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: Boy's Home, Girl's Home, Church, Industrial Building, Girl's Hospital, Boy's Hospital, Presbyterian Mission, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Buidlings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104143
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Drawing of Sitka Mission. Boy's Building. Girls Building. Church. Industrial Building. Manse. Cottages. Hospital. Presbyterian Church and school and Industrial building, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Drawing--Alaska--Sitka., Buildings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103301
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Drawing of Industrial Training School, Sitka, Alaska, A.D. 1888. Austin Home for Boys. Girls' Home. Shepard Industrial Building. Hospital. Model Homes. Mt. of the Cross.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103212
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Drawing of Kodiak, Alaska.
Creator:
Woche, B. (artist)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Drawing--Alaska--Kodiak.
Geographic subjects:
Kodiak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103204

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