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:
Alaska Native on Revenue Cutter Bear, 1892. Text transcribed from caption: Alaska Eskimo on Revenue Cutter Bear, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska., Alaska Natives--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103987
Title:
U.S.S. Bear.
Description:
Part of the crew of the U.S. Steamer Bear, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103561
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Sailors on U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear. 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska., Men--Alaska., Sailors--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103549
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Description:
Schooner Alton, Arctic Ocean, 1892.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska., Ships--Arctic Ocean.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., Arctic Ocean.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103222
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Description:
Schooner Alton, Arctic Ocean, 1892.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska., Ships--Arctic Ocean.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., Arctic Ocean.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103215
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1892.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:84672
Title:
U.S.S. Bear.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson on the U.S.S. Bear.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska., Home missions--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7463

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