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:
Students and teachers outside of Afognak School, 1896.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Afognak., Missionaries--Alaska--Afognak., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Afognak.
Geographic subjects:
Afognak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103105
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Mr. Esta S. Smith, teacher at Afognak, 1892-3.
Creator:
Schnell, C.A. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Smith, Esta S.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Afognak., Missionaries--Alaska--Afognak.
Geographic subjects:
Afognak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102716
Title:
Corner in Afognak School, 1896.
Description:
Class inside Afognak School building, 1896.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Afognak., Missionaries--Alaska., Schools--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Afognak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10073
Title:
Afognak School, 1896.
Description:
Class outside of Afognak School, 1896.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries Alaska., Schools--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Afognak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10072
Title:
Afognak School, 1896.
Description:
Woman and girl in front of Afognak School, May 4th, 1896.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Afognak., School buildings--Alaska--Afognak., Missionaries--Alaska--Afognak.
Geographic subjects:
Afognak (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10071

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