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:
First Church Building, Colorado.
Description:
First Church Building. "Over the Sierra Madres" in Colorado. Rev. Geo. Darley - Paster. Mr. Farnsworth, Supt. Of S.S.
Creator:
Thomas E. Barnhouse and Co. (Lake City, Colo.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Darley, George M. (George Marshall), 1847-1917.
Topics:
Church buildings--Colorado., Missionaries--Colorado.
Geographic subjects:
Colorado--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102969
Title:
The Parsonage of the First Presbyterian Church, Lake City, Colorado.
Description:
Parsonage of the First Presbyterian Church, Lake City, Colorado. Erected by the Rev. Geo. M. Darley. 1878-79.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Lake City, Colo.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Colorado--Lake City., Parsonages--Colorado--Lake City.
Geographic subjects:
Lake City (Colo.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102956
Title:
Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado.
Description:
Memorial Window in 17th Street Presbyterian Church, Denver, Colorado. Memorial to Mary Helen and Louisa, Infant Daughters of Rev. and Mrs. S. Jackson.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Seventeenth Street Presbyterian Church (Denver, Colo.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Colorado--Denver., Windows--Colorado--Denver.
Geographic subjects:
Denver (Colo.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102915
Title:
First Presbyterian Church of Lake City, Colorado.
Description:
First Presbyterian Church of Lake City, Colorado.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., First Presbyterian Church (Lake City, Colo.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Colorado--Lake City., Missionaries--Colorado--Lake City.
Geographic subjects:
Lake City (Colo.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102735

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