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Edward Deming Andrews (March 6, 1894 – June 6, 1964) was an American historian, educator, curator, and preeminent authority on the ''United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing'', best known as the
Shakers The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a Millenarianism, millenarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian sect founded in England and then organized in the Unit ...
.


Biography

Born into a working-class family in Pittsfield,
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, Andrews received a BA from
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in 1916 and a PhD in education from
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in 1930. He taught high-school English and social studies from 1920 to 1927 and worked as curator of history at the
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from 1931 to 1933. Andrews' interest in
Shakerism The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, more commonly known as the Shakers, are a Millenarianism, millenarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian sect founded in England and then organized in the Unit ...
began in 1923, and he received a
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in American history in 1937 to advance his research into Shaker material culture. From 1941 to 1956, Andrews taught at
Scarborough Day School The Scarborough Day School was a private school in Scarborough-on-Hudson, in Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States. Frank and Narcissa Cox Vanderlip established the school in 1913 at their estate, Beechwood. The school, a nonsectarian nonp ...
, in Scarborough-on-Hudson,
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, where he served as dean and history department chair. He frequently corresponded with
Thomas Merton Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915December 10, 1968), religious name M. Louis, was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, Christian mysticism, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. He was a monk in the Trapp ...
. The Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, in Winterthur,
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, holds his collection of manuscripts and published materials concerning Shakerism. This collection was the subject of a monograph by E. Richard McKinstry, ''The Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker Collection'' (Garland, 1987). Andrews died in Pittsfield in 1964. His wife and research collaborator, Faith Andrews (née Young), completed and posthumously published several of his monographs on Shakerism. The couple had married in 1921 and had two children together.


Publications

Andrews authored nine books on the subject of Shakerism, including the following titles (some posthumously published): * * * * * * * * *


Further reading

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References

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