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: Nushagak. (Upper Part) 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104137
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Moravian Mission. Carmel on the Nushagak 1891.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104078
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Nushagak. (Looking South) 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103982
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Group of Alaska Natives from Upper Nushagak River, 1884. Text transcribed from caption: Group of Natives from Upper Nushagak River, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103932
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Drying Fish, Ft. Alexander, Nushagak River, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Nushagak., Dried fish--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103872
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Joan. The Chief at Nushagak, 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103781
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Moravian Mission Carmel, 1891. Carmel on the Nushagak.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103716
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Nushagak (Lower Part) 1884.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103695
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Nushagak, lower part.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Nushagak., Missionaries--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103171
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Nushagak, looking south.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103163
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Nushagak, upper part.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Nushagak., Villages--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103154
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: "Joan" The Chief at Nushagak. Photograph by Harimann and Weinland. Views in Alaska.
Creator:
Hartmann and Weinland. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102994
Title:
Nushagak.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Nushagak looking south.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102924
Title:
Nushagak.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Nushagak. Upper Part.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102902
Title:
Fish drying, Nushagak River.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption; Fish Drying Frames near Fort Alexander, North of Nushagak River.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Nushagak., Dried fish--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102844
Title:
Joan, the Chief at Nushagak.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Joan. The Chief at Nushagak.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Nushagak.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102794
Title:
Nushagak.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Nushagak - Lower part.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Nushagak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102759

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