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:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka, Alaska, U.S. Looking east toward the church (Russian). Sheldon Jackson [Institute] at far right.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Villages--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103308
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Native houses and canoes, Sitka, Alaska, U.S.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Sitka., Villages--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103307
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Drying Fish. Sled dogs tied to a log. Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Animals--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska), Port Clarence.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103306
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native Village, Station, and wreck in background. Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska. Former description: Eskimo Village.
Creator:
Midstead, J.C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Villages--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103305
Title:
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Description:
Drift ice on the Beach at St. Lawrence Island, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Beaches--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103304
Title:
Skidegate-Takou Inlet, Alaska.
Description:
Floating Ice, Takou [Taku] Inlet, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Taku Inlet (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103303
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Rev. Sheldon Jackson, Montclair, NJ. Sitka Sound, Alaska, from in front of the Sheldon Jackson Institute. Shows Baranof Castle on Castle Hill.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska), Sitka Sound (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103302
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Native house and store house, Port Clarence, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Dwellings--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103300
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103299
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Graves at Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Burial--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103298
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Grave at Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Burial--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103296
Title:
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Description:
Group of Alaska Native girls, St. Lawrence Island, 1897. Former description: Group of Eskimo girls, St. Lawrence Island, 1897. Presbyterian Mission, St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island., Missions--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103295
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
The Castle, Sitka.
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company of New York. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103294
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
By Indian River, near Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103292
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
By Indian River, near Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Trees--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103290
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Leaving Sitka.
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company of New York. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103288
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka Home Mission, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103287
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Description:
Whale steamer Karluk, Point Barrow, Alaska. 1892.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Karluk (Ship)
Topics:
Ships--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103285
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Alaska, U.S., Muir Glacier and the Olympian.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Muir Glacier (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103283
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Houses at Port Clarence, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dwellings--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103281

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