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: Mrs. J. A. Tuck and some of the girls at the Jessie Lee Home (Methodist) Unalaska, June '95.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Tuck, John A., Mrs.
Topics:
Students--Alaska--Unalaska., Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Education--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104063
Title:
Unalaska, Alaska.
Description:
Building used by Methodist Mission, Unalaska. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Tuck and Pupils.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Tuck, John A., Tuck, John A., Mrs.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Students--Alaska--Unalaska., Education--Alaska--Unalaska., Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103628
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Gov. Knapp, Prof. John A. Tuck, Mrs. M.A. Healy, Mrs. J.A. Tuck. Mr. Gray. Unalaska, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Knapp, Lyman E. (Lyman Enos), 1837-1904., Tuck, John A., Mrs., Tuck, John A., Healy, Michael A., Mrs.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Women missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103616
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: School House. Unalaska. Mr. & Mrs. John A. Tuck and pupils. 1890. Page 1245&1264.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Tuck, John A., Tuck, John A., Mrs.
Topics:
School buildings--Alaska--Unalaska., Education--Alaska--Unalaska., Missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska., Students--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103461

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