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Unity Library and Archives Myrtle Fil lmore Papers

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Summary Description

The papers of Myrtle Fillmore document primarily her work as correspondent for the Silent

Unity Department of Unity School of Christianity. Myrtle Fillmore and her husband, Charles S.

Fillmore, co-founded Unity School of Christianity, a New Thought, Christian, healing ministry

based on affirmative prayer.

Most of the collection consists of incoming prayer request letters and typewritten carbon copies

of Fillmore's outgoing correspondence between January 1928 and October 1931. They include

some handwritten postscripts and drafts of letters. A much smaller portion of the collection

contains incoming prayer request letters and typewritten carbon copies of Fillmore's outgoing

correspondence between 1890 and 1927.

Of particular interest is a series of lessons from 1890 relating to the nature of God and humanity.

Fillmore delivered some. Others may be notes from lectures, but all reveal the Christian Science

influence of Emma Curtis Hopkins, a teacher of the Fillmores. A small assortment of notes and

papers is related to Wee Wisdom, the children’s magazine founded and edited by Myrtle Fillmore.

Personal correspondence and ephemera comprise the remainder of the collection dating from

1853.

Quantity: 9 linear feet

Donor: Probably Lowell Fillmore and the Silent Unity Department, c. 1936

Access:

The collection is open with this note of caution regarding the Silent Unity Department File:

researchers should note that Silent Unity correspondence was considered confidential between

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1928 and 1931, as is current Silent Unity correspondence. Confidentiality was emphasized in

each Silent Unity column in Unity magazine during the period. The Silent Unity Department

File was likely saved only because it includes examples of Myrtle Fillmore’s writing. Although

most of the correspondents are no longer living, researchers are requested to use discretion

regarding the use of personal portions of incoming and outgoing correspondence.

Copyright

Copyright interests and literary property rights relative to the papers of Myrtle Page Fillmore

belong to Unity School of Christianity. Copies of material may be obtained for personal use

only. Any other reproduction or publication of materials is not allowed without the expressed

permission of Unity School of Christianity. Researchers are directed to secure permission to

publish beyond fair use when copying and citing sources to materials obtained from the

Archives' holdings.

Processing

Initial processing by David W. Jackson, Assistant Archivist and Fern I. Hunt, volunteer (1996);

Further processing by Eric Eugene Page, Assistant Archivist and Mary Vincent, volunteer (1996 -

1999); Collection description and research by Eric Eugene Page (1999). Microfilming of the

collection was completed in 2001 under the direction of Carolyn Stewart and Walter LeConte.

Some sections of the collection – letter fragments, books, and photographs – were not filmed.

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THE PAPERS OF MYRTLE FILLMORE

Table of Contents

Myrtle Page Fillmore Timeline……………………………………………………………………4

Scope and Content Note…………………………………………………………………………..9

Christian Science Lessons Section Description…………………………………………………..10

Wee Wisdom Department Section Description………. ……………………………………….11

Silent Unity Department Section Description...………………………………………………….12

Personal and Posthumous Files Section Description…………………………………………..18

Archivist’s Notes…………………………………………………………………………………20

The Papers of Myrtle Fillmore Inventory ………………………………………………………..22

Christian Science Lessons (folders 1-20) ………………………………………..22

Wee Wisdom Department (folders 21-28)...…… ……………………………..22

Silent Unity Department (folders 29-237)… ……………………………………23

Personal and Posthumous Files (folders 238-366)…………………………….30

Items Received after Microfilming Project (folders 367-374)...…………….…35

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MYRTLE PAGE FILLMORE TIMELINE

1845 AUG 06 Mary Caroline Page born near Delaware (now Pagetown), Morrow County, Ohio; daughter of Marcus and Lucy (Wheeler) Page who used “Myrtle” as a nickname for their daughter

1866 Enrolled in the one year program at Oberlin College 1867 Graduated from the "Literary Course for Ladies" and received a teaching certificate 1868 Accepted a position in public school in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri (spent 13 years there except for

the one year 1877 - 1878) 1877 Secured a position as a teacher in Denison, Texas and met Charles S. Fillmore, a clerk in the freight office

of the M.K. & T. Railroad 1878 Left Texas to resume teaching; stayed with her brother in Clinton, Missouri 1881 MAR 29 Married to Charles S. Fillmore in Clinton, Missouri; they moved to Gunnison City, Colorado

where they made their home for a season; moved to Pueblo, Colorado when mining boom broke; Charles, a notary public, started the real estate and insurance business "Charles Fillmore & Co." which was succeeded by "Small, Fillmore & Co."

1882 JAN 04 Son, Lowell Page Fillmore born in Pueblo, Colorado 1884 JUN 01 Son, Waldo Rickert Fillmore born in Pueblo, Colorado; broke up their home in Pueblo and spent

the winter in Omaha, Nebraska 1885 Settled permanently in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri; Charles spent his time in real estate

"plunging" 1886 Learned "spiritual healing" ideas from lecture by Dr. E. B. Weeks; began blessing and praying with friends 1887 JUL Received a certificate after taking a course instruction in the principles of Christian Science from

Joseph Adams, a Normal Class Graduate of the Massachusetts Metaphysical College in Boston, Massachusetts

1888 Myrtle healed of tubercular condition 1889 Christian Science Society study group started APR Modern Thought Publishing Company founded and located at 1 Journal Building; premier issue of Modern

Thought magazine JUL 16 Son, John Royal Fillmore born AUG Modern Thought Publishing Company relocated to 32 Deardorff Building at the corner of 11th and Main

Streets 1890 Society of Silent Help formed (name changed to the Society of Silent Unity; now called Silent Unity)

Moved residence to 415 Landis Court OCT Moved headquarters to the Hall Building located at 820 Walnut

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DEC 01 Delivered "Third Lesson in Christian Science" at the Christian Science Theological Seminary, Chicago,

Cook County, Illinois DEC 10 Received an ordination certificate from the Christian Science Theological Seminary signed by Emma Curtis

Hopkins, Annie E. Rix, and F.S. Vann Eps 1891 Moved residence to 4802 E. 6th Street NOV Thought Publishing Company succeeded by Unity Book Company 1892 Moved residence to 422 Cypress 1893 Moved residence to 424 Cypress

Attended, with her husband Charles, the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago during the World’s Columbian Exposition

AUG Unity begins publishing Wee Wisdom, a children’s magazine, with Myrtle Fillmore as editor 1894 Moved residence to 4213 E. 6th Street

Unity Book Company moved to 537 Hall Building at 820 Walnut Street Unity publishes Wee Wisdom’s Way, a children’s book, by Myrtle Fillmore

1895 Moved residence to 4113 E. 6th Street

Unity Book Company moved to 511 Hall Building

Society of Silent Unity located at 510 Hall Building 1896 Moved residence to 4213 E. 6th Street

Unity Book Company moved to 512 Hall Building 1898 Unity headquarters moved to a house at 1315 McGee Street 1901 Healing Revival engagement at Manitou, Colorado 1903 JUL 29 Unity Society of Practical Christianity incorporated 1905 SEP 01 Moved headquarters to 913-917 Tracy Avenue DEC 10 Received a Certificate of Membership from the Unity Society of Practical Christianity signed by Lowell

Fillmore, Secretary 1906 AUG 31 Ordained by the Unity Society of Practical Christianity 1909 AUG Traveled alone to Manitou, Colorado to teach and visit friends 1910 APR Enumerated in the 1910 Federal Population Census with her husband, his mother, and three sons

at 428 Elmwood Avenue 1914 Unity School of Christianity incorporated 1916 Administration Building built

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1918 AUG 03 Declaration of Trust created, Unity School of Christianity Received a Certificate of Ordination from Unity School of Christianity 1919 AUG 04 Son, Rickert married Harriet Collins (by Charles S. Fillmore)

First acreage purchased at Unity Farm, Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri 1920 JAN 09 Enumerated in the 1920 Federal Population Census with her husband, his mother and sons,

Lowell and Royal, at 438 Elmwood NOV 27 son, Royal married Frances Sleater in New Jersey; David Walter Pye was Royal's best man (or 9 DEC)

Unity Inn began 1921 JAN 21 Grandson, Charles Rickert Fillmore born (son of Rickert/Harriet) Charles S. Fillmore has an engagement in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 1921 OCT 01 Granddaughter, Myrtle Innocencia "Frances" Fillmore born (daughter of Royal/Frances; raised by

her Uncle, Lowell Fillmore)

Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Unity School of Christianity 1922 WOQ first radio broadcast DEC Imelda O. Shanklin succeeds Myrtle Fillmore as editor of Wee Wisdom magazine 1923 SEP 09 Son, Royal made his transition in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Minnesota 1925 OCT 21 Granddaughter, Rosemary Fillmore born (daughter of Rickert/Harriet) 1926 FEB 14 Son, Lowell, married Alice Lee (by Charles S. Fillmore) Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Unity School of Christianity 1929 MAY 10 Silent Unity Department moved temporarily to Unity Farm 1930 FEB Jane Palmer succeeded Imelda O. Shanklin as editor of Wee Wisdom JUL 11 Due to economic considerations the Silent Unity Department returns to 917 Tracy Avenue 1931 MAR 12 Mother-in-law, Mary G. Fillmore made her transition at Unity Farm, Jackson County, Missouri MAR 29 Celebrated 50th Wedding Anniversary with Charles S. Fillmore MAY Elected Queen of the May by Unity employees OCT 06 Myrtle Fillmore made her transition at Unity Farm

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Scope and Content Note

The papers of Myrtle Fillmore document primarily her work as correspondent for the Silent

Unity Department of Unity School of Christianity. Myrtle Fillmore and her husband, Charles S.

Fillmore, co-founded Unity School of Christianity, a New Thought, Christian, healing ministry

based on affirmative prayer.

Most of the collection consists of incoming prayer request letters and typewritten carbon copies

of Fillmore's outgoing correspondence between January 1928 and October 1931. Some

handwritten postscripts are included on some letters as well as some handwritten drafts of

letters. A small portion of the collection contains incoming prayer request letters and

typewritten carbon copies of Fillmore's outgoing correspondence between 1890 and 1927.

Of particular interest is a series of lessons from 1890 relating to the nature of God and humanity.

Fillmore delivered some. At least one is a copy of a lecture by J. P. Harper. Others may be notes

from lectures, but all reveal the Christian Science influence of Emma Curtis Hopkins, a teacher

of the Fillmore’s. Myrtle also founded Wee Wisdom and edited the children’s magazine for many

years. A small assortment of notes and papers related to Wee Wisdom is part of the collection.

Personal correspondence and ephemera comprise the remainder of the collection dating from

1853.

The papers of Myrtle Fillmore provide researchers an opportunity to discover her personal

warmth and compassion, intense care for others, strong desire to impart knowledge, dedication

and commitment to advancing the Unity message, as well as her passionate conviction and deep

faith in God. The collection is divided into five series: Christian Science Lessons, Wee Wisdom

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Department, Silent Unity Department, Personal, and Posthumous.

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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LESSONS

The Christian Science Lesson File contains handwritten lessons regarding the nature of God and

humanity. Myrtle and Charles Fillmore attended the Christian Science Theological Seminary in

Chicago in December 1890 and both received an ordination certificate from the seminary. These

lessons were likely a direct result of their experience in Chicago. Of the eleven lessons, four are

clearly identified as Myrtle’s, six are unidentified and one is identified a lesson by J. P. Harper, a

seminary classmate of the Fillmore’s. An article by Harper, based on the lesson, appeared in

Unity, December 1890. The handwritten lectures have all been typewritten as well. The “The

First Lesson in Christian Science” and “The Third Lesson in Christian Science” were significantly

edited and printed in the book How to Let God Help You compiled by Warren Meyer. Chapters

four, five, six, and seven of this book are based on these two lessons in Christian Science.

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WEE WISDOM DEPARTMENT

The Wee Wisdom Department File contains a very small assortment of correspondence, notes and

papers related to Wee Wisdom, Unity’s magazine for children founded and edited by Myrtle

Fillmore. Two folders include correspondence and submissions to the “Home Department,” an

early feature of the magazine. The documents date from 1894 to 1927.

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SILENT UNITY DEPARTMENT

The Silent Unity Department File consists of incoming prayer request letters and typewritten

carbon copies of Fillmore's outgoing correspondence between 1890 and 1931. While the

smallest portion dates from 1890 to 1927, the majority of the file dates between January 1928

and October 1931. The correspondence written in the office of Myrtle Fillmore was considered

confidential during the period 1928 to 1931. Note that confidentiality was emphasized in each

Silent Unity column in Unity magazine. The January 1928 issue read, “All letters received by

Silent Unity are kept confidential.” Issues in 1930 and 1931 also make this distinction.

Work in the Myrtle Fillmore Office

Some people assert that Myrtle maintained her voluminous correspondence single-handedly.

Others suspect that Myrtle’s secretaries wrote most of her letters. References in the letters

showed that Myrtle’s involvement varied. She signed most of her letters “always loving,” “yours

in love and truth,” or “lovingly always.” Myrtle used the first person and hand wrote more

personal letters to those people she knew well. Correspondents often addressed letters to both

Charles and Myrtle Fillmore. Myrtle answered many of those letters as she did other more

personal letters. Tradition claims she even learned to type later in life. The papers include some

handwritten postscripts are included on some letters as well as some handwritten drafts of

letters.

Myrtle also received assistance with her correspondence, especially during the last four years of

her life. Myrtle’s secretaries during the period 1928 - 1931 included, but were not limited to,

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Clara Kellogg, Elizabeth Schaefer, and Ila White.1 Cora Dedrick as well as other women served

as secretaries earlier. Some of the outgoing letters are transcriptions from Fillmore’s dictation as

indicated by letters and handwritten notes within the collection. The personal nature of many of

the letters and the news about her day demonstrate that she was actively involved in the ongoing

task of responding to her many correspondents. The letters themselves reveal much about her

work with her secretaries. In a June 18, 1929 letter to Clara Kellogg, Myrtle stated:

We are getting along nicely with the letters. The letters go a little behind and Silent Unity did

something so lovely; they made a “bee” for me; they help with the letters. . . I really enjoyed it

and I put postscripts when I thought the letters needed a little extra. . .You know how I love our

boys and girls, and this little bee brought us closer together I believe.

In an August 27, 1929 letter to Flora Howard she referred to Elizabeth, “the young lady who

works with me. . .” In an October 1, 1929 letter to Laura McFadin Myrtle added a note to the

top of the carbon copy, “Well said M.F.” In a December 5, 1929 letter to “Sunny Jim” she

explained that she was on vacation and resting in her apartment, “my secretary brings the letters

over here and takes notes on them, and then goes over to the office to complete the work.” In a

February 13, 1930 letter to “Aunt Ella” (Ella Berlinghoff) she wrote, “I know it will be a happy

surprise for you to know that Clara is here, typing this letter for me. She joins me in love and

blessings.” In an April 11, 1930 letter to Elizabeth Schaefer it is stated: “Mrs. Fillmore is busy

this afternoon. . . so she asked me to write to you. . . .” Those letters written by secretaries or

other workers were simply signed “SILENT UNITY.”

1The secretaries wrote their initials or first name in the upper-right hand corner of each

incoming letter. Sometimes other notes were written. The names of the women were confirmed by “routing” sheets from the Silent Unity Department Records, Administration, Silent Unity

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Silent Unity and Myrtle Fillmore set up systems for managing the voluminous correspondence.

In of a June 23, 1931 letter to Miss Padelford, Myrtle seemed to emphasize the simple need for

space in the office:

You requested that your letters written to us be returned to you. They are no longer in file (sic),

because every so often we destroy the letters that accumulate, to make room for the flood of mail

that is new.

They had learned to set retention schedule. The schedule may have been four years in the 1920s

and 1930s. In the 1990s the retention schedule for Silent Unity letter was thirty days.

Cataloging the Silent Unity Correspondence

Research in the Silent Unity Department Records indicate that the prayer topics used by Silent

Unity during the period 1928 to 1931, were nearly identical to those used in the 1990s, with a

few exceptions. The topics are used as a designation in an effort to send appropriate letters based

on prayer needs to individuals with whom Silent Unity is praying. The Telephone Prayer

Ministry Topics of 1997 (“Toppers”) were used to designate the topics of the correspondence in

this collection. The 1997 codes were used just as they were, with a few additions (see attached).

Myrtle and her staff often addressed several issues in one letter. In one letter she might offer

prayer assistance for healing and employment, share personal insights and the latest news about

Unity Farm. The codes provide researchers some idea of a few specific topics addressed by

Workers, 1922 to 1933.

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Myrtle in each letter, but the codes certainly do not address all topics . Researchers

interested in an in-depth study will not want to limit themselves to these codes. The application

of the codes was also a subjective process.

Silent Unity Prayer Ministry Topics

TOPIC CODE ANIMAL HEALING AHEA ANIMAL KOVERALL AKVR ANIMAL LOVE AND COMFORT For someone struggling with an animal passing.

ALVC

BIRTH BRTH BIRTHDAY BDAY BLESSING LETTER BLSS CHILDREN CHEA CHILDREN KOVERALL CKVR CHILDREN LOVE AND COMFORT For someone struggling with a child passing.

CHLV

DELIVERY DELV EMPLOYMENT EMPL FREEDOM FREE GOOD REPORT GDRP GOOD REPORT (Continued Prayer) GRCP GENERAL To combine a group of needs, including healing.

GENL

GUIDANCE (Wisdom) GUID HARMONY HMNY HEALING HEAL HEALING AND PROSPERITY HLPR JUSTICE JUST KOVERALL To combine a group of needs, including behavior, sleep, weight, but not healing.

KOVR

LOVE LOVE LOVE AND COMFORT For someone struggling with someone passing.

LVCF

MATERNITY MTRN ORDER Refers to Divine Order i.e. finding something, right employment, waiting to hear, weather.

ORDR

PROPERTY PPTY PROSPERITY PROS

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PROTECTION PTCN SERENITY AND FAITH This topic refers to emotional healing, forgiveness, peace of mind, peaceful passing, release, self esteem, upliftment, grace and faith.

SFTH

SUCCESS SUCC UNDERSTANDING (Spiritual Understanding) UNDR WORLD PEACE WLDP

Additional Correspondence Topics TOPIC CODE BUSINESS Refers to business related matters, i.e. subscriptions and questions about Unity.

BUS

INSTRUCTIONS Refers to very specific instructions that Fillmore gave correspondents regarding prayer and meditation practices, relationship matters, diet or other topics

INS

NEWS Indicates that information about family and Unity events are included.

NEWS

PERSONAL Indicates that personal insights or personal spiritual experiences are shared.

PERS

PRINCIPLES Signifies that Unity, New Thought or metaphysical principles are explained.

PRIN

THANK YOU Indicates that thanks was given for a gift or love offering.

THX

UNKNOWN Indicates that the prayer concern could not be determined from the correspondence.

UNKN

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PERSONAL AND POSTHUMOUS FILES

Personal File

The Personal File contains correspondence and private papers. The correspondence includes

those to family and friends. Many are correspondence from before 1890. The file includes letters

between Myrtle and Charles prior to their marriage. Other correspondences are with her

children, grandchildren and relatives. Myrtle wrote often to her oldest sister Jane Munsell, niece

Jennie Brookings, Jennie’s husband Lu and grandniece Dorothy (Dot). She corresponded with

her sister, Mrs. Henrietta (Hettie) Page Gaston and Henrietta’s children, especially niece Lucy

and occasionally with niece Ida Lathrop and Ida’s husband Cyrus. Myrtle also kept in closed

contact with her brothers David and Daniel Page. She wrote often to Daniel’s daughter, her

niece, Madeline Page Spencer (Madie), Madeline’s husband “Cliff” and occasionally gave advice

to her grandnephew Galen Spencer.

Myrtle also corresponded frequently with the family of her deceased daughter-in-law, Frances

Sleater Fillmore, wife of Myrtle’s son Royal. She often told them news about her granddaughter

Frances and the news from Unity Farm when she wrote to the parents of the Sleater family,

Innocencia Sleater and John Cooper Sleater. Their children and in-laws, Frances’ aunts and

uncles, included Elise Sleater, Marion and Wallis Jaquith, and the Biechler family.

She corresponded often with close friends who sometimes called her “Aunt Myrtle” or “Mother

Myrtle” or other affectionate names. She corresponded often with Elizabeth Berlinghoff (“Aunt

Ella”), Nina Free, Stella Paulus, Flora Reeder. She also wrote occasionally to the Landon and

Wallace families. Theodore Wallace and his sister Tesla (Tessie) Wallace-Landon and their

parents had been early participants in the Unity Society of Practical Christianity.

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Correspondence from some individuals may be found in both this file and the Silent Unity

Department File. The private papers contain Fillmore’s graduation and ordination certificates,

ephemera as well as announcements and cards saved by her.

Note: The Myrtle Fillmore Photograph scrapbook is found in the Graphic Arts Still Photograph,

Slide, and Negative Collection. Artifacts of Myrtle Fillmore are stored with the Unity Archives

Artifact Collection. See Artifact Accession #1942.1.1-24.

Posthumous File

The Posthumous File includes materials collected after Myrtle Fillmore’s transition in 1931.

These materials include articles about her and items related to her memorial service. The file also

includes correspondence remembering Myrtle Fillmore (1945 to 1978). The correspondents who

wrote Unity School also returned outgoing letters sent by Myrtle Fillmore (1878, 1922 to 1931).

These outgoing letters are included in this file; some are duplicated in other portions of the

collection.

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ARCHIVIST’S NOTES

Primary Materials

Primary material relating to Myrtle Fillmore is found in several Unity Archives collections,

including the Unity Society of Practical Christianity and the Unity Annual Conference materials.

Unity School’s Public Relations Department’s News Clippings (Board Routing) yield published

evidence of early happenings relative to the Unity movement. Valuable material can also be

gleaned from manuscript collections, including the papers of Charles S. Fillmore, Lowell P.

Fillmore, Mary G. Fillmore, W. Rickert Fillmore and J. Royal Fillmore. Photographic images of

Myrtle Fillmore are stored with the Graphic Arts Still Photograph, Slide and Negative collection.

Secondary Materials

Researchers will find secondary source material about Myrtle Fillmore in the books:

Myrtle Fillmore: Mother of Unity by Thomas E. Witherspoon (Unity Books, 1977)

Story of Unity by James Dillet Freeman (Unity Books, Revised Edition 1978)

Torch-Bearer to Light the Way: The Life of Myrtle Fillmore by Neil Vahle

(Mill Valley, California: Open View Press, 1996).

Arrangement of The Papers of Myrtle Fillmore

The original order of the papers of Myrtle Fillmore could not be determined. Series were

arranged by placing like materials together. The largest portion of the collection reincorporated

were the original boxes 18, 19, 20. These boxes contained letters that were likely pulled from the

Myrtle Fillmore papers for research on the book Letters of Myrtle Fillmore. The book was edited

by Francis Foulkes in 1936. The book was retitled Myrtle Fillmore’s Healing Letters in 1954.

Box 18 contained affirmations, ephemera, personal correspondence and general correspondence.

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Box 19 and 20 contained Silent Unity correspondence from January 1928 to October 1931.

A newly acquired box of materials was found in the Administration Building Archives Annex

Room on April 21, 1998 by Carolyn Stewart, Archivist and Eric Page, Assistant Archivist. The

location of the papers prior to this is unknown, as they had not been part of the papers of Myrtle

Fillmore in the Unity Archives or the inventory of Annex holdings. The materials appeared to

have been pulled from the papers for research on the book Letters of Myrtle Fillmore. These also

include excerpts of the letters, possible “editorial” notes. The papers were located in a fragile

Berkowitz Envelope Company Box. The box also contained a large piece of brown wrapping

paper. Two notes appear on the wrapping paper: “Frances Foulks Unity Farm” and “copy parts

marked.” The correspondences date from January to June 1931, although there is one letter

from March 1928. Portions of the response letters are marked with a pencil. The “editorial”

notes are typewritten on half-pages like many of the editorial notes for other Unity books from

the period. Presumably not all of the excerpts were used in the book, although some were

verified.

Copies of the originals from boxes 18, 19, 20 and the newly acquired box have been made and

placed in Editorial Department Records. The originals have been reintegrated into the papers of

Myrtle Fillmore.

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THE PAPERS OF MYRTLE FILLMORE

Christian Science Lessons

Box# Folder # Folder Title

1 1 First Lesson in Christian Healing (handwritten) 22 Oct. 1890

1 2 First Lesson in Christian Healing (typewritten) 22 Oct. 1890

1 3 Third Lesson in Christian Healing (handwritten) 3 Dec. 1890

1 4 Third Lesson in Christian Healing (typewritten) 3 Dec.1890

1 5 Spiritual Absolutism -- Pure Reality (handwritten) undated

1 6 Spiritual Absolutism -- Pure Reality (typewritten) undated

1 7 A Christian Scientist Among Reformers (handwritten) undated

1 8 A Christian Scientist Among Reformers (typewritten) undated

1 9 I Am Satisfied (handwritten) 18 Sep. 1890

1 10 I Am Satisfied (typewritten) 18 Sep. 1890

1 11 Untitled (handwritten) undated

1 12 Untitled (typewritten) undated

1 13 The Ministry of Science -- Daniel 1 (handwritten) undated

1 14 The Ministry of Science -- Daniel 1 (typewritten) undated


1 16 Untitled (typewritten) undated

1 17 Ye Are Christ’s and Christ is God’s (handwritten) undated

1 18 Ye Are Christ’s and Christ is God’s (typewritten) undated


1 20 Apostolic Ministry (handwritten) undated

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Wee Wisdom Department

2 21 Wee Wisdom Correspondence from Frank (handwritten) undated

2 22 Wee Wisdom Correspondence from Dorothen Christiansen

(handwritten) 5 Mar. 1927

2 23 Wee Wisdom Correspondence from Jessie Juliet Knox Re: The

Club of Forgiveness (hand/typewritten) 22 Jan. 1920

2 24 Wee Wisdom Correspondence: Notes for August 1909

Wee Wisdom Birthday Issue (handwritten) undated

2 25 “The Story of Lovie: or Establishing Ideals” by Myrtle Fillmore

(1 letter written/then photocopies from Wee Wisdom

1907-09 & 1914: 76 pages)

2 26 Wee Wisdom Assorted Photos

2 27 Wee Wisdom Home Department Correspondence

(hand/typewritten) (folder 1 of 2)

2 28 Wee Wisdom Home Department Correspondence

(hand/typewritten) (folder 2 of 2)

Silent Unity Department

3 29 Silent Unity Department – Postcards of Myrtle Fillmore (Undated)

3 30 Silent Unity Department Correspondence (Undated)

3 31 1890 Silent Unity Department Correspondence


3 33 1903 & 1904 Silent Unity Department Correspondence

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4 54 1928 Jan. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




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4 58 1928 Feb. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




4 62 1928 Mar. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




4 66 1928 Apr. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




5 70 1928 May 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




5 74 1928 June1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence

5 75 1928 June 8-14 Silent Unity Department Correspondence



6 78 1928 July 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




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6 82 1928 Aug. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




7 86 1928 Sept. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




7 90 1928 Oct. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




8 94 1928 Nov. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence




8 98 1928 Dec. 1-7 Silent Unity Department Correspondence








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Personal and Posthumous Files

21 238 Blakemore, Olive (Christmas 1877)

21 239 Boileau, Ralph E. (1 letter, 1928)

21 240 Cady (M.D.), H. Emilie (1920-1930)

21 241 Dewitt, Mary Brewerton (Sir Smile-Ups)

21 242 Engleman, Helene

21 243 Fillmore, Charles Rickert (Drawings, Card, Letter)

21 244 Fillmore, Charles S. (5 letters)

21 245 Fillmore, Frances (Sleater) (1920-1921)

21 246 Fillmore, Jennie L. (1931)

21 247 Fillmore, John Royal (Undated)

21 248 Fillmore, John Royal (1907-1909)



21 251 Fillmore, Lowell (1925-1929)

21 252 Fillmore, Mary Georgianna (1886-1887)

21 253 Fillmore, Waldo Rickert (1918)

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21 254 Foulks, Frances W. (1929-1931)

21 255 Gaston, Henrietta (Page)

22 256 Gaston, Lucy Page (1922-1923)

22 257 Gaston, Lucy Page (Aug-Dec 1924)

22 258 Gaston, Lucy Page (Jan-Feb 1925)

22 259 Gaston, Lucy Page (March 1925)

22 260 Gaston, Lucy Page (April 1925)

22 261 Hall, W. T. (1 letter and 1 postcard)

22 262 Haseltine, Edith S. (2 letters)

22 263 Hopkins, Emma Curtis (1890-1923)

22 264 Hoppe, Lena (2 letters, 1955)

22 265 Horner, Kate Burgess (1 letter, 1956)

22 266 Jeffery, H.B. (2 letters, 1931)

22 267 Kerr, Mary Foote (2 letters, 1959)

22 268 Landon, Tesla Wallace

22 269 Lee, Mrs. (2 letters, 1929 and 1931)

22 270 Low, Mabel (letters, 1920s-1930s)

22 271 Militz, Annie Rix

22 272 Morss, Susan Angeline (1905)

22 273 Munsell, Jane (Undated, 1908-1925)

22 274 Munsell, Jane (1926-1931)

23 275 Orenha, John (Booklet to Myrtle)

23 276 Page, Daniel M.

23 277 Page, David Banks

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23 278 Page, Lucy (2 Page Poem)

23 279 Page, Ralph Ernest (& Margaret E.)

23 280 Palmer, Clara (Peggy) (Postcards & Letters)

23 281 Poniatowsky, Elizabeth (Princess of Russia)

23 282 Rood, Ethel (Donated Items)

23 283 Rowland, May (Whitney) (5 Postcards)

23 284 Shackelford, Annie Goddard (Myrtle Remembrances)

23 285 Shackelford, Annie Goddard (2 Books)

23 286 Shanklin, Imelda Octavia (2 Undated Letters)

23 287 Shutts, Della (Donated Myrtle Letters)

23 288 Sleater, C. Fillmore (Bud) (1 Letter)

23 289 Sleater, Carlos F. (2 Postcards: 1910 & 1911)

23 290 Sleater, Elise (Miss) (2 Letters & 1 Postcard)

23 291 Sleater Family (1919-1930)

23 292 Sleater, Marion (Jacquith) (Letters & Postcards)

23 293 Spacek, Richard (Postcards & Letter)

23 294 Spencer, Karl P. (Sgt.) (1 Letter: 1918)

23 295 Spencer, Madeline (1 Letter: 1926)

23 296 Turner, Agnes (1914 Christmas Booklet)

23 297 Wallace, Theodore Fillmore (1910:1 Letter)

23 298 Walters, Hilda Eugenia (3 Donated Letters)

23 299 Wessel. Mary E. (Letter to Charles Fillmore)

24 300 Unknown Correspondent (Undated Booklet)

24 301 Receipt for Quarterage (Nov. 12, 1853)

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24 302 The Pen and the Sword Daily (Oct. 29, 1885, Vol. 1, No. 1)

24 303 Christian Science Certificates (July 1887)

24 304 Christian Science Theological Seminary Class Schedule (Dec.

1890)

24 305 Ordination Certificate (Dec. 10, 1890)

24 306 Society of Silent Unity Membership Cards (Feb. 3, 1892)

24 307 Notebook from1894 (with notes)

24 308 Society of Silent Unity Article (Feb. 1, 1896)

24 309 My Faith (handwritten) by Myrtle Fillmore (1897)

24 310 Health (handwritten) by Myrtle Fillmore (Oct. 1902)

24 311 Unity Society of Practical Christianity Services Schedule (Oct.

1903)

24 312 Unity Society of Practical Christianity Certificate of Membership

(1905)

24 313 Ordination Question and Answers (68) (1906)

24 314 Unity Society of Practical Christianity Ordination Certificate (Aug.

31, 1906)

24 315 Christmas Greetings! From Unity (Booklet) (1908)

24 316 Unity Society of Practical Christianity Sunday School Diploma

(1910)

24 317 The Soul’s Prerogative: How to Attain It (1911)

24 318 The Family – Harmony in the Home (ed. by Myrtle Fillmore,

1911)

24 319 Lord of my Being (Handwritten by Myrtle Fillmore, Jan. 28, 1913)

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24 320 Holy One (Handwritten by Myrtle Fillmore, Jan. 1913)

24 321 Confidences (Autograph book with entries, 1914-1918)

24 322 Unity School of Christianity Certificate of Ordination (1918)

24 324 A Meditation (by Myrtle Fillmore, Dec. 3, 1922)

24 325 Prosperity Talks by Unity Workers (Feb. 5 – 17, 1923)

24 326 Prayer of Faith Manuscript for Recording (June 23, 1926)

24 327 Letter from J. A. Wrong to Myrtle Fillmore (Jan. 1924)

24 328 Audubon Society Membership Card for Myrtle Fillmore (1930)

24 329 Birthday card to Myrtle Fillmore (1930)

24 330 Myrtle Fillmore – May Queen, Maids-in-Waiting (1931)

24 331 Notes (Handwritten) from Christian Science Class (undated)

24 332 Lessons in Being (Handwritten) (Lessons 9-12 undated)

24 333 Outline of 6 Lessons/Course of 12 Lessons (undated, handwritten)

24 334 Garden of Eden by Myrtle Fillmore (typewritten, undated)

24 335 Assorted Affirmations by Myrtle Fillmore (undated)

24 336 Universal Freedom by Myrtle Fillmore (Myrtle’s Creed, undated)

24 337 Calling Cards of Myrtle Fillmore

24 338 Song Lyrics composed by Myrtle Fillmore

24 339 Poetry and notes by Myrtle Fillmore

25 340 Prosperity Program Bulletin (undated)

25 341 The Child: A Symposium (undated notes by Myrtle Fillmore)

25 342 Amazing Miracle Working Wisdom of Mount Shasta Lemurian

Brotherhood (Lesson 1, undated)

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25 343 Christmas Poem to Myrtle Fillmore (by Unity Workers, undated)

25 344 Myrtle Fillmore Genealogy

25 345 Oberlin College (Myrtle Fillmore attended in 1860s) Some items

not microfilmed

25 346 Personal Stationery of Myrtle Fillmore

25 347 Accounting notes relating to Silent Unity

25 348 The Transition of Myrtle Fillmore

25 349 Fragments of Letters “from” Myrtle Fillmore

25 350 Children’s stories (2) Photographs (1921) Not Microfilmed

25 351 Fragments of Letters “to” Myrtle Fillmore (1924, 1928) Not

Microfilmed

26 352 Fragments of Letters “to” Myrtle Fillmore (1929) Not

Microfilmed


Microfilmed


Microfilmed

26 355 Announcements sent to Myrtle Fillmore (1884-1931) Not

Microfilmed

26 356 Assorted Booklets, Brochures, Magazines Some Items Not

Microfilmed

26 357 Assorted Booklets, Brochures, Magazines Did Not Microfilm

Originals, Copied from 356

27 358 Items Removed from L.R. McMahon Journal (1877-1878) Some

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Items Not Microfilmed

27 359 Clippings from Newspapers and Magazines (1906-1931) Not

Microfilmed

27 360 Greeting Cards to Myrtle Fillmore (Golden Anniv.) Not

Microfilmed

27 361 Greeting Cards to Myrtle Fillmore (Holidays) Not Microfilmed

27 362 Obituaries sent to Myrtle Fillmore, Not Microfilmed

27 363 Music from unknown songbook (ca.1874) Not Microfilmed

27 364 Sing Kee: A Chinese Hero (manuscript, undated) Not

Microfilmed

27 365 Book of Poems by M.F.D., (name unknown, untitled, undated)

dedicated to Charles and Myrtle Not Microfilmed

27 366 Poetry received from various people Not Microfi lmed

Items Received After Microf ilming Project

28 367 Wee Wisdom Not Microfilmed

28 368 Silent Unity Correspondence (1923-1931) Not Microfilmed

28 369 Fragments of Letters and Notes (undated, 1930, 1931) Not

Microfilmed

28 370 Personal Correspondence (undated) Not Microfi lmed

28 371 Personal Correspondence (1913, 1927-1931) Not Microfilmed

28 372 Transition of Myrtle Fillmore (1940 letter, 1980 letter) Not

Microfilmed

28 373 Ephemera (undated) Not Microfilmed

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28 374 Photographs (undated) Not Microfilmed

Documents

Unity Library and Archives Myrtle Fillmore Papers 3033 · 2014. 1. 9. · 1877 Secured a position as a teacher in Denison, Texas and met Charles S. Fillmore, a clerk in the freight