Nancy McDougall was the eldest child of Judge Nicholas and Elizabeth McEvers Rouse McDougall. She was born in Hamilton, Canada, on November 27, 1808. McDougall was educated in Marietta, Ohio. She later moved with her family to Claiborne County, Mississippi. McDougall married Alfred Bassett Robinson, son of John and Sarah Edwards Robinson, on December 31, 1832. Nancy McDougall Robinson began keeping her diaries in July of 1832. She wrote of friends, life, and events in early Mississippi.

This collection contains the following:

• Box 1: Nancy McDougall Robinson diaries, 1832-1856.

• Box 2: Nancy McDougall Robinson diaries, 1865-1873.

  Account book with slave lists, 1861-1862.

• Box 3, folder 1: Correspondence, 1858-1868; n.d.

  folder 2: Envelope containing birth and death records.

  folder 3: Miscellaneous recipes.

  folder 4: Photographs of Alfred Bassett and Nancy McDougall Robinson.

  folder 5: Photocopies from the Robinson family Bible owned by Jerry Falls; certified by the chancery clerk of Coahoma County, Mississippi.

  folder 6: Receipts, 1858-1860.

  folder 7: Photocopies of birth, death, and marriage records from the William H. Fitzgerald family Bible.

A portion of this collection is available on microfilm. (MF Roll # 36167)