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:
Interior of the Log Cabin Presbyterian Church, Juneau, Alaska.
Creator:
Winter & Pond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Juneau., Interior architecture--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103202
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Native Presbyterian Church. Juneau, Alaska, 1898.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Juneau., Church buildings--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103106
Title:
Photographs by Henry H. Brodeck.
Description:
Auck and Hoonah in Front of Northwest Trading Company's Post, Rockwell. Photographed for the Northwest Trading Co. By H.H. Brodeck, Walla Walla. W.T. Text transcribed from caption: Auck and Hoonyah Indians in Front of Northwest Trading Company's Post, Rockwell. Photographed for the Northwest Trading Co. By H.H. Brodeck, Walla Walla. W.T.
Creator:
Brodeck, H. H. (Henry H.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--Alaska--Juneau., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Juneau., Hoonah Indians--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102647
Title:
Photographs by Henry H. Brodeck.
Description:
U.S. Custom House at Rockwell. Photographed for the Northwest Trading Co. By H.H. Brodeck, Walla Walla. W.T.
Creator:
Brodeck, H. H. (Henry H.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102621
Title:
Photographs by Henry H. Brodeck.
Description:
Northwest Trading Company's Post at Rockwell. Photographed for the Northwest Trading Co. By H.H. Brodeck, Walla Walla. W.T.
Creator:
Brodeck, H. H. (Henry H.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Buildings--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102615
Title:
Presbyterian Church at Juneau, Alaska.
Description:
[Presbyterian Church at Juneau, Alaska.]
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Alaska--Juneau.
Geographic subjects:
Juneau (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7311

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