| Identifier |
J_bx01fd01_001 |
| Title |
bx01fd01_p01 |
| Article Title(s) |
Letter, Sheldon Jackson to Rev. Robert G. McNiece, dated January 7, 1895 |
| Page |
1 |
| Subject |
Letters; Department of the Interior Building (Washington, D.C.); Education--Utah--History; Schools--Utah; Universities and colleges--Utah; Church colleges--Utah; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Presbyterian Church--Utah; Presbyterians--Utah |
| OCR Text |
Show Sheldon Jackson, General Agent of Education for Alaska. B.Y.H. <br> Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education, Alaska Division, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1895. <br><br> Rev. Robert G. McNiece, D. D., <br> Salt Lake City, Utah. <br><br> My dear Sir: <br><br> I wish very much you can take time and send me a strong presentation of the need of Utah for a Christian college, such as we were talking about last spring. Give me a statement of the number of young people in the Territory; the number in our Presbyterian schools, and the prospects of the near future. I need it in my preliminary work of securing an opening. For money for the Institution.* <br><br> Very respectfully, <br> Sheldon Jackson* <br> General Agent. <br><br><br> *handwritten inserts in original typewritten document. <br><br> |
| Further Information |
In this letter to Robert G. McNiece, Sheldon Jackson is asking for more research on the need for Utah to have a Christian college. He needs the information in order to more properly ask for funding "for the institution," he writes. Sheldon Jackson played an important role in the founding of Sheldon Jackson College, the predecessor of Westminster College, in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| Creator |
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909 |
| Date |
1895-01-07 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Source |
Letter, Sheldon Jackson to Rev. Robert G. McNiece, January 7, 1895 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Alaska; Utah; Salt Lake City (Utah); Washington (D.C.) |
| People |
Jackson, Sheldon, 1834-1909; McNiece, Robert G. (Robert Gibson), 1839-1913 |
| Setname |
wc_tw |
| ID |
1095786 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69w0dc5/1095786 |
