Editing William R. Rathvon (section)

==Preservation==
As a [[Christian Science practitioner#Class instruction|teacher of Christian Science]], Rathvon was required to organize an association of his students whose training and support was a lifelong commitment for him, and for whom he was required hold an annual reunion and an annual address. Typically, a Christian Science teacher's association survives them and continues to meet annually for many years. Rathvon's association of students continued to distribute copies of this recording, with some invariably ending up in the estates of deceased students whose families had no information on the recording's source. The recording sent to [[National Public Radio]] ("[[NPR]]") in the late 1990s as part of their "Quest for Sound" project was such a recording; the family knew only that they had in their possession a recording by a man named Rathvon who claimed to have heard Lincoln give his Gettysburg Address. NPR aired it after doing some background research and continues to air it around Lincoln's birthday. Because a number of copies of the recording exist, it continues to surface from time to time and be "rediscovered."<ref name="William Rathvon Life and Work">{{cite news|title=The Life of William Rathvon |url=https://www.marybakereddylibrary.org/research/mustachecup/p01496crop-2/ |publisher=Mary Baker Eddy Library}}</ref>