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Name
  
Edward Andrews

Education
  
Yale University (1930)

Died
  
June 13, 1964, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States

Awards
  
Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada

Books
  
The people called Shakers, The gift to be simple, Masterpieces of Shaker Furniture, Shaker Furniture, Work and worship among th

Edward Deming Andrews (1894 - 1964) was a leading scholar and expert on the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, or the Shakers. He frequently corresponded with Thomas Merton.

Books

Andrews authored several books on the subject between 1932 and 1961. His list of titles includes:

  • Andrews, Edward (1932). The community industries of the Shakers. Albany: University of the State of New York. LCCN 33028028. 
  • Andrews, Edward; Andrews, Faith (1937). Shaker furniture, the craftsmanship of an American communal sect. New Haven: Yale University Press. LCCN 37006514. 
  • Andrews, Edward (1940). The gift to be simple; songs, dances and rituals of the American Shakers. New York: J. J. Augustin. LCCN 40030330. 
  • Andrews, Edward (1953). The people called Shakers; a search for the perfect society. New York: Oxford University Press. LCCN 53009181. 
  • Andrews, Edward (1954). The Shaker order of Christmas. New York: Oxford University Press. LCCN 54012701. 
  • Andrews, Edward (1961). The Hancock Shakers : the Shaker community at Hancock, Massachusetts, 1780-1960. Hancock, Mass: Shaker Community. LCCN 85114831. 

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