A&M 3490Benjamin Franklin Moyers, Physician, Records, 1891-1953 A&M 3490Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:27:17 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Benjamin Franklin Moyers, Physician, Records Moyers, Benjamin Franklin, Physician Moyers Family A&M 3490 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1835 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.) 1891-1953 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. 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/ English Conditions Governing Access

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