Physical Address. Sheldon Jackson's energy and devotion to the educational and spiritual growth of native Alaskans continued unabated until his … SIT-026)","Saving the Stratton: The Fate of the Sheldon Jackson College Library Collection","Book sale brings end to Stratton Library story","Sheldon Jackson College, Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK","Alaska considers selling historic museum to save money",Sitka Naval Operating Base and U.S. Army Coastal Defenses,History of the National Register of Historic Places,National Historic Preservation Act of 1966,https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheldon_Jackson_College&oldid=977274028,Buildings and structures in Sitka, Alaska,Defunct private universities and colleges in Alaska,Educational institutions disestablished in 2007,Educational institutions established in 1878,Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums,Octagonal school buildings in the United States,Articles using NRISref without a reference number,Articles with unsourced statements from July 2011,Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers,Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Pacific Historian 26(1).29-41.Krauss, Michael E. 1980. He became a close friend of U.S. President.In 1885, Jackson was appointed General Agent of Education in the Alaska Territory.The legacy of Jackson's educational policy is clearly evident in the now moribund state of Alaska's indigenous languages.Sheldon Jackson Street is found in the College Village subdivision of,Jackson’s personal papers include photographs by,For other people named Sheldon Jackson, see.Laura King Van Dusen, "Sheldon Jackson's Fairplay Church: One of More than One Hundred in Western U.S.; Jackson Arrested, Jailed in Alaska; Contributed to Settlement of the West".Dauenhauer, Richard. Alaska State Museum (Juneau) 907.465.2901.

(Alaska Native Language Center Research Paper 4). Krauss.

In the summer of 1869, Jackson went on a missionary tour using the railroad and stage lines, establishing a church a day.A friend once said of Jackson and his dedication to the cause of.However, an area of the United States even more challenging awaited him.Reverend Jackson found his major life's work in the new territory of,In 1877, Jackson began his work in Alaska. He wanted to become a missionary overseas, but the Presbyterian board told the 5-foot Jackson, who had weak eyesight and was often ill, that he would be better suited for duty in the United States.Jackson's travels took him throughout the American West. by O. Miyaoka, O. Sakiyama & M.E. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, a Presbyterian missionary who served as General Agent for Education in Alaska in the 1890s. Very close to the totem park, and even closer to downtown, Sheldon Jackson is one of two Alaska State Museums. Samuel Jackson came from P.O. Convinced that Americanization was the key to their future, Jackson actively discouraged the use of indigenous languages, traditional cultures, and spiritualities. Reverend Jackson found his major life's work in the new territory of Alaska. The Vanishing Voices of the Pacific Rim, ed. But more importantly to Jackson, the Act provided Federal aid for education for Alaska. National Register of Historic Places,Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities,Alaska Department of Education & Early Development,List of National Historic Landmarks in Alaska,National Register of Historic Places listings in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska,Uncertain future faces books at Sheldon Jackson College library, Andi McDaniel, KCAW - Sitka (audio file),"Arts Program To Take Over Sheldon Jackson College","National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Sheldon Jackson School / Sitka Industrial Training School, Sheldon Jackson Institute, Sheldon Jackson College / (AHRS Site No. Reserva Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka en Tripadvisor: Consulta 274 opiniones, artículos, y 44 fotos de Sheldon Jackson Museum, clasificada en Tripadvisor en el N.°1 de 27 atracciones en Sitka. Box 110571 Juneau, AK 99811-0571. 1982. The core of the Museum's collection comes from the Rev. Oxford: Oxford University Press.correspondence, journals, photographs, photographs, scrapbooks, notebooks and miscellaneous indices and ephemera.Have you been to the "polar bear garden"? It’s an interesting collection in an interesting and beautiful building (that looks much better inside). Two missions to Alaska.