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: Bidarka traveling, Kuskokwim River, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Bidarkas--Alaska--Kuskokwim River., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Kuskokwim River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104151
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:
An Alaska Native Man. Kuskokwim River 1884. Text transcribed from caption: Typical Eskimo Man. Kuskokwim River 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Kuskokwim River., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Kuskokwim River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104086
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Alaska Native trader and family. Mumtrekhlagamute Kuskokwim River, 1884. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo trader and family. Mumtrekhlagamute Kuskokwim River, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Kuskokwim River., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Kuskokwim River., Families--Alaska--Kuskokwim River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104009
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Old Russian fort, Kolmakovsky, Kuskokwim, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dogs--Alaska., Fortification--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103995
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Ware House. Kuskokwim Bay 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103960
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Breaking up of the Ice, Kuskokwim River, 1885.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103937
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mumtrekhlagamute Alaska Kuskokwim River 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103924
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Hunting scene. Kuskokwim River, 1885.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Kuskokwim River., Hunting--Alaska--Kuskokwim River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103906
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Kuskokwim River from Kolmakovsky, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103824
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Drying Fish. Kuskokwim River, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dried fish--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103767
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
An Alaska Native person at leisure. Kuskokwim River. 1884. Text transcribed from caption: An Eskimo at leisure. Kuskokwim River. 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Kuskokwim River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103758
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Breaking up of the Ice on May 19, 1890 in the Kuskokwim River at Bethel, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103597
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: John H. Kilbuck. Mrs. Kilbuck. Mrs. Weinland. W.H. Weinland. Hans Torgersen. Moravian Missionaries on Kuskokquim River, Alaska. 1885. Page 1249.
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--Kuskokwin River., Missionaries--Alaska--Kuskokwin River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103523
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Breaking up of the Ice in the Kuskokwim River. May 17, 1890. Bethel Mission.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103455
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Kolmakovsky, trading post, Kuskokwim River.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Kuskokwin River., Dogs--Alaska--Kuskokwin River., Trading posts--Alaska--Kuskokwin River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103185
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Kuskokwim River, from Kolmakovsky.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Kuskokwim River., Landscapes--Alaska--Kuskokwim River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103146
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Vicinity of proposed Moravian Mission, Mumtrekhlagamute, Kuskokvim River.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Moravian Church in America.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Kuskokwin River.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103061
Title:
Kuskokwim River.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Kuskokwim River from Kolmakovsky.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103044
Title:
Kolmakovsky, trading post, Kuskokwim River.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Kolmakovsky, trading post, Kuskokwim River.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Kuskokwim River (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102835

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