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 Misson girls. Blanche, Florence and Olga.
Creator:
C. L. Howe & Son. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103356
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Drying fish at Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Fishing--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103355
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Description:
Missionaries in cabin of ship.
Creator:
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103354
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103353
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
View of 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:103352
Title:
Cape Navarin, Siberia.
Description:
Tent and group of Siberian indigenous people near Cape Navarin, 1890. Former description: Tent and group of natives near Cape Navarin, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Siberian--Russia--Anadyr, Gulf of.
Geographic subjects:
Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103350
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Presbyterian Mission, Sitka.
Creator:
E. Chamberlain Photographic Studio (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103349
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
School No. 1, Sitka. (White and Creole) Dr. Sheldon Jackson, General Agent of Education in Alaska. Compliments of Miss Patton, Sitka School, No. 1.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Patton, Cassia.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Education--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103348
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka, Alaska, 1888-1895.
Creator:
Winter & Pond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103347
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Compliments of Linnie Austin. 1st building of Sitka Industrial Training School, later named Sheldon Jackson School. About 1880-90.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Education--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103346
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native village and entrance to Sitka Harbor, Alaska, U.S. Text transcribed from caption: Indian village and entrance to Sitka Harbor, Alaska, U.S.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Portland, Or.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Villages--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103345
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Lincoln St., Looking West, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Children--Alaska--Sitka., Villages--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103344
Title:
Ships in Alaska.
Description:
Whalers at anchor, Port Clarence, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Whaling ships--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103343
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Greek Church, Sitka, Alaska, U.S., 1887. Church burned in 1966, most of the icons saved, but this one was lost. Is being rebuilt.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103341
Title:
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Description:
The frame of a Native house at St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, made from driftwood and to be covered with walrus hides.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island., Alaska Natives--Dwellings--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103340
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Gamblers at Sitka.
Creator:
Eastman Kodak Company of New York. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Gamblers--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103338
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Girls in Sitka Home School, Summer, 1883. Compliments of Miss Linnie Austin.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103336
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103334
Title:
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
Description:
Dr. Sheldon Jackson and a group of Alaska Natives at "Gambell" St. Lawrence Island. Former description: Dr. Sheldon Jackson and a group of Eskimos at "Gambell" St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island., Missionaries--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103333
Title:
Port Clarence, Alaska.
Description:
Interior of "Dug-out." Reindeer Station, Port Clarence, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103331

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