Benjamin Franklin Moyers, Physician, Records

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
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POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Benjamin Franklin Moyers, Physician, Records, A&M 3490, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
2.8 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 10 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 5 in.)
Creator:
Moyers, Benjamin Franklin, Physician and Moyers Family
Abstract:
Records of Hardy County physician Dr. Benjamin Franklin Moyers. Includes 26 day books chronologically documenting over 86,000 visits (including over 3000 births) over period 1898-1953; each visit is documented by date, name of patient, brief description of treatment, and fee. (There is a day book of his predecessor, Dr. G.S. Gochenour, for 1891-1895.) There are also six accounting journals indexed by name of patient recording billings and payments. Nine notebooks of class notes date from Dr. Moyers' student days at Baltimore Medical School for the period ca. 1895-1897. There is about one inch of miscellaneous Moyers family papers (including copies, not originals, of documents up to 1887) of indentures (1756-1850), deeds (1887-1924), tax receipts (1899-1902), etc.; oversize items include a plat for Samuel Moyers (1888), a West Virginia Physician's Certification for Dr. Moyers (1897), and an insurance policy (1905). A newsclipping from the Moorefield Examiner (7-27-1949) provides biographical details regarding Dr. Moyers.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Benjamin Franklin Moyers, Physician, Records, A&M 3490, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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