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.

This diary, originally intended to be used as a ledger book, was found at the farm of Franklin P. and Nancy Clark Dotson. Only four entries are written in this diary. The author is unknown.

This Bible (ca. 1890-1891) was given to Nancy Clark Dotson (1857-1949) by her brother Jim Clark and his wife Tina Clark. The translation is unknown. Also included are several bookmarks, including a small pamphlet of Prayer Meeting Topics from the Christian Endeavor Society, a handwritten list of scriptures, a Christmas card with a handwritten description of Mike Dotson's funeral, and another scripture card from the American Bible Society.

This series consists of four ledger books. The first (1845-1880), titled "Steward's Book for Pleasant Valley Mission," includes meeting minutes, ledgers of who brought what items to the Mission, purchasing ledgers, and recipes.

The second (ca. 1891) and third (ca. 1862-1910) are ledgers from the Dotson family farm in Greenwood, WV and include separate pages for each person or family who purchased livestock or produce from the farm and prices for each item. Dates of purchase are not clearly identified.

The fourth is a combined diary and ledger owned by W.H. Sherwood, a relative of Franklin Dotson; this book is mostly written in shorthand with three pages written in cursive.

This unofficial marriage certificate, signed by Minister C. J. B. Brane and witness Beatrice G. Rose, celebrates and certifies the marriage of Franklin and Nancy Clark Dotson. The certificate was published by the Reformed Church Publication Board in Philadelphia, PA.

This series includes a tintype album, a cabinet card and cartes de visite album, and three other files of photographs.

The tintype album and cabinet card and cartes de visite album, owned and collated by Nancy Clark Dotson (1857-1949), both contain photographs of her family, friends, and neighbors in Greenwood, WV and beyond; a large majority of these photographs were labeled with the identities of each subject by Dotson.

The first file of photographs contains copies of photographs of Greenwood, WV and its people. The original photographs were donated by the family to the Doddridge County Historical Society in 2012.

The second file of photographs contains mounted photographs, loose photographs, and cabinet cards of Franklin and Nancy Clark Dotson and of their son, Leonard and Vashti Johnson Dotson and their daughter, Loxie Dotson Borror. The subjects of these images were identified and labeled by Dotson.

The final file of photographs contains a flash drive of photographs of the Dotson family farm in Greenwood, WV, the areas surrounding Route 50, and other areas of West Virginia. Identification information for each image is available in the title of each digital file.

This series includes ten glass plate negatives taken by Leonard Otis Dotson ca. 1903-1905, photographs and digital scans made from those negatives, and supplementary information. Subjects of these glass plate negatives include the Dotson family farm, Greenwood, WV, the West Union Courthouse in West Union, WV, members of the Dotson family, and Horatio Greenough's statue of George Washington in Washington, DC (now in the National Museum of American History).

This series consists of a Dotson Family History focusing on the ancestry of Leonard Otis Dotson, son of Franklin Dotson and Nancy Clark Dotson, and his wife, Vashti Johnson Dotson. This binder was compiled and collated by Linda Lee Warden, great-granddaughter of Leonard and Vashti Johnson Dotson. It includes a family tree, birth certificates, death certificates, obituaries, wills, photographs of graves, photographs of persons mentioned in this family history, and a written family history.

This series consists of bound photocopies of Nancy Clark Dotson's diaries from 1904-1949 (see Series 1). Series 10-11 are supplementary to this series; they include an index to the persons, births, marriages, and deaths mentioned, and information supplementing the diaries, such as family trees and photographs.

This series consists of two identical indices to the Nancy Clark Dotson Diaries (Series 1) that include an introduction with notes, family trees, photographs, and copies of newspaper clippings describing the Dotson family, lists of births, marriages, and deaths by name and date, and an alphabetical list of all names listed. This series is supplemental to Series 1, the Nancy Clark Dotson Diaries, and to Series 9, the Nancy Clark Dotson Diaries Copies.

This series consists of two identical folios of supplemental information on the Dotson family and photographs of those mentioned, including family trees, sections of family history, newspaper articles and columns, addenda to Series 10, the Nancy Clark Dotson Diaries Index, and photographs of the extended Dotson family and the Dotson farm in Greenwood, WV.