Andrews, Emery E. Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG-1547

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1949-1970

Creator

Andrews, Emery (Emery E. ), 1894-1976 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials in the collection are in English and in Japanese

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and copyright holder. Staff may refuse copying of fragile or at-risk materials.

Materials may be accessed by request at the American Baptist Historical Society. For more information on accessing collections or obtaining copies, visit http://abhsarchives.org.

Biographical / Historical

Emery Andrews was an American Baptist minister who served Japanese communities in the United States and Japan. Andrews pastored the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle, Washington, from 1919 until 1942, when the United States began incarcerating persons of Japanese descent following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In September 1942, Andrews moved with his family to Twin Falls, Idaho, in order to continue his ministry to members of his Seattle congregation, most of whom had been sent to the Minidoka relocation center in Hunt, Idaho.

In 1945, Andrews and his family returned to Seattle and reopened the Japanese Baptist Church. During the summers of 1949 and 1951, he worked as a volunteer for "Houses for Hiroshima," a private relief organization established by Quaker pacifist and author, Floyd W. Schmoe, to rebuild homes for victims of the atomic bomb.

Andrews retired from the ministry in 1959. In 1970 the Emperor of Japan awarded Andrews the Fifth Order of the Sacred Treasure. He died of a heart attack in 1976.