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:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Siberian herders. Port Clarence. B. Gibson.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gibson, Bruce.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Port Clarence., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Port Clarence., Herders--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104142
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
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:
Missionaries--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104094
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:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Mr. & Mrs. W.T. Lopp, Mr. McClellan, Bruce Gibson. The herders and herd at Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska, Sept. 1892. W.M.B.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Lopp, William Thomas, 1864-1939., Gibson, Bruce., Lopp, William Thomas, Mrs.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Port Clarence., Missionaries--Alaska--Port Clarence., Reindeer--Alaska--Port Clarence., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103199
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Mr. W. T. Lopp, Mr. Bruce Gibson at School House, Cape Prince of Wales, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Lopp, William Thomas, 1864-1939., Gibson, Bruce.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape., School buildings--Alaska--Prince of Wales, Cape.
Geographic subjects:
Prince of Wales, Cape (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103179
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Mr. Bruce Gibson and three Siberian Herders, Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gibson, Bruce.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Siberian--Alaska--Port Clarence., Missionaries--Alaska--Port Clarence., Reindeer--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103128
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Bruce Gibson, and inside of Dug Out, Reindeer Station, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gibson, Bruce.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102760

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