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:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: School House and Presbyterian Mission, Haines, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Education--Alaska--Haines., Missions--Alaska--Haines., School buildings--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104507
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Chilkat Village, Haines, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Chilkat Indians--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104408
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Presbyterian Mission School, Haines, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Education--Alaska--Haines., Missions--Alaska--Haines., School buildings--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104360
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Presbyterian Mission Home, Haines, Alaska, 1883.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Haines., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104295
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mrs. Eugene S. Willard. Miss Elizabeth Matthews. Haines, Alaska. 1882.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Willard, Eugene S., Mrs., 1853-1915., Matthews, Elizabeth.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103528
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska, U.S., 1887. Haines.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Landscapes--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103209
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Haines' Mission, Portage Bay, Alaska. Sheldon Jackson, Presbyterian Mission House, Haines, Alaska.
Creator:
Winter & Pond. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Haines., Missions--Alaska--Haines., Buildings--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103203
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Drawing of Log School House in Haines, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Haines., Education--Alaska--Haines., School buildings--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103196
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Presbyterian Mission, Haines, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Haines., Buildings--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103158
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Chilcoot [Chilkoot] Village at the Presbyterian Mission Station. Haines, Alaska.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska--Haines., Villages--Alaska--Haines.
Geographic subjects:
Haines (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103121

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