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: The Spring-board at Point Barrow, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Games--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104436
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:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Alaska Native girl, Point Barrow, 1892. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo girl, Point Barrow, 1892.
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:103939
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Alaska Native girl, Point Barrow, 1892. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo girl, Point Barrow, 1892.
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:103771
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
A young Alaska Native cook, Point Barrow, 1892. Text transcribed from caption: A young Eskimo cook, Point Barrow, 1892.
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:103711
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Wolff and boy of Alaska Native descent. Rev. Sheldon Jackson, Point Barrow, 1890. Text transcribed from caption: Wolff and half breed boy. Rev. Sheldon Jackson, Point Barrow, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Wolff, Michael Healy., Healy, Michael A., 1839-1904.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103670
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
"Mary," John W. Kelly, Alaska Natives Point Barrow, Lieut. Dimock U.S.R.M., Alaska, 1890. Page 1281. Text transcribed from caption: "Mary," John W. Kelly, Eskimo Point Barrow, Lieut. Dimock U.S.R.M., Alaska, 1890. Page 1281.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kelly, John W.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103644
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Michael Healy Wolff (a boy of Alaskan Native descent) Point Barrow, Page 1283. Text transcribed from caption: Michael Healy Wolff (Half-breed Eskimo Boy) Point Barrow, Page 1283.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Wolff, Michael Healy.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Men--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103449
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native Boy and Girl on the ice, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1892. Former description: Eskimo Boy and Girl on the ice.
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:103207
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Mr. John Kelly and Alaska Natives, Point Barrow, Arctic Ocean. Former description: Mr. John Kelly and Eskimos, Point Barrow, Arctic Ocean.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kelly, John W.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103183
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Coodlalook, Ojello's daughter, Point Barrow, Alaska, 500 miles north of Arctic Circle, 1903. An Alaska Native school girl. Former description: Coodlalook (Eskimo), Ojello's daughter, Point Barrow, Alaska, 500 miles north of Arctic Circle, 1903. An Eskimo school girl.
Creator:
Hertzler (Carlisle, Pa.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native students--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103182
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native girl, Point Barrow, Alaska. Former description: An Eskimo Girl.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (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:103180
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Lieut. Dimmock U.S.R.M., Mr. John Kelly and Alaska Natives, Point Barrow, Arctic Ocean. Former description: Lieut. Dimmock U.S.R.M., Mr. John Kelly and Eskimos.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kelly, John W.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103165
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Alaskan Family, Point Barrow, Alaska.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Families--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103161
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Jumping the rope on the ice in the long Arctic night, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1892.
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:103102
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girl, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1892. Former description: Eskimo Girl.
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:103099
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girl, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1892. Former description: Eskimo Girl.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native women--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103090
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native woman, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1892. Former description: Eskimo woman.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native women--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103086
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girl, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1892. Former description: An Eskimo Girl.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (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:103085
Title:
Point Barrow, Alaska.
Description:
Group of native men and boys.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Dogs--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103068

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