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:
Chechnya.
Description:
Yellow cedar trees at Chechen.
Creator:
Maynard, R. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Cedar--Russia--Chechni͡a.
Geographic subjects:
Chechni͡a (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103466
Title:
Cape Chaplin, Siberia.
Description:
Koharri and son. Cape Tchaplain, Siberia.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Families--Russia--Chaplino., Men--Russia--Chaplino., Children--Russia--Chaplino.
Geographic subjects:
Chaplino (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103361
Title:
Cape Navarin, Siberia.
Description:
Koniagmiut Eskimos, Cape Navarin, Siberia, 1890. Former description: Group of Kodiaks, Cape Navarin, Siberia, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Koniagmiut Eskimos--Russia--Anadyr, Gulf of., Alaska Natives--Russia--Anadyr, Gulf of.
Geographic subjects:
Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103359
Title:
Cape Navarin, Siberia.
Description:
Tent and group of Siberian indigenous people near Cape Navarin, 1890. Former description: Tent and group of natives near Cape Navarin, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Siberian--Russia--Anadyr, Gulf of.
Geographic subjects:
Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103350
Title:
Plover Bay, Siberia.
Description:
Scenery at the head of Plover Bay, Siberia. Mount Kennicoff, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Russia--Chukchi Peninsula.
Geographic subjects:
Chukchi Peninsula (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103264
Title:
Siberia.
Description:
Siberian [Indigenous] woman with a child asleep on her shoulders.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Russia--Siberia., Children--Russia--Siberia., Families--Russia--Siberia., Indigenous peoples--Russia--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103240
Title:
Cape Navarin, Siberia.
Description:
Tent near Cape Navarin, Siberia, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Russia--Anadyr, Gulf of.--Siberian
Geographic subjects:
Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103238
Title:
Plover Bay, Siberia.
Description:
Scenery at the heart of Plover Bay, Siberia, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Russia--Chukchi Peninsula.
Geographic subjects:
Chukchi Peninsula (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103230

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