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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries in domestic fields. Featured image: Missionary Kate McBeth with the first Women's Missionary Society organized in Lapwai (present-day Idaho).

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Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of reindeer drivers brought to the United States by Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Reindeer herders--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104491
Title:
St. Michael's Island, Alaska.
Description:
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Mrs. Emerson, and a group of Sami, Norwegians, and Finns. Former description: Dr. Sheldon Jackson and Mrs. Emerson and Group of Lapps. Norwegians and Finns. St. Michael's, Alaska, July 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Saint Michael., Sami (European people)--Alaska--Saint Michael., Women missionaries--Alaska--Saint Michael., Missionaries--Native Village of Saint Michael., Sami (European people)--Native Village of Saint Michael., Women missionaries--Native Village of Saint Michael.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Michael (Alaska), Native Village of Saint Michael.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103541
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of Laplanders and Norwegians brought to the United States by Dr. Sheldon Jackson. March 1898.
Creator:
Wilse and Kirk (Seattle, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Sami (European people), Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102946

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