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:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Dr. Sheldon Jackson and a group of Alaska Native children from Sitka enroute to school at Northfield, Mass. 1886. Olga Hilton, Frederick Harris, Blanche Lewis, Flora Campbell, Florence Wells, Minnie Shotter, Sheldon Jackson, Samuel Kendall Paul, Henry Philips.
Creator:
Marshall, C.P. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6250
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mount Saint Elias, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Elias, Mount (Alaska and Yukon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103482
Title:
Alice Fletcher, F. A. Reigart, Sheldon Jackson, and I. N. Wycoft.
Description:
Alice Fletcher, F. A. Reigart, Sheldon Jackson, and I. N. Wycoft.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6773
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Native forest, Yakutat, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103512
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Prof. Russell and Mount Saint Elias Party.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Saint Elias, Mount., Missionaries--Alaska--Saint Elias, Mount., Men--Yukon--Saint Elias, Mount., Missionaries--Yukon--Saint Elias, Mount.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Elias, Mount (Alaska and Yukon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103381
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Store at Yakutat, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Yakutat.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103527
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Native village, Yakutat, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Yakutat., Villages--Alaska--Yakutat.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103614
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Fishing Village, Lower Yukon River.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103463
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Yakutat, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103534
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Swedish Evangelical Union Mission. Yakutat, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Yakutat.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103615
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Whaler Sea Ranger, Steam Whaler Belvidere, Arctic Ocean.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Whaling ships--Arctic Ocean.
Geographic subjects:
Arctic Ocean.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103501
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Yakutat, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103438
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Canyon on "40 Mile Creek."
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Canyons--Alaska., Canyons--Yukon.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103417
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Japanese Steamer Tsumumarii. Arctic Ocean. Chartered by Mr. Carroll of New York.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Steamboats--Arctic Ocean.
Geographic subjects:
Arctic Ocean.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103485
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Native village, Yakutat, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Yakutat.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103429
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Mission house and natives. Bering Straits. Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives., Alaska Native children.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., Bering Strait.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103412
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Whalers Arctic Ocean. (Double Exposure)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Whaling ships--Arctic Ocean.
Geographic subjects:
Arctic Ocean.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103555
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Alaska Natives boats in tow of U.S.S. Cutter "Bear". Bering Straits. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo Boats in tow of U.S.S. Cutter "Bear". Bering Straits.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Boats--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103632
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mount Saint Elias, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Elias, Mount (Alaska and Yukon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103591
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Whaler Sea Breeze. Arctic Ocean.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Whaling ships--Arctic Ocean.
Geographic subjects:
Arctic Ocean.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103387

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