[Miscellaneous magazine articles on Alaska and the Arctic] [1886-1909]

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[Miscellaneous magazine articles on Alaska and the Arctic] [1886-1909]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19910952

A collection of loose, extracted magazine and journal articles on Alaskan topics from a collection made by Sheldon Jackson, and probably intended to be preserved in scrapbooks as other similar collections had been.

3 boxes ; 26 x 21 x 11 cm.

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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SNAC Resource ID: 6978691

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909

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Sheldon Jackson organized pioneer Presbyterian churches and schools in the West and Alaska. He recognized the importance of women's missionary work and helped to establish the Women's Executive Committee in 1878. In 1885, he was appointed as general agent for education in Alaska. In 1891, Jackson was instrumental in introducing reindeer into Alaska to remedy the failing food supply due to whalers. He continued to be active in the church's missionary work until his death. From the des...