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:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Leander M. Stevenson, Teacher. Capt. C.B. Borden, Keeper. Gov't. Refuge Station, Point Barrow, 1890. Page 1281.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Stevenson, Leander M., Borden, C.B.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103431
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Presbyterian Mission School. Point Barrow, 1893. Leander M. Stevenson, Teacher.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Stevenson, Leander M.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Students--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103411
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Prof. L. M. Stevenson, Capt. Borden and assistants, Refuge Station, Point Barrow, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Stevenson, Leander M., Borden, C. B.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102962

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