Box 2

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains papers of the Dickinson family of Marion (Smyth County), Virginia. Included in the collection are letters written by Ralph Dickinson, an officer in the U. S. Army. Most of these letters are addressed to Dickinson's parents, Smelt and Sarah Dickinson, though a few were written to his sister Ruby. The majority of the letters were written from Alaska and Washington state, where Dickinson served. Included among the letters is an invitation to the 1904 U. S. Military...