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:
Sitka, Alaska, U.S.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103279
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Lovers' Lane, Sitka.
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company of New York. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103278
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Boy's Dorm, Girls's Dorm under construction. Sitka. Sheldon Jackson Institute, Sitka, Alaska. 1883.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Dormitories--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103277
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka, Alaska, looking north. Taken from Castle Hill, shows Sitka Industrial School at right. Russian Orthodox Cathedral center.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103275
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Description:
The Whaling Bark "Hunter," Behring Sea. June 10, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Hunter (Bark)
Topics:
Whaling ships--Bering Sea., Whaling ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Bering Sea., Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103274
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Indian River Park, Upper Bridge, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103273
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka Harbor from top of Castle.
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company of New York. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103269
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Dr. Sheldon Jackson and a group of Simpsean boys from Metlakatla, starting for the Presbyterian Industrial School, Sitka, Alaska. May 4, 1888. Dr. Bluett, Photographer.
Creator:
Bluett, Dr. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Sitka., Portraits, Group--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103268
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Cathedrals--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103267
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Native family and dog in Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Families--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Sitka., Dogs--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103266
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
View of Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103265
Title:
Plover Bay, Siberia.
Description:
Scenery at the head of Plover Bay, Siberia. Mount Kennicoff, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Russia--Chukchi Peninsula.
Geographic subjects:
Chukchi Peninsula (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103264
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
By Indian River, near Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Bridges--Alaska--Sitka., Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103263
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
View of Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103262
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka, Alaska, showing Baranof Castle (behind ship) Russian Cathedral 2 block houses, Before 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska--Sitka., Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103259
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka Native Village, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Villages--Alaska--Sitka., Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103257
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Tlingit masks, Sitka, Alaska. Text transcribed from caption: Masks, Thlingit, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska--Sitka., Tlingit masks--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103255
Title:
Skidegate-Takou Inlet, Alaska.
Description:
Drawing of Stikine River. Dirt Glacier, Stikine River.
Creator:
Maynard, R., Mrs. (creator)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Glaciers--Alaska--Stikine River., Glaciers--British Columbia--Stikine River.
Geographic subjects:
Stikine River (B.C. and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103254
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Wrangell totem poles.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Totem poles--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103253
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Presbyterian Industrial School. Sitka, 1885. (Native)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103252

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