This collection contains papers of writer Lenore McComas Coberly, relating to Robert Henderson "Bob" Adkins, 20th-century owner and operator of an oil and gas business in Lincoln County, West Virginia. The collection includes 26 typescript pages of notes (with manuscript corrections) from interviews conducted with Adkins in July, 1990, accompanied by a cover letter from Adkins' secretary. The interviews focus on Adkins' experiences in the oil and gas industry in southern West Virginia, together with reminiscences of his own life and local and family history. Also included is a photocopy of Coberly's completed article, "Bob Adkins, Lincoln County Gas Man," appearing in the Summer 1992 issue of Goldenseal magazine.