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:
Presbyterian Industrial School, Sitka, Alaska. Wm. A. Kelly, Supt. Photo by E.W. Merrill.
Creator:
Merrill, E.W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kelly, William A. (William Archibald), 1850-1920.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103276
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. A.E. Austin, Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Hon. Wm. A. Kelly.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone&Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Austin, Alonzo Eugene, 1837-1915., Kelly, William A. (William Archibald), 1850-1920.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102987
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: William A. Kelly, Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kelly, William A. (William Archibald), 1850-1920.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Sitka., Missionaries--Alaska--Sitka.
Geographic subjects:
Sitka (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102978
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Hon. Wm. A. Kelly, Rev. A.E. Austin.
Creator:
Reuben Alberstone&Co. (Sitka, Alaska) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Austin, Alonzo Eugene, 1837-1915., Kelly, William A. (William Archibald), 1850-1920.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102769

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