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:
Places in Alaska.
Description:
Carmel, Alaska, 1888, native school children. Teachers and native school children.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska., Missions--Educational work--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103108
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: John Eaton, U.S. Commissioner of Education under whom Alaska School work was started.
Creator:
Bierstadt, E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Eaton, John.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103037
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Thomas Carter Kirkwood, 1880.
Creator:
Hopkins, G. E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kirkwood, Thomas Carter.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103031
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. James G. Craighead, D.D.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Craighead, J. G. (James Geddes), 1823-1895.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103006
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Frederick L. Moore, from Alaska, 1888.
Creator:
C. L. Howe & Son. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Moore, Frederick L.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102993
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: John H. Carr, Teacher and Missionary, Unga, Alaska. 1886.
Creator:
Peiser (Seattle, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Carr, John H.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Unga Island., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unga Island (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102976
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: William G. Harris, U.S. Commissioner of Education under whom Reindeer were introduced into Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Harris, William G.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102952
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Sincerely yours, Robert Laird Stewert.
Creator:
Kuebler (Philadelphia, Pa.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Stewart, Robert Laird, 1840-1916.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102951
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of Laplanders and Norwegians brought to the United States by Dr. Sheldon Jackson. March 1898.
Creator:
Wilse and Kirk (Seattle, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Sami (European people), Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102946
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Adolf Lydell, Swedish Evangelical Mission, Alaska, 1892.
Creator:
Roadberg, E. G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Lydell, Adolf.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102944
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Adolf Lydell, Swedish Missionary, Alaska.
Creator:
Richardson and Atkins. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Lydell, Adolf.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102889
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Wm. G. Roberts, D.D., Elizabeth, N.J. 1881.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Roberts, William G.
Topics:
Missionaries--New Jersey--Elizabeth., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Elizabeth (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102863
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: James Millar, Hunter Bay, Alaska, 1890.
Creator:
Skene Lowe (Victoria, B.C.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Millar, James.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102847
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Frank E. Wolff, Mrs. Frank E. Wolff, Miss Marion Wolff, Master Ray Wolff, Miss Mary Huber, 1887.
Creator:
Eggert, H. B. (Henry B.), approximately 1831- (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wolff, Frank E., Wolff, Frank E., Mrs., Huber, Mary.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102788
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Dr. Robert Gibson McNiece - Dean of Westminster College, Salt Lake City,
Creator:
Sainsbury and Johnson (Salt Lake City, Utah) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., McNiece, Robert G. (Robert Gibson), 1839-1913.
Topics:
Missionaries--Utah--Salt Lake City., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Salt Lake City (Utah)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102784
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A Lapp family brought over from Lapland by Dr. Sheldon Jackson. January 1898.
Creator:
Wilse and Kirk (Seattle, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Sami (European people), Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102777
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mr. Oliver D. Eaton, Treasurer, Board of Home Missions, Presbyterian Church U.S.A. 1890.
Creator:
Dana (N.Y.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Eaton, Oliver D.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102729

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