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: Dutch Harbor. Reindeer Herd.
Creator:
Wood, H. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Dutch Harbor (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104374
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Lassoing reindeer. Siberia.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska., Reindeer herding--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104165
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A herd of reindeer.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104090
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1484 - Lassoing Reindeer. R.N. Hawley. 1485 - Reindeer. R.N. Hawley.
Creator:
Hawley, R. N. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104077
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Reindeer Station. Port Clarence. W.M. Bruce, B. Gibson, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103981
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Carrying Reindeer up from the Beach, July 4th 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103946
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Herd of domestic reindeer.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103919
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Herding reindeer, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103901
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Reindeer.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103892
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Hoisting the reindeer on board of ship.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska., Men--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103804
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103801
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Reindeer.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103800
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Herd of domestic reindeer.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103795
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Siberian herders and reindeer team.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska., Reindeer herders--Alaska., Alaska Natives--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103740
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Reindeer.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103692
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Herd of reindeer.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103543
Title:
Alaska Commission on Education Report.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Reindeer Herd.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103457
Title:
Animals in Alaska.
Description:
Reindeer grazing. From Annual Report 1901.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102665
Title:
Eaton Reindeer Station, Alaska. Norman.
Description:
Eaton Reindeer Station, Alaska. Norman.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Reindeer--Alaska., Reindeer farming--Alaska., Home missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Missions.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7088

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