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:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104603
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104602
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone & Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104601
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: At the Wharf, Sitka.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Wharves--Alaska--Sitka., Mail steamers--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104562
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 2043 - Grave image at Howkan (Jackson). There is a bucket kept full of water behind it. (Some have clothing, others verison etc. kept there for a year) Roof of grave house at left. 2044 - Mrs. Bennet, Sitka.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Sitka., Women--Alaska--Sitka., Burial--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104561
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Bridge Indian River, Sitka.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104555
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Bay of Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104504
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1876 - Indian River Sitka. 1877 - Mail Steamer leaving Sitka.
Creator:
Hawley, R. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Steamboats--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104494
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Harbors--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104490
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Sitka, Alaska. Presbyterian Mission.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104479
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Indian River, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104410
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Indian River, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104409
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Main Street, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104401
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Desolate Lake. Stewart Mountains. Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Lakes--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104400
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Presbyterian Mission - Sitka.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104399
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Sheldon Jackson Museum.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Sheldon Jackson Museum.
Topics:
Museums--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104359
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Indian River, Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104353
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Approach to Sitka, Alaska.
Creator:
Norman, A. C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104347
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: The harbor at Sitka, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Harbors--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104327
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Pier Mission Wharf, Sitka.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Wharves--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104290

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