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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:
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:
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: U.S.R.C. Bear rescuing the ice bound fleet, 1898.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104582
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Unalaska from top of mountain east of village. Feb. 1898. Panorama.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104546
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Israel C. Russell, Photographer, 1889. 1721 - 13-15 A Canoe's Middle Yukon.
Creator:
Russell, Israel C. (Israel Cook), 1852-1906. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Canoes and canoeing--Yukon.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104544
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: St. Paul, Kodiak. 1896.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kodiak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104532
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Reindeer Point Barrow Relief Expedition. Dr. S.J. Call, M.D.
Creator:
Call, S. J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Reindeer--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104518
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Drying the Sails, Rev. Cutter Bear.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104517
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:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mount Saint Elias. Prof. Russel's party on glacier, 1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Saint Elias, Mount., Men--Yukon--Saint Elias, Mount.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Elias, Mount (Alaska and Yukon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104486
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Prof. Israel C. Russell, U.S. Geological Survey, 1889. 1717 - Fort Reliance. 1718 - Fort Reliance, Destruction of by order of Capt. Peterson.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Russell, Israel C. (Israel Cook), 1852-1906.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Yukon., Fortification--Yukon.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104480
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Map made by John W. Kelly, 1897.
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (artist)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104472
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Alaska Exploration Co. Captains Bay near Unalaska, May 1898.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104452
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Unga, Alaska. A Corner of Unga Village, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unga Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104445
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Panorama, No. 3. Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Harbors--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Dutch Harbor (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104437
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: U.S.R.C. Bear off Point Barrow.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104418
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Makushin volcano, smoking.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Volcanoes--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104417
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Map made by John W. Kelly, 1897.
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (artist)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104406
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A whaler wrecked on St. Paul Island, Bering Sea, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska--Saint Paul Island., Shipwrecks--Alaska--Saint Paul Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Paul Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104387

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