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, 1887-1891.
Description:
Scrapbook related to Sheldon Jackson's mission work in Alaska, 1887-1891. Includes materials related to Moravian missions.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missions--Alaska.
Geographic subjects:
Alaska.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:265390
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, March-April 1871.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:265330
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, December 1881.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:265217
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, April-May 1875.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:265052
Title:
Sheldon Jackson scrapbook, 1872.
Description:
Church plans.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missionaries--West (U.S.), Missions--Alaska., Missions--West (U.S.)
Geographic subjects:
Canada., West (U.S.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:264877
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, February 1889.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:264752
Title:
Sheldon Jackson sermon, 1876.
Description:
Sermon: "Pioneer Presbyterianism in the Rocky Mountain Territories, 1869-1876."
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--West (U.S.), Missions--West (U.S.), Sermons, American.
Geographic subjects:
West (U.S.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:264731
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, November 1869.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:264663
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, August-September 1877.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:264538
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, December 1876-January 1877.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:264429
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, January 1882.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:264209
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, August 1882.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:264114
Title:
Sheldon Jackson scrapbook, 1864-1867.
Description:
Scrapbook related to Sheldon Jackson's mission work in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada, 1864-1867.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., Missionaries--West (U.S.), Missions--Alaska., Missions--West (U.S.)
Geographic subjects:
Alaska., Washington., Oregon., Idaho., Nevada.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:263923
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, August 1880.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:263789
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, May-July 1887.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:263692
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 correspondence, April 1870.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:263426
Title:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, June-December 1896.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:263312
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:
Sheldon Jackson correspondence, March 1899.
Creator:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Subject names:
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
Topics:
Missionaries--Alaska., 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:263137

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