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:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Miss Clara A. Gould, Miss Elizabeth D. Matthews, Miss Kate A. Rankin. Group of Presbyterian Mission Teachers, Alaska, 1882.
Creator:
Elite Photographic Studios (San Francisco, Calif.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gould, Clara A., Matthews, Elizabeth., Rankin, Kate A.
Topics:
Education--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103017
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. C. E. Walker.
Creator:
Tresslar, S.P. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Walker, C.E., Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103009
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. J.H. Kilbuck in Native Alaskan dress, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kilbuck, Edith, 1865-1933.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102986
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Florence Wells, Alaska, 1891.
Creator:
C. L. Howe & Son. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wells, Florence.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102948
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. J. Loomis Gould, Jackson, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gould, J. Loomis, Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102939
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska, U.S., 1887. The Tlingit Native. Text transcribed from caption: Alaska, U.S., 1887. The Thlinket Native.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102923
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Alice C. Fletcher, F.A. Reigart, Sheldon Jackson, J.N. Wyckoff. March 1886.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923., Reigart, F. A., Wyckoff, J. N.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102775
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Photograph of Mrs. E. T. Throp Martin, presented to the Rev. Sheldon Jackson.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Martin, E.T. Throp, Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102722
Title:
Group of teachers in South-East Alaska.
Description:
Miss Clara A. Gould, Miss Elizabeth D. Matthews, Miss Kate A. Rankin. Group of Presbyterian Mission Teachers, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska., Teachers--Alaska., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7203

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