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History of Presbyterian mission work and missionaries. See the following related collections: Foreign missions; Domestic missions. Featured image: Missionary to China Aimee Boddy Millican (1884-1974) and radio broadcasting staff.

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Title:
The Message of an Alaskan Life.
Description:
Tells the story of Frances (Fannie) H. Willard, a Tlingit missionary. Written by Susan H. Pingry (published under the name Mrs. John F. Pingry.)
Creator:
Pingry, Susan H. (author)
Subject names:
Willard, Frances H.--Biography., Willard, Frances H., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Woman's Board of Home Missions., Sitka Training School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit children--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit women--Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Women missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:340294
Title:
Walter A. Soboleff oral history, 1987, side b.
Description:
Soboleff interviewed by Margaret Deck at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska, May 23, 1987.
Creator:
Soboleff, Walter A., 1908-2011 (interviewee), Deck, Margaret. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Tlingit Indians--Religion.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:286020
Title:
Walter A. Soboleff oral history, 1987.
Description:
Soboleff interviewed by Margaret Deck at Sheldon Jackson College, Sitka, Alaska, May 23, 1987.
Creator:
Soboleff, Walter A., 1908-2011. (interviewee), Deck, Margaret. (interviewer)
Subject names:
Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Tlingit Indians--Religion.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:285859
Title:
Mary Louise Blatchley correspondence, 1894.
Description:
Primarily letters addressed to Mary Louise Blatchley.
Creator:
Blatchley, Mary Louise. (addressee), Bennett, Harriet D. (author), Bristol, Allen. (author), Blatchley, Henry Gilbert. (author), Haney, Clara L. (author), Blatchley, Charles Alfred. (author), Bristol, Sadie. (author), Harrison, Agnes. (author), Birkinbine, Mary L. (author), Matthews, B. L. (author)
Subject names:
Blatchley, Mary Louise--Archives.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Missions., Women in church work--Presbyterian Church--Pennsylvania
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Wayne (Pa.), Guilford (Conn.), Grafton (W. Va.), Cornwall (Conn.), Newburyport (Mass.), Juneau (Alaska), Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Winthrop (Me.), Lebanon (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:158130
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Drawing of houses in Sitka, Alaska, and house floor plans.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dwellings--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104605
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Drawing of houses in Sitka, Alaska, and house floor plans.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dwellings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104604
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104603
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104602
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104601
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Text from caption: Indian Girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Wrangell., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Wrangell.
Geographic subjects:
Wrangell (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104600
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Text from caption: Indian Girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Educational work--Alaska--Wrangell., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Wrangell.
Geographic subjects:
Wrangell (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104599
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Text from caption: Indian Girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Wrangell., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Wrangell.
Geographic subjects:
Wrangell (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104598
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from back: 1. Sheldon Jackson 2. Mary Remy 3. Harvey Townsend 4. John Shields 1. Frank Cushing 2. Nellie Cary 3.Ben Thomas 4. John Menaul 5. Taylor Ealy 6. Mary Ealy 7. Jennie Hammaker.
Creator:
Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Students.
Topics:
Alaska Native children., Alaska Native children--Pennsylvania--Carlisle.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., Carlisle (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104597
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from back: 1. Sheldon Jackson 2. Mary Remy 3. Harvey Townsend 4. John Shields 1. Frank Cushing 2. Nellie Cary 3.Ben Thomas 4. John Menaul 5. Taylor Ealy 6. Mary Ealy 7. Jennie Hammaker.
Creator:
Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Students.
Topics:
Alaska Native children., Alaska Native children--Pennsylvania--Carlisle.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., Carlisle (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104596
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from back: 1. Sheldon Jackson 2. Mary Remy 3. Harvey Townsend 4. John Shields 1. Frank Cushing 2. Nellie Cary 3.Ben Thomas 4. John Menaul 5. Taylor Ealy 6. Mary Ealy 7. Jennie Hammaker.
Creator:
Choate (Carlisle, Pa.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104595
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native girl. Text transcribed from back: Dr. Jackson, I wish you a happy Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From your friend, Cooki Glook. An Eskimo school girl.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children., Schoolgirls--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104594
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native girl. Text transcribed from back: Dr. Jackson, I wish you a happy Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From your friend, Cooki Glook. An Eskimo school girl.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children., Schoolgirls--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104593
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native girl. Text transcribed from back: Dr. Jackson, I wish you a happy Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From your friend, Cooki Glook. An Eskimo school girl.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Eskimo children--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104592
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A poor man's grave. Pt. Hope.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Burial--Alaska--Point Hope.
Geographic subjects:
Point Hope (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104586
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1880 - Russo-Greek Church. Unalaska. Dr. R.N. Hawley, Photo. 1881 - Dutch Harbor (Unalaska) Alaska. Dr. R.N. Hawley.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Unalaska., Harbors--Alaska--Unalaska., Church buildings--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104585

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