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: 1680 - Grave image at Jackson. V.C. Gambell. 1681 - Grave image, Jackson. V.C. Gambell. 1682 - In Howkon straits. V.C. Gambell.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gambell, Vene C., 1863-1898.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Sepulchral monuments--Alaska., Kayaks--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104426
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Gambell with group of Alaska Natives. St. Lawrence Island, June 28, 1895. Text transcribed from caption: Mr. and Mrs. Gambell with group of Eskimo. St. Lawrence Island, June 28, 1895.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gambell, Vene C., 1863-1898., Gambell, Nellie, 1874-1898.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island., Alaska Natives--Alaska--Saint Lawrence Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103979
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: V. C. Gambell.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gambell, Vene C., 1863-1898.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102770
Title:
Photographs of families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. V.C. Gambell and daughter. Drowned at sea on the sinking of the "Jane Gray," May 22, 1898.
Creator:
French (photographer)
Subject names:
Gambell, Vene C., 1863-1898., Gambell, Nellie Francis Webster, 1874-1898., Gambell, Margaret, 1897-1898., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Children of missionaries--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10153
Title:
Photographs of families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. V.C. Gambell in winter dress at Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Northern Bering Sea, 1897.
Subject names:
Gambell, Vene C., 1863-1898., Gambell, Nellie Francis Webster, 1874-1898., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10152

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