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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: Boy's Home, Girl's Home, Church, Industrial Building, Girl's Hospital, Boy's Hospital, Presbyterian Mission, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Buidlings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104143
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Sheldon Jackson and group of Alaskan Children brought east to school. 1887.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska., Students--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104087
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: First Christmas Decorations, Metlakahtla, Alaska, Dec. 1887.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas decorations--Alaska--Metlakatla., Men--Alaska--Metlakatla.
Geographic subjects:
Metlakatla (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104029
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Old hospital erected by the Russians, used for boy's school. Presbyterian Mission.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska., School buildings--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103898
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The approach to Sitka, Alaska. A.L. Broadbent. Apt. Engineer U.S.R.M.S. Bear and photographer.
Creator:
Broadbent, A. L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103691
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Russian Officer's Club House, Sitka, Alaska. Used for Girl's School. Presbyterian Mission.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., School buildings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103688
Title:
Unga, Alaska.
Description:
A group of people of Alaska Native and Russian descent, 9 of whom were pupils in the public school. Former description: A Group of Unga Creoles - 9 of whom were pupils in the public school, 1887. Sent by John H. Carr, Teacher. Former title: Unknown places, not in Alaska.
Creator:
Peiser (Seattle, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Students--Alaska--Unga Island., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Unga Island., Women missionaries--Alaska--Unga Island.
Geographic subjects:
Unga Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103671
Title:
Unknown places/things in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native tools. Text transcribed from caption: Emmon's Indian Collection, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Emmons, George Thornton.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Implements., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103661
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Greek Church, Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887. Church burned in 1966, most of the icons saved, but this one was lost. Is being rebuilt.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103341
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Wild flowers of Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Still-life photography--Alaska--Sitka., Flowers--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103330
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103326
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka Home Mission, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103321
Title:
Skidegate-Takou Inlet, Alaska.
Description:
Floating Ice, Takou [Taku] Inlet, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska--Taku Inlet.
Geographic subjects:
Taku Inlet (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103315
Title:
Skidegate-Takou Inlet, Alaska.
Description:
Floating Ice, Takou [Taku] Inlet, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Taku Inlet (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103303
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
By Indian River, near Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Trees--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103290
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
By Indian River, near Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Bridges--Alaska--Sitka., Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103263
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Presbyterian Industrial School, Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Portraits, Group--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103244
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103237
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska, U.S., 1887. Haines.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103209
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Muir Glacier, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Muir Glacier (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103189

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