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: Surf on Amaknak Island.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104488
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Akoutan Trading Post. Akoutan Village. Aleutian Islands.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104473
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Grove of spruce trees on Amaknak Island Alaska. Photo Hawley, MD. 1901.
Creator:
Hawley, R. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Spruce--Alaska--Aleutian Islands.
Geographic subjects:
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104317
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Unimak Pass. Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104292
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A dead reindeer, Amaknak Id.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Animal carcasses--Alaska--Aleutian Islands., Reindeer--Alaska--Aleutian Islands., Reindeer hunting--Alaska--Aleutian Islands.
Geographic subjects:
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104188
Title:
Seal Islands, Alaska.
Description:
Unangan men. Seal Islands, 1890. Former description: Aleuts.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Aleuts--Alaska--Aleutian Islands., Missions--Alaska--Aleutian Islands., Unangan--Alaska--Aleutian Islands.
Geographic subjects:
Aleutian Islands (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103483

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