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:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Text from caption: Indian Girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Wrangell., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Wrangell.
Geographic subjects:
Wrangell (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104600
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Text from caption: Indian Girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Educational work--Alaska--Wrangell., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Wrangell.
Geographic subjects:
Wrangell (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104599
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska. Text from caption: Indian Girls in the "McFarland Home," Fort Wrangell, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Wrangell., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Wrangell.
Geographic subjects:
Wrangell (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104598
Title:
Corinne, Utah territory.
Description:
A plan of the city of Corinne, Utah territory, April 1869.
Creator:
Spicer, Wells. (artist)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Maps--Utah--Corinne.
Geographic subjects:
Corinne (Utah)--Maps.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7353

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