Sarah S. Andrews papers, 1916 -- 1978

Creator:
Andrews, Sarah Sheppard, 1892-1961
Abstract:
Sarah S. Andrews was an independent missionary in Japan from 1916 to 1961. The collection contains photographs and provenance correspondence.
Extent:
0.25 linear feet 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

This collection contains photographs related to the life and missionary work of Sarah S. Andrews in Japan, including a photograph of her tomb in Numazu City 沼津市, Shizuoka prefecture 静岡県. This collection also contains correspondence detailing the provenance of the photographs.

Biographical / historical:

Sarah Sheppard Andrews was born on November 26, 1892 in Dickson, Tennessee. Her parents started a congregation in their home, and at an early age she heard J. M. McCaleb (1862-1953), on furlough from missionary work in Japan, speak on his work. Andrews studied at Dickson College and Peabody College before traveling to Japan as an independent missionary on January 16, 1916. During her mission work she supported the building of churches in Shizuoka, Shimizu 清水, Okitsu 興津 and Numazu. She was imprisoned during the Second World War and suffered from tuberculosis. She was saved by a soldier who arrived with MacArthur's occupation force in 1945. Andrews died on September 16, 1961, at her home in Tokiwa-cho, Numazu city, Japan. Her tomb was established with the help of Oiha, an orphan whom Andrews had cared for.

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Preferred citation:

Item description, MRL7: Sarah S. Andrews papers, 1916-1978, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

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