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: Natural History Collection on board Cutter "Bear".
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Birds--Alaska., Animals--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104148
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Koharri's Family. Cape Tchaplin Siberia.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Inuit families--Russia--Chaplino.
Geographic subjects:
Chaplino (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104147
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Alaska Native Girl. Pt Barrow. J.W. Kelly, photo. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo Girl. Pt Barrow. J.W. Kelly, photo.
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native women--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104145
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Officers of Cutter "Bear" in Arctic Dress.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sailors--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104139
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Alaska Native man in winter dress. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo man in winter dress.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104134
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Alaska Native Girl. Point Barrow. John Kelly, Photo. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo Girl. Point Barrow. John Kelly, Photo.
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104131
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Moravian Mission, Carmel, 1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104128
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of Native Children Lower Yukon.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Inuit children--Yukon., Inuit children--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104108
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Log Cabin Yakutat Alaska, 1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Log cabins--Alaska--Yakutat.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104102
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Reindeer Station. Port Clarence. M.W. Bruce. B. Gibson.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Bruce, Miner Wait., Gibson, Bruce.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Port Clarence., Missionaries--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104080
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Men working outside a building.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104079
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Moravian Mission. Carmel on the Nushagak 1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104078
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Steamer Arctic at "40 Mile Creek."
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Steamboats--Yukon., Steamboats--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104051
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: U.S.R.M.S. Bear in the ice. Bering Sea, 1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Bering Sea.
Geographic subjects:
Bering Sea.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104039
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Drying Salmon on Lower Yukon River.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Villages--Alaska., Villages--Yukon.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104035
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Officers of Cutter "Bear" and Alaska Native pupils. Cape Prince of Wales. Text transcribed from caption: Officers of Cutter "Bear" and Eskimo pupils. Cape Prince of Wales.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Sailors--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape.
Geographic subjects:
Prince of Wales, Cape (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104032
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A group of Native Children, St. Michael, 1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Saint Michael.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Michael (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104030
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native woman and son. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo woman and son (Civilized).
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska., Alaska Native women--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104024
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Steamer P.B. Ware wooding on Yukon River.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Steamboats--Yukon., Steamboats--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104008
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Herd of reindeer.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104007

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