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:
Text transcribed from caption: Lake and creek at Unalaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104314
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103676
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Prof. Luck, Mrs. L.H. Daggett and pupils at Unalaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Daggett, L.H., Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Students--Alaska--Unalaska., Education--Alaska--Unalaska., Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103647
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103627
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Methodist School, Unalaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103518
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Miss Mary Reinken (Half Unangan) Pupil at Prof. Luck's School, Unalaska, 1892. Former description: Miss Mary Reinken (Half Aleute) Pupil at Prof. Luck's School, Unalaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Reinken, Mary.
Topics:
Women--Alaska--Unalaska., Aleut women--Alaska--Unalaska., Unangan women--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102832
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Miss Fulcomer, Unalaska, Alaska, 1892.
Creator:
McMurry Studio (Port Townsend, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Fulcomer, Miss.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102805

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