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:
Gamblers at Sitka.
Description:
Gamblers at Sitka.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Gamblers--Alaska--Sitka., Gambling--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6255
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Dr. Sheldon Jackson and a group of Alaska Native children from Sitka enroute to school at Northfield, Mass. 1886. Olga Hilton, Frederick Harris, Blanche Lewis, Flora Campbell, Florence Wells, Minnie Shotter, Sheldon Jackson, Samuel Kendall Paul, Henry Philips.
Creator:
Marshall, C.P. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6250
Title:
Lincoln Street.
Description:
Alaska, Sitka, Lincoln Street.
Creator:
Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6214
Title:
Sitka, Alaska.
Description:
Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka. Boys in front of home.
Creator:
Sitka View & Portrait Co. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Sheldon Jackson School (Sitka, Alaska)
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka., School buildings--Alaska--Sitka., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6159
Title:
Scenes in Alaska.
Description:
Scenes in Alaska.
Creator:
Brodeck, H. H. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6129
Title:
The Thlinket Native.
Description:
The Thlinket Native Alaska, U.S.
Creator:
Partridge Photo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Alaska natives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6117
Title:
Klinquau.
Description:
Klinquau.
Creator:
Spear, H.W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6113

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