Governor Lyman E. Knapp papers, ca. 1889-1894.

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Governor Lyman E. Knapp papers, ca. 1889-1894.

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Papers center around Lyman Knapp's tenure as governor of territorial Alaska, 1889-1893. They include correspondence, speeches, writings, subject papers, programs, proclamations, orders, periodicals, and other memorabilia. Correspondents include Sheldon Jackson, William Duncan, Taku Sub-Chief Annatlas, James Sheakley, A.P. Kashevaroff, and Sol Ripinsky.

17 folders (0.5 linear ft.)

Alaska State Library

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Alaska State Library

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Knapp, Lyman E. (Lyman Enos), 1837-1904

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Lyman Enos Knapp was the third territorial governor of Alaska from 1889-1893, in Sitka. He was born in Somerset, VT, Nov. 5, 1837. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1862 and fought in the Civil War. After the war he edited the Middlebury Register for 13 years. He was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1876, and received an M.A. and L.L.D. from Whitman College in 1893. Knapp was probate judge in Addison County, VT, 1879-1889. In 1889, President Harrison appointed Knapp governor of Alaska and he...

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...