Sheldon Jackson scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: COU:855
Abstract
Sheldon Jackson (1834-1909) organized Presbyterian Home Mission activities in the Rocky Mountain West and in Alaska during the 1870s-1890s. The collection consists of microfilm copies of 64 scrapbooks of clippings and articles about his work. About half of the books deal with Alaska; others with Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and additional western states. There are also scrapbooks with hymns, personal items, and information on women's missions.
Dates
- Creation: 1869 - 1900
Extent
11 microfilms
Language of Materials
English
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Rare and Distinctive Collections Repository
