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:
Sheldon Jackson scrapbook, 1875-1884.
Description:
Scrapbook related to the Women's Home Mission, 1875-1884.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missionaries--West (U.S.), Women missionaries--Alaska., Women missionaries--West (U.S.), Missions--Alaska., Missions--West (U.S.)
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., West (U.S.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:263521
Title:
Sheldon Jackson scrapbook, 1888-1900.
Description:
Scrapbook related to the Women's Home Mission, 1888-1900.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missionaries--West (U.S.), Women missionaries--Alaska., Women missionaries--West (U.S.), Missions--Alaska., Missions--West (U.S.)
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., West (U.S.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:263200
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Bottom: Alaska Native woman dressing skins. Text transcribed from caption: 1702 - Miss Rinch, Miss Mellor on U.S.R.C. Bear. 1703 - Eskimo Woman dressing skins.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Mellor, Elizabeth M.
Topics:
Alaska Native women--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska., Women--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104398
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: A group on Revenue Cutter Bear. Between St. Michael and Unalaklik.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska., Ships--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:104231
Title:
Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 1534 - Dr. Sheldon Jackson, Miss Mellor, Miss Riuch, Miss Sowle. Jesse Lee Home. Unalaska, Alaska. Emery. 1535 - Laplanders. Teller Reindeer Station, Port Clarence. Emery R.C.S.
Creator:
Emery, Howard. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Mellor, Elizabeth M.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Sami (European people)--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Teller (Alaska), Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103837
Title:
Portrait of Miss Emma Huber.
Description:
Miss Emma Huber, Carmel, Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Huber, Emma.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103024
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. Henry Kendall.
Creator:
Rawson (Brooklyn, N.Y.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kendall, Henry, Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103019
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Miss Clara A. Gould, Miss Elizabeth D. Matthews, Miss Kate A. Rankin. Group of Presbyterian Mission Teachers, Alaska, 1882.
Creator:
Elite Photographic Studios (San Francisco, Calif.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gould, Clara A., Matthews, Elizabeth., Rankin, Kate A.
Topics:
Education--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103017
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. C. E. Walker.
Creator:
Tresslar, S.P. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Walker, C.E., Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:103009
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. J.H. Kilbuck, 1885.
Creator:
Brown Stone Front Studio (Independence, Kan.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kilbuck, Edith, 1865-1933.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102990
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. J.H. Kilbuck in Native Alaskan dress, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kilbuck, Edith, 1865-1933.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102986
Title:
Portrait of Alaska Missionaries.
Description:
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Wolff, Miss Mary Huber.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Huber, Mary., Wolff, Frank E., Mrs., Wolff, Frank E.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska., Children of missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102963
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mrs. T. L. Brevig and daughter, 1899.
Creator:
Larson (Hudson, Wis.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Johnson, Julia M.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102960
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Florence Wells, Alaska, 1891.
Creator:
C. L. Howe & Son. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Wells, Florence.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102948
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. J. Loomis Gould, Jackson, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gould, J. Loomis, Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102939
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. William Elder.
Creator:
Easton's Photographic Gallery (Rochester, Minn.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Elder, William, Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102932
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Alaska, U.S., 1887. The Tlingit Native. Text transcribed from caption: Alaska, U.S., 1887. The Thlinket Native.
Creator:
Partridge Photo (Boston, Mass.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Tlingit Indians--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102923
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. Octavius Parker.
Creator:
Morse (San Francisco, Calif.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Parker, Octavius, Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102911
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. James Millar, 1890.
Creator:
Skene Lowe. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Millar, James, Mrs.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102876
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Mrs. Kate Plumer Bryan.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Bryan, Kate Plumer.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102867

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