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:
Text transcribed from caption: Warehouse and Tlingit Houses, Juneau.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103510
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Interior of the Log Cabin Presbyterian Church, Juneau, Alaska.
Creator:
Winter & Pond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Juneau., Interior architecture--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103202
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Juneau, Alaska, U.S.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Juneau., Villages--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103150
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Rev. S.H. King. Presbyterian Church at Juneau, 10 years ago.
Creator:
Landerkin, George M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., King, S. H.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Juneau., Church buildings--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103134
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Juneau, Alaska, U.S.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103131
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Presbyterian Mission Children, Juneau, Alaska.
Creator:
Winter & Pond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Juneau., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103067
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: F.L. Jones. Juneau.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jones, F. L.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Juneau., Missionaries--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102930
Title:
Presbyterian Church at Juneau, Alaska.
Description:
[Presbyterian Church at Juneau, Alaska.]
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7311

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