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: Katamaran canoe, Baroness Krofg Bay.
Creator:
Call, S. J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Canoes and canoeing--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104577
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A Cossack Veteran engaged in the repulse of Anglo-French fleet. Petropavlovsky, Aug. 20-24, 1854. S.J. Call , M.D. Photo, 1899.
Creator:
Call, S. J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Russia (Federation)--Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ., Veterans--Russia (Federation)--Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ.
Geographic subjects:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104573
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mr. and Mrs. A. Jacovleff and Sister in law. Petropavlovsky, Kamchatka 1899.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jacovleff, A., Jacovleff, A., Mrs.
Topics:
Missionaries--Russia (Federation)--Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ., Women missionaries--Russia (Federation)--Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ., Men--Russia (Federation)--Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ.
Geographic subjects:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104570
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Reindeer crossing a river at Baroness Korfg Bay. Call.
Creator:
Call, S. J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104567
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Baroness Korfg Bay. Spear.
Creator:
Spear, H. W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104566
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1941 - CXX Tunguse family near Ola. 1942 - CXXI Tunguse camp near Ola.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Russia (Federation), Tungusic peoples--Russia (Federation)
Geographic subjects:
Magadanskai͡a oblast' (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104563
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The approach to the mouth of the Avatcha Harbor. Petropavlovsky. S.J. Call, Photo.
Creator:
Call, S. J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104553
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Petropavlovsky, Kamchatka. S.J. Call Photo. 1899.
Creator:
Call, S. J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104545
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Sámi girls. Text transcribed from caption: Lapp girls. Norway, 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sami (European people)--Norway., Children--Norway.
Geographic subjects:
Norway.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104540
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Left: Sámi woman. Text transcribed from caption: 1921 - Lapp Woman. Max Behrends. Bergen Norge. 1922 - Milking Reindeer in Lapland.
Creator:
Behrends, Max. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sami (European people)--Norway., Reindeer--Norway.
Geographic subjects:
Norway.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104526
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1935 - CXXIV Tunguse on deer back. 1936 - CXXVI A Gardens at Ola, Siberia.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tungusic peoples--Russia (Federation), Reindeer--Russia (Federation)
Geographic subjects:
Magadanskai͡a oblast' (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104524
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Street scene in Petropavlosky, Capital of Kamchatka. S.J. Call, M.D., Photo. 1899.
Creator:
Call, S. J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104520
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Saint Lawrence Bay, Siberia. 1897. Photo John W. Kelly
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104509
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: South Head and North Sand-Spit. St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia. 1897. John W. Kelly.
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104508
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Monument to Perouse French Arctic explorer, Petropavlovsk. Call.
Creator:
Call, S. J. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Monuments--Russia (Federation)--Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ.
Geographic subjects:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiĭ (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104505
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Siberian Chukchi House. Text transcribed from caption: 1896 - Siberian Chuckchee House. Dr. R.N. Hawley, Photo.
Creator:
Hawley, R. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Chukchi--Russia (Federation)--Siberia., Tents--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104502
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Kohari and wife, Indian Point, Siberia.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104501
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1691 - Skinning a Reindeer. St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia, Aug. 1898. V.C. Gambell, Photo. 1692 - Boat loading of Siberians. St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia. Aug. 1898. V.C. Gambell, Photo.
Creator:
Gambell, Vene C., 1863-1898. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Russia (Federation)--Siberia., Reindeer--Russia (Federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104500
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1939 - CXXIII Tunguse on deer back. 1940 - CXXIII - Tunguse on deer back.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tungusic peoples--Russia (Federation), Reindeer--Russia (Federation)
Geographic subjects:
Magadanskai͡a oblast' (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104487
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Giving the child a ride. Lapland. 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Lapland., Sami (European people)--Lapland., Children--Lapland.
Geographic subjects:
Lapland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104484

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