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:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Custom House. Castle. Court House and Jail. Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Public buildings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104146
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Tlingit Women selling items, Sitka. Text transcribed from caption: Thlinget Women selling curios, Sitka.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tlinglit women--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104125
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Ship.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104124
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:
Haida slate carvings. British Columbia. Text transcribed from caption: Hydah slate carvings. British Columbia.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Antiquities--British Columbia., Haida art--British Columbia.
Geographic subjects:
British Columbia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104105
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mount Edgecumbe near Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Mount Edgecumbe (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104092
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Barabara and Woman, Ounalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Unalaska., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104072
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A back view of Unalaska, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104071
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: School at Meltakahtla, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Education--Alaska--Metlakatla., Students--Alaska--Metlakatla., School buildings--Alaska--Metlakatla.
Geographic subjects:
Metlakatla (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104070
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Presbyterian Mission and School, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104031
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Items. South East Alaska. Text transcribed from caption: Curios. South East Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Antiquities--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104004
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Russo-Greek Church. U.S. Custom House. Unalaska, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--Alaska--Unalaska., Church buildings--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103978
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The Dora. Vessel of the Alaska Commercial Company.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103977
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Indian River, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103975
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mrs. E.L. Weber (Carrie Detterer) Bethel, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Weber, Carrie Detterer.
Topics:
Women--Alaska--Bethel., Women missionaries--Alaska--Bethel.
Geographic subjects:
Bethel (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103969
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Exterior of Greek Church. Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103962
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Roman Catholic Mission. Presbyterian Mission. Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
Creator:
Dossetter, E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Wrangell.
Geographic subjects:
Wrangell (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103930
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Sitka scenery. Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103910
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Indian River, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103895
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Governor's Residence. Presbyterian Church, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Alaska--Sitka., Dwellings--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103885

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