemming from the growth ofChristian Science there. It was the first structure in the world specifically designated for Christian Science worship. Atthis time Laura began advertising in The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner. The followingyear she taught her first Primary class. She became a member of The Mother Church (The First Church of Christ,Scientist, Boston) on September 23, 1892.

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Sargent, Laura E.--1858-1915Sargent, Victoria H.--1848-1930McDonald, Minnie S.--c.1869-1950

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[Identification of item], Sargent and McDonald Family Collection, LSC021, The Mary Baker Eddy Library.

The Sargent and McDonald Family Collection includes printed materials owned by members of the Sargent andMcDonald families, as well as photographs depicting these families and related people and places. The collectioncontains two series. Series I, Printed Materials, is arranged by the order of each item’s assigned accession number.Series II, Photographs, is arranged by assigned “P” number. The collection is described at the item level.

Series I, Printed Materials, consists of 15 books, as well as one set of two books, and a 1946 Christian ScienceQuarterly in a leather case. Many of the books were owned by members of the Sargent and McDonald families, andmany contain inscriptions. Most books are writings of Mary Baker Eddy, including six copies of Science and Healthwith Key to the Scriptures, two Christian Science Hymnals, and other titles. There are also three Bibles and one otherreligious title, Daily Light on the Daily Path. The collection also includes five postcards, a leaflet on the history of FirstChurch of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, and a clipping of Victoria Sargent’s obituary from an unidentified newspaper. Thepostcards depict First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto; Eddy’s Chestnut Hill residence; The Mother Church; and ahistoric cottage in Green Bay. Dates for items in Series I reflect dates of inscription rather than publication.

Series II, Photographs, contains photographs depicting the Sargent and McDonald families (primarily Laura, Victoria,Minnie, and members of Minnie’s extended family); other members of Eddy’s household (including Adam H. Dickey,William and Ella Rathvon, Adelaide Still, and others); and the grounds at Chestnut Hill. Photograph numbers withdecimal points reflect images that were previously represented in the collection by other photographs, prior to thedonation of the Sargent and McDonald Family Collection. Those related items can be found in the HistoricPhotographs Collection.

Related Collections

Materials related to this collection, including the Sargent sisters’ correspondence to and from Eddy, can be found inThe Mary Baker Eddy Collection, in Incoming Correspondence, Outgoing Correspondence, and Autographed andInscribed Books; in the Subject File; and in the Reminiscence File. Additional photographs of the Sargent andMcDonald families can be found in the Historic Photographs Collection.

Laura E. Sargent (1858–1915)Laura Ellen Adams was born April 26, 1858 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the fifth and last child of Samuel & MinervaAdams.

The family had New England roots and had moved west in 1857, settling in Oconto, Wisconsin, a town known for itslumber trade. Laura attended school there.

In 1876 Laura married James Sargent, the brother-in-law of her sister Victoria. In 1883, Laura joined her friendEmma McDonald, who had introduced her to Christian Science, in Milwaukee, where she was healed of semi-invalidism through receiving treatment in Christian Science. On returning home, she shared Science and Health withKey to the Scriptures with her family, and as a result her mother and sisters both began to study Christian Science.She traveled to Chicago the following year to study under Mary Baker Eddy, attending her Primary class on May 13.This special class—the only one Eddy taught in the west—occurred after Christian Science had begun to take hold inthe Midwest. In a June 1884 letter to Eldridge J. Smith, Eddy stated “this great work had been started but mystudents needed me to give it a right foundation and impulse in that city of ceaseless enterprise.” Benefitting fromthat “right foundation,” Laura healed her first patient, her mother, soon after the class. At Eddy’s request, she andVictoria traveled to Boston to attend another Primary class that Eddy taught on December 22.

In May 1886 Laura enrolled in Eddy’s Normal class at the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in Boston. Later thatyear she was among those involved in the construction of a church edifice in Oconto, stemming from the growth ofChristian Science there. It was the first structure in the world specifically designated for Christian Science worship. At

In 1890, Eddy called on Laura to join her household at 62 North State Street in Concord, New Hampshire. Thismarked the beginning of 20 years of employment; for much of that time she alternated working for Eddy in theNortheast and returning to Oconto. After 1903 Laura was permanently employed in Eddy’s household. Many people,including other household staff and outsiders such as Sibyl Wilbur, as well as Eddy herself, would all remark onLaura’s centrality to the management of both the Pleasant View household in Concord and the household inChestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

After Eddy died in 1910, the Christian Science Board of Directors appointed Laura custodian of Chestnut Hill, whereshe remained until her death in 1915. Additionally, she served on The Mother Church’s Committee on Business andBible Lesson Committee, and in 1913 was the second woman (after Eddy herself) to teach a Christian ScienceNormal class.

Victoria H. Sargent (1848–1930)Victoria Hortense Adams was born May 28, 1848, in Bowdoinham, Maine, the third child of Samuel and MinervaAdams. She moved with her family to Oconto, Wisconsin in 1856. In 1866 she married Henry Sargent, a native ofNew Brunswick who had moved to Oconto to work in its lumber industry. They had two daughters, Minerva (Minnie)and Elizabeth (Bessie).

In May 1884 Victoria received a telegraph from her sister Laura, requesting that she join her at Eddy’s Primary classin Chicago. She arrived too late to make the class, but did purchase Science and Health from Eddy. In herreminiscence, she recalled that while reading the book she was “perfectly healed of a complication of diseases.” ThatDecember she traveled to Boston with Laura to take Primary class instruction from Eddy. Victoria was involved in theestablishment of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, and although he was not himself a Christian Scientist,Henry donated the land for it. In 1889 Victoria was elected First Reader at this church, an office she held for fiveyears.

On December 31, 1892, Victoria became a member of The Mother Church. In 1895 she taught her first ChristianScience Primary class in Green Bay and served as Second Reader at First Church of Christ, Scientist, in that city.

While not a member of Eddy’s household like her sister, Victoria remained close with Eddy through correspondence.At Eddy’s request she traveled to Concord in 1907, to help by contributing specific prayer in connections with theNext Friends lawsuit, in which Eddy was engaged. After Laura’s death in 1915, the Christian Science Board ofDirectors appointed Victoria custodian of Eddy’s property in Chestnut Hill, a position she held until her own passing in1930.

Minnie S. McDonald (c. 1869–1950)Minerva (Minnie) Sargent was born circa 1869, the elder daughter of Victoria and Henry Sargent. She married WillMcDonald in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Lanson P. Norcross at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto. Hisparents, Hugh and Emma McDonald, were friends who introduced Laura Sargent, Minnie’s aunt, to ChristianScience. She became a member of The Mother Church on July 1, 1893. After her mother’s death in 1930, theChristian Science Board of Directors appointed her custodian of the Chestnut Hill property, a position she filled untilher death in 1950.

Sources• Coffman, William Curtis et al. A Biographical Sketch of Victoria H. Sargent, C.S.D. and Laura E. Sargent, C.S.D. Green Bay: Victoria H. Sargent’s Students’ Association, 1953.• Frederick, Heather Vogel. Life at 400 Beacon Street: Working in Mary Baker Eddy’s Household. Chestnut Hill: Longyear Museum Press, 2019.• Mary Baker Eddy to Eldridge J. Smith, 25 June 1884, L02069.• Sargent, Victoria H., n.d., Reminiscence, 1.

Scope and Content Note

The Sargent and McDonald Family Collection includes printed materials owned by members of the Sargent andMcDonald families, as well as photographs depicting these families and related people and places. The collectioncontains two series. Series I, Printed Materials, is arranged by the order of each item’s assigned accession number.Series II, Photographs, is arranged by assigned “P” number. The collection is described at the item level.

Series I, Printed Materials, consists of 15 books, as well as one set of two books, and a 1946 Christian ScienceQuarterly in a leather case. Many of the books were owned by members of the Sargent and McDonald families, andmany contain inscriptions. Most books are writings of Mary Baker Eddy, including six copies of Science and Healthwith Key to the Scriptures, two Christian Science Hymnals, and other titles. There are also three Bibles and one otherreligious title, Daily Light on the Daily Path. The collection also includes five postcards, a leaflet on the history of FirstChurch of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, and a clipping of Victoria Sargent’s obituary from an unidentified newspaper. Thepostcards depict First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto; Eddy’s Chestnut Hill residence; The Mother Church; and ahistoric cottage in Green Bay. Dates for items in Series I reflect dates of inscription rather than publication.

Series II, Photographs, contains photographs depicting the Sargent and McDonald families (primarily Laura, Victoria,Minnie, and members of Minnie’s extended family); other members of Eddy’s household (including Adam H. Dickey,William and Ella Rathvon, Adelaide Still, and others); and the grounds at Chestnut Hill. Photograph numbers withdecimal points reflect images that were previously represented in the collection by other photographs, prior to thedonation of the Sargent and McDonald Family Collection. Those related items can be found in the HistoricPhotographs Collection.

Related Collections

Materials related to this collection, including the Sargent sisters’ correspondence to and from Eddy, can be found inThe Mary Baker Eddy Collection, in Incoming Correspondence, Outgoing Correspondence, and Autographed andInscribed Books; in the Subject File; and in the Reminiscence File. Additional photographs of the Sargent andMcDonald families can be found in the Historic Photographs Collection.

Series I, Printed Materials, 1921-1935, n.d.

Box 1, Sargent and McDonald Family Printed Materials, 1931, n.d.

Item Listing:

2003.023.001, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Pocket Edition.Published by CSPS, 1918. Printed by Plimpton Press, Norwood, MA. Brown,suede, yapped binding. Faded/frayed brown ribbon bookmark.

Creator: Adams, Minerva

2003.023.002, Daily Light on the Daily Path, Pocket size. Published by JamesPott & Co., New York, 1899. Black leather cover. Slip of paper inside thebook reads: "Daily Light, 1899, belonged to Minerva Randall Adams, motherof Victoria Adams Sargent and Laura Adams Sargent", signed: "D. Ebert".Written on inside black end page in pencil: "MRA". Written on next white endpage: "MRA". Blue ribbon bookmark.

2003.023.003, Rudimental Divine Science/No and Yes, Pocket Edition.Published by CSPS, 1918, [18115]. Printed by Plimpton Press, Norwood,Mass. Translated into French; English text on left pages, French text on rightpages. Black leather cover.

2003.023.004, Pulpit and Press, Published by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,Concord, N.H. 1895. Republican Press Association. Light blue cloth cover.

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Creator: McDonald, Marion M.

2003.023.005, The Christian Science Hymnal, 1910 Edition. Published byCSPS, (c) 1909, [30-6-7.5]. Black leather cover. Inscription on front page:"Marion M. McDonald/Sept. 1931". Black ribbon bookmark. 1931.

Creator: McDonald, Minnie S.

Recipient: Roper, Ruth E.

2003.023.006, The Holy Bible, Published by Oxford University Press, 6024(no date, c. 1924?). Brown leather cover. Inscription on front page: "Ruth E.Roper - Adopted/daughter of Elizabeth Sargent Roper [pencil]/With lovefor/Ruth from/Aunt Minnie/(McDonald [pencil])". A couple of handwritten notespresent on back pages. Brown ribbon bookmarks.

Creator: Adams, Minerva

2003.023.008, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, 113th Edition.Published by Joseph Armstrong, 1896. Yapped, black leather cover, with oldCross & Crown seal. Inscription on title pages: "Minerva R. Adams".

Box 2, Sargent and McDonald Family Printed Materials, 1921-1935, n.d.

Item Listing:


2003.023.010, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, ProgressEdition. Published by CSPS, 1933 [33910]. Brown leather cover. Paper foundinside front cover: "Mrs. Minnie S. McDonald/400 Beacon Street/Chestnut Hill67, /Massachusetts". On fly leaf in pencil: "McD". Title page has red lettering:"Science and Health with Key to The Scriptures. MCMXXXIII." Brown ribbonbookmark. Some notes on back flyleaf pages.

2003.023.011, The Christian Science Hymnal, 1910 Edition. Published byCSPS, (c) 1909, [30-6-7.5]. Black leather cover, with gold edges. Black ribbonbookmark, fraying at end.

Creator: Roper, Elizabeth Sargent

2003.023.012, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, 63rd Edition,Revised. Published by W.G. Nixon, 1891. Printed by University Press, JohnWilson & Son. Cambridge. Yapped black leather cover. Stamped on frontcover in gold leaf: "Bessie W. Sargent". Inscribed "Bessie" on front endpaper.Heavily annotated.

Creator: Sargent, Victoria H.

2003.023.013, Miscellaneous Writings, 43rd Edition. Published by JosephArmstrong, 1901. Yapped black leather cover. Inscription on front page:"Victoria H. Sargent/Green Bay/Wisc". Black ribbon bookmark, heavily frayedat end.


Creator: Roper, Elizabeth Sargent

2003.023.015, Pond and Purpose, Published by Rev. Mary Baker G. Eddy,Concord, N.H., 1892. Written at top on front cover: "Bessie Sargent".

2003.023.016, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, Wisconsin, Black andwhite postcard. On front: "First Church of Christ Scientist - First BuildingErected for Christian Science Services- Build A.D. 1886 Oconto, Wis. M428".On back: "All rights reserved, the L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee."

2003.023.017, Chestnut Hill, Black and white postcard of 400 Beacon Street.Front view. Written in pencil on back: "Eddy Estate/400 Beacon St/ChestnutHill/Boston". Photographed and sold by E. Koehler 88 Gainsborough St.Boston, Mass.

2003.023.018, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, Wisconsin, Printedpostcard, LRC: #3664-29. On front: "First Christian Science Church, built in1886, Oconto, Wis." On back: "Made by Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago."

2003.023.019, The Mother Church and Extension, Boston, Black and whitephotographic postcard. On front LRC: "(c) C.S.P.S. The First Church ofChrist, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts. View #25MC". Written in pencil onback: "Boston/Mother Church".

Creator: T[?], Sharon A.

Recipient: McDonald, Minnie S.

2003.023.020, Historic Tank Cottage, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Color, printedand tinted postcard (A-8664), captioned "The Historic Tank Cottage Over 100Years Old, Green Bay, Wis." Message handwritten on back, dated August 3,1935, from Sharon A. T[?]. Addressed on back: "Mrs. Minnie S. McDonald/400Beacon Street/Chestnut Hill/Massachusetts". C.T. American Art Colored.Chicago. 8/3/1935.

2003.023.021, First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, Wisconsin, Leafletdescribing the history of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Oconto, WI. Threeprinted pages.


2003.023.022, Chestnut Hill Home Custodian Passes On, Newspaper clipping[newspaper unidentified] containing Victoria Sargent's obituary. 1930.


Recipient: Roper, Ruth E.

2003.023.023 A-D, Book Set: Holy Bible, Science and Health, 1946 CSQuarterly, Book set with case: A=The Holy Bible (Oxford University Press,black leather cover, inscribed "Adopted daughter of Bessie SargentRoper[pencil] Ruth E. Roper with love from Aunt Minnie (McDonald [pencil])June 1921". B=1921 Science and Health (black leather cover, inscribed;'Ruth Roper' [pencil] "To my dear Ruth from Grandma, June 15, 1921"/'fromVictorial Adams Sargent' [pencil]. C=1946 January-March Christian ScienceQuarterly (Bible Lessons) with removable leather cover. D=Black leather casefor A-C. Black ribbon markers. 1921.

Box 3, Sargent and McDonald Family Printed Materials, n.d.

Item Listing:

Creator: Sargent, Victoria H.

2003.023.007, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, Readers'Edition; Large Print. Published by Allison V. Stewart, 1914, Boston, U.S.A.Black leather cover with gold edges. Inscription on front page: "Mrs. V.H.Sargent". Two black ribbon bookmarks, both frayed at edges.

Creator: McDonald, Marion M.

2003.023.009, A Complete Concordance to Science and Health with Key tothe Scriptures, Published by Allison V. Stewart, 1916, Printed by PlimptonPress, Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. Black leather cover. Inscription on front page:"Marion".

2003.023.014, The Holy Bible, Published by Oxford University Press. Yappedblack leather cover. Reference Bible. Includes maps of Palestine, travels ofthe Apostle Paul, the Holy Land, etc. Some notations on blank pages at end.

Series II, Photographs, 1908-1929, n.d.

Box 4, Sargent and McDonald Family Photographs, 1908-1929, n.d.

Item Listing:

Creator: Kurz, A.G.

P01561.1, Laura Sargent, Black and white carte-de-visite of Laura Sargentwearing a winter coat, muff, and hat. Written on back in pencil: "Laura AdamsSargent/(Mrs. James)/Oconto, Wis. &/Green Bay".


Creator: Kurz, A.G.

P01561.2, Laura Sargent, Black and white photograph enlargement fromcabinet card of Laura Sargent wearing a winter coat, muff, and hat. Written onback: "Laura Sargent".

P01565.2, Laura Sargent and Victoria Sargent, Black and white photo ofVictoria and Laura Sargent sitting at a table on a porch, hands in laps andfacing camera. Written on back: "Victoria Laura Boston/Breakfast-rear/porch".

P01566.1, Victoria Sargent, Minnie McDonald, and Marion McDonald, Groupphotograph. Black and white photograph of Victoria Sargent, Minnie SargentMcDonald, and Marian McDonald in a flower garden. Written on photographfront: "Garden Chestnut Hill Sept. 2, 1915". Back reads: "Garden Boston."9/15/1915.

P01573.1, Victoria H. (Adams) Sargent, Sargent is facing viewer's left. OnBack: "Youthful when married??/Victoria Sargent".

P05482.2, Chestnut Hill Grounds: Garden, Black and white photograph of thegarden at Chestnut Hill with tulips blooming in the foreground and pergola inbackground. Back reads: "Rear garden/Eddy".

P05548.1, Chestnut Hill Grounds: Garden, Black and white photo of flowerbed at 400 Beacon Street. Written on back: "Flower bed, pink/geraniums, infront/of front drive/Eddy-/Circle entrance".

P05993.2, Minnie, Adelaide, Martha: Helpers at Chestnut Hill, Black and whitephotograph of three women in white dresses standing on the lawn in front of400 Beacon. Women are numbered 1,2,3 at the bottom of the photograph.Back reads: "1. Minnie = Cook 2. Adelaide = 3. Martha = Helpers / Helpers @Eddy".


P06943.1, Laura Sargent and Gentleman at Pleasant View Gate, Black andwhite photograph of Laura Sargent and possibly Calvin Frye at the PleasantView Gate. Mrs. Sargent is standing at left looking into the camera. Thegentlemen wearing a boater is leaning forward with his forearms on the gate.

P08971, Minnie Sargent McDonald, Jane Skinner, Robert Skinner, Black andwhite photo taken outdoors near a tree. Written on back: "Minerva" and "JaneSkinner (niece)".

P08972, Mary Baker Eddy Memorial: Mt. Auburn Cemetary, Black and whitephoto of Mrs. Eddy's memorial at Mt. Auburn Cemetary. Written on back:"Mrs.Eddy Memorial/Mt. Auburn Cemetary".

P08973, Victoria Sargent and Minnie S. McDonald, Black and white photo ofVictoria and Minnie standing on lawn in front of Chestnut Hill. Written on back:"Victoria and Minnie/Eddy Estate".

P08974, Victoria Sargent, Minnie S. McDonald, Margaret (Kitty) McDonald,Marion McDonald, Black and white photo of four women at Chestnut Hill.Written on bottom-front:"XMAS 1929". Written on back: "Kitty McD/VictoriaAdams Sargent/Minnie Sargent McD/Kitty McD/Marion". 12/25/1929.

P08975, Victoria Sargent, Black and white photo of Victoria Sargent in a chairoutdoors. Back reads: "Victora Adams Mrs. Henry Sargent Boston?".

P08976, Victoria Sargent, Black and white photograph of Victoria Sargentstanding outdoors near a bush with left hand raised. Back reads: "VictoriaSargent Eddy Estate".

P08977, Victoria Sargent and Minnie S. McDonald, Black and whitephotograph showing Victoria Sargent and Minnie McDonald outdoors withtrees behind them. Back reads:" First (daughter) Minnie McD. VictoriaHortense Adams Sargent (Mother)".


P08978, Victoria Sargent and Minnie S. McDonald, Black and whitephotograph of Victoria Sargent and Minnie McDonald standing outdoors nextto a low brick wall. Back reads: "Boston Over carriage entrance LT. of frontdoor".

P08979, Victoria Sargent, Minnie S. McDonald, Margaret (Kitty) McDonald,Marion McDonald, Black and white photograph of Victoria Sargent, MinnieMcDonald, Kitty (Margarent) and Marion McDonald outdoors. Back reads:"Kitty McD. Marion McD.} Worked in CS Publishing House. Minnie andGrandma lived together here. K. & M. had an apartment on Boylston St. (RuthRoper)".

P08980, Victoria Sargent, Black and white photograph of Victoria Sargent andanother woman sitting in chairs on a porch wearing fancy hats. Back Reads:"Mrs. Henry Sargent (left) ?Eddy Estate - Pleasant View? Other person?".

P08981, Victoria Sargent, Minnie S. McDonald, Marion & Margaret (Kitty)McDonald, Black and white photograph of Victoria Sargent, Marion McDonald,Minnie Sargent, and Margaret (Kitty) McDonald standing on the lawn beforean ivy-covered building. Back Reads: "Marion McD. (Sister-in-law of MinnieSargent McD. (Mrs. William)) Minnie Sargent McDonald, Victoria Sargent,Kitty McD. (Sister-in-law of MSMCD)".

P08982, Minnie S. McDonald and Marion McDonald, Black and whitephotograph of Minnie Sargent McDonald and Marion McDonald in a gardenobserving a sun dial. Back Reads: "Minnie & Marion". 9/1915.

P08983, Chestnut Hill Facing Minnie S. McDonald's Room, Black and whitephoto of front of 400 Beacon Street in winter. Written on back:"My bedroom -(Minnie)/Front door".

P08984, Marion McDonald, Black and white photograph of Marion McDonaldwearing pendant on a long chair, standing before an ivy-covered wall. Backreads: "Marion McDonald Boston? Daughter of Hugh McDonald of Green Bay,Wis."


P08985, Minnie S. McDonald and Jane Skinner, Black and white photographof Minnie Sargent and Jane Skinner taken outdoors. Back Reads: "MinnieSargent McDonald Jane Skinner (her cousin)".

P08986, Bess Skinner, Black and white photograph of Bess Skinner andanother woman at the shore. Back Reads: "Aug. 23 1908 Bess Skinner (left)Daughter of Laura Sargent's 3rd sister." 8/23/1908.

P08987, Minnie S. McDonald, Jane Skinner, Robert Skinner, Black and whitephotograph of Jane Skinner, Robert Skinner, and Minnie Sargent McDonald.Back reads: "Jane Skinner McD. Robt. Skinner Their mother, Bess, wasdaughter of 3rd sister of Laura's."

P08988, Minnie S. McDonald and Robert Skinner, Black and whitephotograph of Minnie Sargent and Robert Skinner taken outdoors. Backreads: "Bob Skinner McD. Minnie Sargent McDonald and Robert Skinner, hercousin".

P08989, The Mother Church Extension, Black and white photograph overallview of north side of The Mother Church Extension and a portion of the lawn.Back reads: "Mother Church/Boston".

P08990, Chestnut Hill Grounds, Featuring Esther (Helper), Black and whitephoto of woman standing at the front gate of 400 Beacon Street in winter.Written on back: "Esther (Helper) at the gate notice gate lights / Eddy Boston".

P08991, Chestnut Hill Grounds: Front Gate Lights, Black and white photo ofthe front gate lights at 400 Beacon Street in Winter. Written on Back: "Noticegate lights" and "Eddy".

P08992, Chestnut Hill Grounds: Carriage House, Black and white photo of thecarriage house at 400 Beacon Street in winter. Written on back: "Stable &Cottage/ 400 Beacon St./ Chestnut Hill Eddy/ Boston".


P08993, Chestnut Hill Grounds in Winter, Black and white photograph withChestnut Hill in the background and snowy lawn in foreground. Back reads:"Eddy Estate/ East side or back".

P08994, Chestnut Hill Grounds in Spring, Black and white photograph ofChestnut Hill grounds showing a bed of tulips at a curve in the driveway. Backreads: "Spring at Chestnut Hill" [in Minnie S. McDonald's handwriting] and"Mrs. Will McD. hand ^/Taken from Eddy Est. entrance Rt. side of circle drive"[unknown handwriting].

P08995, Chestnut Hill Grounds: Rear of House, Black and white photographof Chestnut Hill rear of house with lawn and flowers and bird house at centerforeground. Back reads: "House from rear/ East side".

P08996, Chestnut Hill Grounds, Black and white photograph with ChestnutHill in background and lawn and tall thin tree in foreground. Back reads: "EddyEstate/Boston".

P08997, Chestnut Hill Grounds: House and Driveway, Black and whitephotograph of Chestnut Hill and grounds, showing house in the backgroundwith driveway winding from left past large tree on the right foreground. Backreads: "Boston/Eddy--House Entrance/2 Garden." [Caption for both P08997 &P08998].

P08998, Chestnut Hill Grounds: Garden and Path, Black and whitephotograph of Chestnut Hill grounds showing a path running from centerforeground past flowers and a vine covered pergola. Back reads:"Boston/Eddy--House Entrance/2 Garden." [Caption for both P08997 &P08998].

P08999, Victoria Sargent and Minnie S. McDonald (Negative & Copy),Negative (with envelope reading "Film of Mother & Minnie"). Copy taken fromthe negative showing Victoria Sargent and Minnie McDonald seated in front ofa mantel at Chestnut Hill. Victoria wearing white waist and dark skirt. Minniewearing white print cotton house dress.


P09091, Laura Sargent in Car with Mr. & Mrs. Adam H. Dickey and Mr. & Mrs.William R. Rathvon, Black and white photograph of five people in anautomobile (the steamer) in the driveway of Chestnut Hill. Written on back:"Mr. & Mrs. Dickey Mr. & Mrs. Rathvon Aunt Laura."


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