Sheldon Jackson Papers

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Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) founded churches and missions throughout the West and Alaska. He was named U.S. General Agent for Education in Alaska in 1885. This collection includes Sheldon Jackson's journals, correspondence, and photographs relating to Jackson's work for the Board of National Missions in the West until 1877 and then in Alaska, and his personal mission to make the Presbyterian Church and U.S. government aware of problems in Alaska. Digitization funded by the Alaska Library Network and the National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC). View the collection guide to learn more. Featured image: Group of Alaska Native girls.

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Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Slaughtering Reindeer at Point Barrow for Relief of Whalers.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Missions--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Men--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104463
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native women, St. Lawrence Island. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo women, St. Lawrence Island.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island., Alaska Native women--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104462
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Reindeer traveling in Lapland.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sami (European people)--Norway., Reindeer--Norway.
Geographic subjects:
Norway.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104461
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1882 - U.S. Cutter Bear in the ice.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104460
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Deer skin tents, Cape Serdze, Siberia.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tents--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104459
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: U.S. Cutter Bear at Sea.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104458
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Tent at Glassnapp Bay. Spear.
Creator:
Spear, H. W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tents--Russia (Federation)--Siberia., Indigenous peoples--Russia (Federation)--Siberia., Indigenous children--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104457
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1605 - Starting for the Hunt. 1606 - Jerry and Minnie, a Young Native Couple.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Hunters--Alaska., Men--Alaska., Couples--Alaska., Alaska Natives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104456
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Sámi woman and her children, Norway, 1898. Text transcribed from caption: Lapp mother and children, Norway, 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Children--Norway., Sami (European people)--Norway., Women--Norway.
Geographic subjects:
Norway.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104455
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Sámi women and children. Text transcribed from caption: Lapland women and babies on a ship.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sami (European people)--Alaska., Women--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104454
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Davidson Glacier, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104453
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Alaska Exploration Co. Captains Bay near Unalaska, May 1898.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104452
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Kohari's daughter, Indian Point, Siberia.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104451
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: King Island, Alaska.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Ukivok (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104450
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Yakuts (Sakha). Text transcribed from caption: 2009 - XLV Group of Yakuts at Yakutsk. 2010 - XLVII Yakut boys at Yakutsk.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Yakut (Turkic people)--Russia (Federation)--I͡Akutsk.
Geographic subjects:
I͡Akutsk (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104449
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CXXVII Gardens at Ola.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Russia (Federation)
Geographic subjects:
Magadanskai͡a oblast' (Russia)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104448
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Boat Building at Dutch Harbor.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Boatbuilding--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Dutch Harbor (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104447
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 2031 - IX Pavoska with three horses, abreast. 2032 - X Pavoska with three horses, tandem.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Russia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104446
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Unga, Alaska. A Corner of Unga Village, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unga Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104445
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Shishaldin Volcano. Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Volcanoes--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104444

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