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:
Text transcribed from caption: Miss Resof. Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103584
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Unalaska. Text transcribed from caption: Ounalaska, exterior of Greek Church.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Alaska--Unalaska., Missions--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103564
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: School children. Unalaska. Page 1264.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Unalaska., Students--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103558
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Miss Henning. Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103551
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Unalaska. Text transcribed from caption: Ounalaska - Our quarters.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103548
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mrs. Henning & Daughters. Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Alaska--Unalaska., Families--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103532
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Captain M.A. Healy and a group of school girls. Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Healy, Michael A., 1839-1904.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Students--Alaska--Unalaska., Education--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103526
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Makushim Trading Station - Ounalaska Island.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103520
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Methodist School, Unalaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103518
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Women--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103495
Title:
U.S.S. Bear.
Description:
Capt. Healy U.S.R.M. and young ladies. Unalaska, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Healy, Michael A., 1839-1904.
Topics:
Missionaries------Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103493
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Unalaska, showing sod-houses.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103491
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Group of Unangan girls and Captain Healy. Unalaska, 1890. Text transcribed from caption: Group of Aleute girls and Captain Healy. Unalaska, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Healy, Michael A., 1839-1904.
Topics:
Aleut women--Alaska--Unalaska., Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103490
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
An Unangan girl. Unalaska. Text transcribed from caption: An Aleute girl. Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Aleut women--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103489
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Unalaska - From opposite Island.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103480
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of school girls. Unalaska. Page 1264.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Students--Alaska--Unalaska., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103468
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: School House. Unalaska. Mr. & Mrs. John A. Tuck and pupils. 1890. Page 1245&1264.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Tuck, John A., Tuck, John A., Mrs.
Topics:
School buildings--Alaska--Unalaska., Education--Alaska--Unalaska., Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Students--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103461
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Unalaska Harbor, Page 1263.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Harbors--Alaska--Unalaska., Ships--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103452
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Eskimo house with cellar or store-house on posts in the air.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103446
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A couple of school girls. Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Unalaska., Students--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103444

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