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:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. H. P. Peck, 1869.
Creator:
Sherman, O.G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Peck, H.P.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102724
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: W. P. Shull, 1896.
Creator:
Sawyer (Wichita, Kan.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Shull, W.P.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102721
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1891.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:85956
Title:
Memoranda of trip to Kawtschatka and Alaska, 1899.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:85330
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1892.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:84672
Title:
Memoranda of the cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1894.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:84543
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1894, vol. 2.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:84146
Title:
Annual Tour of Inspection--Alaskan Schools, 1896.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Schools--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travek.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:84007
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1894, vol. 1.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83856
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1893.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83638
Title:
Trip of 1900 [Western U.S. and Alaska].
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83571
Title:
Cruise of the Cutter Bear, 1890.
Description:
Travel journal consisting of clippings of newspaper articles written by Sheldon Jackson.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Description and travel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83474
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
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Petroff taking census at Kodiak, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Natives--Alaska--Kodiak., Missionaries--Alaska., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Kodiak.
Geographic subjects:
Kodiak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10105
Title:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Faodorf and pupils at Karluk School, 1890.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Karluk., Schools--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska., Alaska Native children--Alaska--Karluk.
Geographic subjects:
Karluk (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10074
Title:
Corner in Afognak School, 1896.
Description:
Class inside Afognak School building, 1896.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Alaska--Afognak., Missionaries--Alaska., Schools--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Afognak (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:10073

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