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:
Michael Healy Wolff. Boy of Alaska Native descent from Cape Lisburne, Arctic Alaska, 1891. Text transcribed from caption: Michael Healy Wolff. Half Breed Eskimo Boy from Cape Lisburne, Arctic Alaska, 1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wolff, Michael Healy.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Lisburne, Cape.
Geographic subjects:
Lisburne, Cape (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103915
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Michael Healy Wolff and Quarter Master. U.S.R.M.S. Bear.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wolff, Michael Healy.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103666
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Michael Healy Wolff, 5 years olds. 1890. Page 1283.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wolff, Michael Healy.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103653
Title:
U.S.S. Bear.
Description:
Quartermaster Wilber and Alaska Native boy. Former description: Quartermaster Wilber and Eskimo boy, M.H. Wolff. U.S.R.M. Steamer Bear, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wolff, Michael Healy.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska., Alaska Native children.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103367
Title:
Children in Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native boy in preparation for college. Michael Healy Wolff to Dr. Jackson. April 21, 1903. Former description: An Eskimo Boy in preparation for college. Michael Healy Wolff to Dr. Jackson. April 21, 1903.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wolff, Michael Healy.
Topics:
Children--Alaska., Children of missionaries--Alaska., Alaska Native children.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102688
Title:
Children in Alaska.
Description:
Michael Healy Wolff, 5 year old boy of Alaska Native descent. Former description: Michael Healy Wolff, 5 year old half-breed-Eskimo boy.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wolff, Michael Healy.
Topics:
Children--Alaska., Children of missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102632

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