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| Keywords: Buildings of the Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, ca 1914 (THWAITES 300).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 2 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Sheldon Jackson School Sitka Alaska PH Coll 247 692<br/>Sheldon Jackson College is the oldest educational institution in continuous existence in the State of Alaska It had its beginning in 1878 when Presbyterian missionaries John G Brady later Governor of Alaska and Fannie Kellogg opened the upper floor of an old military barracks as a training school for Tlingit Indians In 1882 the building burned to the ground Another Presbyterian missionary Dr Sheldon Jackson came to the rescue He initiated a nationwide fund-raising campaign and later that year a new building was constructed on the site of the present campus Dr Jackson was later named Alaska's first General Superintendent for Education By 1884 the school was known as the Sitka Industrial and Training School A few years later it became an elementary school In 1910 the year of Dr Jackson's death the school was renamed Sheldon Jackson School In 1917 a new boarding high school was added The college program was organized in 1944 as an extension of the high school curriculum; and in 1966 the year before the high school closed Sheldon Jackson was accredited In 1972 the Presbyterian Church relinquished its direct authority for the operation of Sheldon Jackson College The college is now owned and operated by an independent board of trustees During the past 25 years the college has grown into a four-year institution offering associate and bachelor degrees to students from widely diverse backgrounds Emphasis on providing students with a broad-based liberal arts education has increased Subjects LCTGM Sheldon Jackson School Sitka Alaska -- Buildings--Alaska--Sitka; Sheldon Jackson College Sitka Alaska --Buildings--Alaska--Sitka; Utility poles--Alaska--Sitka Subjects LCSH College buildings--Alaska--Sitka depicted place Sitka Alaska ca 1914 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 300 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW323 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Utility poles Sitka Alaska | ||||
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