Item Details
Sheldon Jackson, Miscellaneous Papers and Mementos
| Format | Archival File |
|---|---|
| Description | 144 pages |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Missions |
| Topics | Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909 |
| Notes | The Sheldon Jackson Manuscript Collection (Concerning Alaska, 1878-1908). Series II: Published and Miscellaneous Papers. Box 28: Miscellaneous Papers, 1877-1908, File 28:4: Miscellaneous Papers and MementosThe file contains… A handwritten account, entitled "Pioneer Missions, 1877" of Jackson's trip on horseback from Iowa to Arizona and on to the West Coast. It is written in the first person singular on the reverse side of stationary belonging to the "Office of the Rocky Mountain Presbyterian," a newspaper founded and edited by Jackson in Denver, Colorado (1872-1882). The individual pages are joined end-to-end. The account is signed by Jackson; b: Various papers concerning Union College; c: An envelope of newspaper clippings concerning (inter alia) the "Alaska Grand Jury and Education,". dated 1899; d: Another envelope of miscellaneous clippings; e: Jackson curriculum vitae (in his own handwriting) for the Princeton Seminary Biographical Catalogue; f: A fold-out table of salaries received by Jackson between 1858-1908; g: A collection of train tickets; h: A receipt from the Library of Congress for Jackson material donated on 3 December 1917 by Miss Lesley Jackson. The receipt is signed by Herbert Putnam, then Librarian of Congress; i: A Certificate of Commission proclaiming Jackson as a representative of Alaska at the International Exposition in Mexico City. dated 9 October 1896; j: A subpoena issued to Jackson. 5 May 1885; A commemorative certificate issued to Jackson in 1901 for organizing the Department of the Interior exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York; l: Indictment papers entitled "The United States vs. Sheldon Jackson Trial" issued when Jackson obstructed the construction of a public road in Alaska; m: A handwritten report on "Education in Alaska 1893-94"; n: An undated typescript of a travelogue; o: Certificate attesting Jackson's membership in the Alaska Society of Natural History and Ethnology; p: A Special Passport issued to Jackson by the then Secretary of State John Sherman on 22 December 1897. Jackson needed the passport for travel in Europe connected with the purchase of reindeer to feed "gold-rushers" stranded in the Klondike that winter |
| Collection | Sheldon Jackson Manuscript Collection |
| Contributor | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Sponsor | Alaska Library Network |
| Rights |  Copyright Not EvaluatedDigitized collections are made accessible for purposes of education and research.
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