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:
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:
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:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Indian Training School, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Education--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103323
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sitka.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Villages--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103322
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native part of Sitka. Former description: Indian part of Sitka, 2 old Russian block houses.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (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:103309
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Indian River Road, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103280
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:
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:
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:
Russian block house, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Architecture, Domestic--Alaska--Sitka., Russians--Dwellings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103250
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Shows Cathedral, Old Trading Post (Center), Customs House, Mt. Verstovia.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka., Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103248
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Elliott H. Shepard Industrial Building, Presbyterian Mission, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103241
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Indian River Park, Lower Bridge, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Sitka., Bridges--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103217
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Twin Totems, Howkan, Alaska.
Creator:
DeGroff, Edward, 1860-1910. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Totem poles--Long Island (Prince of Wales--Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska), Missionaries--Long Island (Prince of Wales--Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska)
Geographic subjects:
Long Island (Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103084

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