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:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Lopp, Port Clarence, Alaska, September 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Lopp, William Thomas, 1864-1939., Lopp, Ellen Louise Kittredge, 1868-1947.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska--Port Clarence.
Geographic subjects:
Port Clarence (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102815
Title:
Alaska Native men and boys.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Group of Eskimo men and boys. Original title: Eskimo men and boys.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native men., Alaska Native children.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102814
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. William Y. Brown, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
Creator:
Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Brown, William Y.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102813
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Wm. A. Kelly, Jan. 17th, 1905.
Creator:
Flynn Photo Co. (Washington, D.C.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kelly, William A. (William Archibald), 1850-1920.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102812
Title:
Houses in Unalaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Houses in Unalaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Dwellings--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102811
Title:
Presbyterian Church, Cañon City, Colorado.
Description:
Presbyterian Church, Cañon City, Colorado, July 1901.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Presbyterian Church (Canon City, Colo.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Colorado--Canon City.
Geographic subjects:
Canon City (Colo.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102810
Title:
Photographs by Henry H. Brodeck.
Description:
Shaman's graves, Upper Chilcat [Chilkat] Village. Photographed for the Northwest Trading Co. By H.H. Brodeck.
Creator:
Brodeck, H. H. (Henry H.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Cemeteries--Alaska., Chilkat Indians--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102809
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. James Frothingham.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Frothingham, James.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102808
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. William. M. Martin, Nevada.
Creator:
Sutterley Brothers. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Martin, William M.
Topics:
Men--Minnesota--La Crescent., Men--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
La Crescent (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102807
Title:
Families/groups in Alaska.
Description:
Group of Alaska Natives. Text transcribed from caption: Group of Alaska Indians.
Creator:
Continent Stereoscopic Company. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Inuit--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102806
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Miss Fulcomer, Unalaska, Alaska, 1892.
Creator:
McMurry Studio (Port Townsend, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Fulcomer, Miss.
Topics:
Women missionaries--Alaska--Unalaska.
Geographic subjects:
Unalaska (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102805
Title:
Presbyterian Church and Parsonage, Rochester, Minnesota.
Description:
Presbyterian Church and Parsonage, Rochester, Minnesota, 1865.
Creator:
Easton's Photographic Gallery (Rochester, Minn.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Presbyterian Church (Rochester, Minn.)
Topics:
Church buildings--Minnesota--Rochester., Parsonages--Minnesota--Rochester.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (Minn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102804
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Steward, 1892.
Creator:
Taber, I. W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912. (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102803
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Rev. Jose Inez Perea. 1909.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Perea, Jose Inez.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102802
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: David Leask, Metlakatla, Alaska, 1886.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Leask, David.
Topics:
Men--Alaska--Metlakatla., Missionaries--Alaska--Metlakatla.
Geographic subjects:
Metlakatla (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102801
Title:
Maps of Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: John W. Kelly's Map of Arctic Alaska.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Kelly, John W.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska--Maps.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102800
Title:
Metlakatla, Church, British Columbia.
Description:
Metla-Kathla Church, British Columbia built by Tsimshian peoples. Text transcribed from caption: Metla-Kathla Church, British Columbia. Built entirely by Tsimshian Indians.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--British Columbia--Metlakatla.
Geographic subjects:
Metlakatla (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102799
Title:
Women in Alaska.
Description:
Enwachichea, Point Barrow, Alaska, 1892.
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Alaska Native women--Alaska--Barrow, Point.
Geographic subjects:
Barrow, Point (Alaska)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102798
Title:
Men in Alaska.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: Charles Thayer, 1867.
Creator:
Whitney's Gallery (Saint Paul, Minn.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Thayer, Charles.
Topics:
Men--Alaska., Missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102797
Title:
Photographs by Henry H. Brodeck.
Description:
Chilcat [Chilkat] girl weaving dancing blanket at upper Chilcat [Chilkat] village. Photographed for the Northwest Trading Co. By H.H. Brodeck, Walla Walla. W.T.
Creator:
Brodeck, H. H. (Henry H.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topics:
Chilkat Indians--Alaska., Chilkat blankets--Alaska., Alaska Native art--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Chilkat Indian Village (Klukwan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:102796

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