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:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Supplies for Circle City. Upper Yukon, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Circle.
Geographic subjects:
Circle (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104121
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native Child asleep on "Bear." Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo Child asleep on "Bear."
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104095
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Juneau, Alaska. May 10, 1894. V. Wilson, Photo.
Creator:
Wilson, V. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104067
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of Girls Methodist Mission, Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Students--Alaska--Unalaska., Missions--Alaska--Unalaska., Education--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104066
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of sailors U.S. Rev. Cutter Bear.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sailors--Alaska., Ships--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104064
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Group of Alaska Natives. St Lawrence Island. Bering Sea. 1894. Text transcribed from caption: Group of Eskimo. St Lawrence Island. Bering Sea. 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104027
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Wooding Station. Lower Yukon River, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Lumbering--Alaska., Lumbering--Yukon.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104020
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Sheldon Jackson Museum.
Topics:
Museums--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103993
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of "40 Mile" Miners, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Miners--Yukon., Men--Yukon., Miners--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103970
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Alaska Native woman. St. Lawrence Island. Bering Sea, 1894. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo woman. St. Lawrence Island. Bering Sea, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native women--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103961
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Placer Mines, Ruby Sand, Yakutat, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Yakutat., Miners--Alaska.--Yakutat.
Geographic subjects:
Yakutat (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103945
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Natives at the mouth of the Yukon River, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Alaska., Alaska Native children--Yukon., Alaska Natives--Yukon., Alaska Natives--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103904
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Bird's eye view of Juneau, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103881
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Deck of U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sailors--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103838
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: St. Lawrence Island, Whale jaws supporting fish drying frames.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dried fish--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103834
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Treadwell (Gold) Mill. Douglass Island, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Douglas Island.
Geographic subjects:
Douglas Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103814
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A portion of Sitka. 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103813
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Kimo and Peter. Alaska Natives. St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia. Text transcribed from caption: Kimo and Peter. Eskimos. St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Indigenous peoples--Russia (federation)--Siberia.
Geographic subjects:
Siberia (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103793
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Ikogmut. Yukon River. 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Men--Yukon.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103744
Title:
Education in Alaska Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Russian Greek Church. Ikogmut. Yukon River, 1894.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Alaska., Church buildings--Yukon., Missions--Alaska., Missions--Yukon.
Geographic subjects:
Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103712

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