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:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104603
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104602
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104601
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from back: 1. Sheldon Jackson 2. Mary Remy 3. Harvey Townsend 4. John Shields 1. Frank Cushing 2. Nellie Cary 3.Ben Thomas 4. John Menaul 5. Taylor Ealy 6. Mary Ealy 7. Jennie Hammaker.
Creator:
Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Students.
Topics:
Alaska Native children., Alaska Native children--Pennsylvania--Carlisle.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., Carlisle (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104597
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from back: 1. Sheldon Jackson 2. Mary Remy 3. Harvey Townsend 4. John Shields 1. Frank Cushing 2. Nellie Cary 3.Ben Thomas 4. John Menaul 5. Taylor Ealy 6. Mary Ealy 7. Jennie Hammaker.
Creator:
Choate, J. N. (John N.), 1848-1902. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)--Students.
Topics:
Alaska Native children., Alaska Native children--Pennsylvania--Carlisle.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., Carlisle (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104596
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from back: 1. Sheldon Jackson 2. Mary Remy 3. Harvey Townsend 4. John Shields 1. Frank Cushing 2. Nellie Cary 3.Ben Thomas 4. John Menaul 5. Taylor Ealy 6. Mary Ealy 7. Jennie Hammaker.
Creator:
Choate (Carlisle, Pa.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104595
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native girl. Text transcribed from back: Dr. Jackson, I wish you a happy Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From your friend, Cooki Glook. An Eskimo school girl.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children., Schoolgirls--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104594
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native girl. Text transcribed from back: Dr. Jackson, I wish you a happy Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From your friend, Cooki Glook. An Eskimo school girl.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children., Schoolgirls--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104593
Title:
Photographs of children in Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native girl. Text transcribed from back: Dr. Jackson, I wish you a happy Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. From your friend, Cooki Glook. An Eskimo school girl.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Eskimo children--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104592
Title:
First Presbyterian Church, Clam Lake, Michigan.
Description:
First Presbyterian Church, Clam Lake, Wexford County, Michigan, 1873.
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Clam Lake, Mich.), Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Michigan--Wexford County.
Geographic subjects:
Wexford County (Mich.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104591
Title:
First Presbyterian Church, Clam Lake, Michigan.
Description:
First Presbyterian Church, Clam Lake, Wexford County, Michigan, 1873.
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Clam Lake, Mich.), Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Michigan--Wexford County.
Geographic subjects:
Wexford County (Mich.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104590
Title:
First Presbyterian Church, Clam Lake, Michigan.
Description:
First Presbyterian Church, Clam Lake, Wexford County, Michigan, 1873.
Subject names:
First Presbyterian Church (Clam Lake, Mich.), Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Michigan.
Geographic subjects:
Michigan--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104589
Title:
Unknown places/things in Alaska.
Description:
Field in Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103681
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:
Unknown places/things in Alaska.
Description:
McKenna's house at 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103674
Title:
Unga, Alaska.
Description:
A group of people of Alaska Native and Russian descent, 9 of whom were pupils in the public school. Former description: A Group of Unga Creoles - 9 of whom were pupils in the public school, 1887. Sent by John H. Carr, Teacher. Former title: Unknown places, not in Alaska.
Creator:
Peiser (Seattle, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Students--Alaska--Unga Island., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Unga Island., Women missionaries--Alaska--Unga Island.
Geographic subjects:
Unga Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103671
Title:
Unknown places/things in Alaska.
Description:
Along the Alaskan coast.
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company of New York. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103669
Title:
St. Michael's Island, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native houses and food cache at St. Michael's Island, Alaska, 1892. Text transcribed from caption: Houses and food cache of the Natives at St. Michaels, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Dwellings--Native Village of Saint Michael., Alaska Natives--Dwellings--Alaska--Saint Michael.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Michael (Alaska), Native Village of Saint Michael.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103664
Title:
U.S.S. Bear.
Description:
Photograph of men on the U.S.S. Bear.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103663
Title:
Unknown places/things in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native tools. Text transcribed from caption: Emmon's Indian Collection, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Emmons, George Thornton.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Implements., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103661

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