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Title: Sheldon Jackson Papers
Description: 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: Children in Alaska.
Description: Group of school children.
Date Created: 1877, ca. 1877-1907
Name Subject(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): School children--Alaska., Alaska Natives., Education--Alaska.
Geographic subjects: Alaska., Alaska., North and Central America--United States--Alaska, Alaska.
Physical Location: RG 239, Box 11, Folder 18, Image No. 179; 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): photographsofchi00unse_0013
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:102649

Title: Introduction of Domesticated Reindeer into Alaska.
Description: Native school children. Carmel Mission. Text transcribed from caption: Eskimo school children, Carmel Mission.
Date Created: 1895, ca. 1895
Name Subject(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Alaska Native children--Alaska., Alaska Native children--Education--Alaska., Education--Alaska.
Geographic subjects: Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., North and Central America--United States--Alaska
Physical Location: RG 239, Box 16, Folder 10, Image No. 1438; 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): photographsrelat00unse_10_0046
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:103787

Title: The neglect of education in Alaska.
Description: Address given by Sheldon Jackson on March 23, 1882, in Washington at an unidentified national meeting of educators and printed in Circulars of information for 1882, Department of Superintendence, from which this has been extracted.
Creator Name(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909. (author)
Date Created: 1882
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Alaska., Education--Alaska.
Geographic subjects: Alaska., Alaska., Alaska, North and Central America--United States--Alaska
Physical Location: JACKSON 289; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: The neglect of education in Alaska.--https://catalog.history.pcusa.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=33503
Identifier (local): jackson_289
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:90652

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 Name(s): Elite Photographic Studios (San Francisco, Calif.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1882
Name Subject(s): Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909--Archives., Gould, Clara A., Matthews, Elizabeth., Rankin, Kate A.
Topical Subject(s): Education--Alaska., Women missionaries--Alaska.
Geographic subjects: Alaska., Alaska., Alaska., North and Central America--United States--Alaska
Physical Location: RG 239, Box 11, Folder 21, Image No. 203; 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): photographsoffam00unse_0024
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:103017

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