Vande Vere, Emmett Kaiser, 1904–1989
Person
Dates
- Existence: May 2, 1904 to August 23, 1989
Biographical
Born into a Seventh-day Adventist family from Hennepin County, Minnesota, author, educator, and historian Emmett K. Vande Vere received his education from denominational and public schools. He graduated from Maplewood Academy in Minnesota in 1922 and earned a B.A. degree from Union College in Nebraska in 1927. From 1927 to 1947, Vande Vere taught at several Adventist academies in the Midwest and West. He earned a M.A. in history from the University of Nebraska in 1942 and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington in 1948. From 1947 to 1964, Dr. Vande Vere served as a staff member and chairman of the history department at Emmanuel Missionary College (which later became Andrews University). He retired from full-time teaching in 1971. Fifteen years of research and writing culminated with the publication of The Wisdom Seekers in 1972. Dr. Vande Vere has met and served the many church leaders and educators that fill the pages of his book. As a young man, Vande Vere listened to campmeeting sermons by Arthur G. Daniels, William A. Spicer, and Millian L. Andreason. Attendance at sessions of the General Conference brought him into contact with J. L. McElhany, William H. Branson. T. L. Oswald, and other significant administrators. He worked under Emmanuel Missionary College (Andrews University) administrators Alvin W. Johnson, Percy Christian, Floyd O. Rittenhouse, and Richard Hammill. An authority in the area of Seventh-day Adventist church history, Dr. Vande Vere frequently lectured about the Adventist heritage he know so well.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
E. K. Vande Vere Collection: The Wisdom Seekers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 4
Content Description
Dr. Emmett K. Vande Vere of Berrien Springs, Michigan, donated the papers of several Emmanuel Missionary College (Andrews University) administrators to the Adventist Heritage Center at James White Library, Andrews University in April 1973. Dr. Vande Vere collected and used these materials to write his book, The Wisdom Seekers (1972). The collection contains the correspondence, diaries, papers, manuscripts, articles, pamphlets, legal instruments, notations,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1855 - 1973
E. K. Vande Vere Collection: The Wisdom Seekers
Accession
Identifier: Collection 4
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1855 - 1973