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:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Group of Alaska Natives. St. George Island. Alaska. Text transcribed from caption: Group of Natives. St. George Island. Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Saint George., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Saint George.
Geographic subjects:
Saint George (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104541
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Sámi girls. Text transcribed from caption: Lapp girls. Norway, 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sami (European people)--Norway., Children--Norway.
Geographic subjects:
Norway.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104540
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1605 - Starting for the Hunt. 1606 - Jerry and Minnie, a Young Native Couple.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Hunters--Alaska., Men--Alaska., Couples--Alaska., Alaska Natives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104456
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Sámi woman and her children, Norway, 1898. Text transcribed from caption: Lapp mother and children, Norway, 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Children--Norway., Sami (European people)--Norway., Women--Norway.
Geographic subjects:
Norway.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104455
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Frederick E. Willard.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Willard, Frederick E.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104442
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Sámi people. Text transcribed from caption: Laplanders Norway 1898. Max Behrends. Bergen, Norge.
Creator:
Behrends, Max. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sami (European people)--Norway.
Geographic subjects:
Norway.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104375
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Presbyterian Mission Home, Haines, Alaska, 1883.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Haines., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104295
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Annebuck of Carlisle.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Pennsylvania--Carlisle.
Geographic subjects:
Carlisle (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104294
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Conrad Siem. Photo by John W. Kelly.
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Siem, Conrad.
Topics:
Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104207
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Tomasook and Koluluk of the Carlisle Children, 1897.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (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:104203
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Coogidlore of Carlisle, Pa.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Pennsylvania--Carlisle.
Geographic subjects:
Carlisle (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104202
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1678 - Woof Island School. Robert G. Slifer. 1679 - Kodiak, Alaska. R.G. Slifer.
Creator:
Slifer, Robert G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Kodiak., Home missions--Educational work--Alaska--Kodiak.
Geographic subjects:
Kodiak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104191
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native man, 1884. Text transcribed from caption: "Water Rat." An Eskimo, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104163
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Alaska Native Girl. Pt Barrow. J.W. Kelly, photo. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo Girl. Pt Barrow. J.W. Kelly, photo.
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native women--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104145
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Officers of Cutter "Bear" in Arctic Dress.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sailors--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104139
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Alaska Native man in winter dress. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo man in winter dress.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104134
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Alaska Native Girl. Point Barrow. John Kelly, Photo. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo Girl. Point Barrow. John Kelly, Photo.
Creator:
Kelly, John W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104131
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Moravian Missionaries on Kuskokwim River, Alaska. Rev. J.H. Kilbuck, Mrs. Kilbuck, Rev. W. H. Weinland, Mrs. Weinland, Hans Torgerson.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kilbuck, John, 1861-1922., Kilbuck, Edith, 1865-1933., Torgerson, Hans., Weinland, William H., Weinland, William H., Mrs.
Topics:
Moravian Church--Missions--Alaska--Kuskokwim River., Missionaries--Alaska--Kuskokwim River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104123
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native man. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo man.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104119
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Bishop Nestor. Father Metropolsky. Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Clergy--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104097

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