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: 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
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
A group of Sámi people, Norway, 1898. Text transcribed from caption: A camp of Laplanders, Norway, 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sami (European people)--Norway., Dogs--Norway.
Geographic subjects:
Norway.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104433
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Buster 40 Mile's Favorite.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dogs--Yukon., Dogs--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103887
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Dog Sled Team. Point Barrow, Alaska. 1893.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sled dogs--Alaska--Barrow, Point., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103478
Title:
Unknown places/things in Alaska.
Description:
Sami herding dogs. Former description: Laplanders herding dogs.
Creator:
Knight, George H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Herding dogs--Alaska., Sami (European people)
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103399
Title:
Alaska Native man with dog.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Esquimau dog. Original title: Eskimo dog.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dogs--Alaska., Alaska Natives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103008
Title:
Animals in Alaska.
Description:
The reindeer herd in the city park, Seattle, Washington. En route to Alaska, 1898.
Creator:
LaRoche (Seattle, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Washington--Seattle.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102695
Title:
Animals in Alaska.
Description:
Nils Klemetsen starting with mail for Nome from Eaton. Unalakleet River, March 1, 1900.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Klemetsen, Nils.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska--Unalakleet., Missionaries--Alaska--Unalakleet.
Geographic subjects:
Unalakleet (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102680
Title:
Animals in Alaska.
Description:
Herd of reindeer, near Cape Serdze, Siberia.
Creator:
Justice, J.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Russia--Sibirskiĭ federalʹnyĭ okrug.
Geographic subjects:
Sibirskiĭ federalʹnyĭ okrug (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102672

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