Series 1. Nancy Clark Dotson Diaries, 1904-1946

This series includes diaries written by Nancy Clark Dotson (1857-1949) from 1904-1946. Diary entries are short, often one or two lines long, and cover subjects including the weather, who visited her and when, births, deaths, marriages, and other happenings around the Dotson family farm in Greenwood, WV (Doddridge County). National events, such as elections, the collapse of a theater in Washington, D.C., and other similar events, are also mentioned. A "Ma" and "Dad" are frequently mentioned; the identity of "Ma" is unknown, but "Dad" refers to Nancy Clark Dotson's husband, Franklin Dotson.

For those wishing to research the diaries, Series 9-11 can be useful for researchers. They include photocopies of each page of these diaries, an index to the persons, births, marriages, and deaths mentioned, and a set of supplementary information to these diaries, such as family trees and photographs.