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- Title
- Sheldon Jackson Papers
- Description
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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. - Creator Name(s)
- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (creator)
- Name Subject(s)
- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Presbyterian Church--Missions--Alaska., Indians of North America Missions--Educational work., Missionaries--West (U.S.), Missionaries--Alaska., Pioneers--Alaska., Reindeer--Alaska., Education--Alaska., Home missions--West (U.S.), Home missions--Alaska., Indians of North America--West (U.S.), Indians of North America--Alaska., Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska.
- Geographic subjects
- Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., West (U.S.), Alaska., Alaska, North and Central America--United States--Alaska, Alaska.
- Physical Location
- RG 239; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Sheldon Jackson Papers, 1855-1909.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rg-239
- Identifier (local)
- rg239
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:sheldon_jackson
- Title
- Prospect Hill Monument in Woodbury County, Iowa.
- Description
- [Prospect Hill Monument in Woodbury County, Iowa] Erected by Iowa Presbyterians in memory of Rev. Sheldon Jackson, Rev. T.H. Cleland, Rev. J.C. Elliott pioneer missionaries who on April 29, 1869 from this hill top viewed the great unchurched areas and after prayer went out to win the west for Christ. [Historical Sites Registry].
- Date Created
- 1996, ca. 1996
- Name Subject(s)
- Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909., Cleland, Thomas H. (Thomas Horace), 1816-1892.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Monuments--Iowa--Woodbury County.
- Geographic subjects
- Woodbury County (Iowa)--Monuments., North and Central America--United States--Iowa
- Physical Location
- ARCHIVES 03-0123, Site No. 402; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Presbyterian Historical Society. American Presbyterian/Reformed Historic Sites Registry Records, 1972-2005.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MzY3NQ==
- Identifier (local)
- ds4216
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:8372
