University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections/University Archives Oral History Register for Dr. George B. Lynch, 1887- Dr. George B. Lynch Asheville Area Photographic Collection, aap525 D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNCA
Title	Dr. George B. Lynch Oral History
Creator	Dr. George B. Lynch
Alt. Creator	Interviewer: Louis D. Silveri
Subject	LCSH:
Subject	Keyword: Physicians ; Medicine ; Mountain life ; The Depression ; Flu epidemic
Description	Dr. Lynch describes practicing medicine as the country doctor in Rosman, covering the county by horseback, on foot and occasionally hiring "a man with a Ford." He often answered calls to remote mountain cabins and sometimes had to deliver babies or operate on gunshot wounds by lamplight. Lynch describes his work as Public Health Officer for Transylvania County, physician for a lumber company, and surgeon for the Southern Railway. He gives his impressions of the character of the mountain people. Transcript of interview only: no tape.
Publisher	D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804
Contributor	Dr. George B. Lynch
Date	Electronic Record Issued: 2001-07-11
Type	Sound ; Text
Format	38 double-spaced pages
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/lynch.html
Source	Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Language	English
Relation	SHRC W.K. McLean Oral History ; SHRC Dr. William S. Justice Oral History
Coverage	c1910-1977 ; Western North Carolina
Rights	Restrictions: Wants transcript modified into a "straight narrative" ; Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Acquisition	Donor number: 23 ; Date of acquisition: August, 1977
Processed By	Southern Highlands Research Center staff , 1978 ; Special Collections staff, 2001
Interview Date	1977-07-19
Biography	Dr. Lynch, the son of a farmer, grew up in Fairview, NC. With a high school diploma, he entered medical school in Baltimore, Maryland and graduated at the age of 22. After practicing a few years in Asheville, he returned to Baltimore to study orthopedics. He served in World War I at Camp Greenleaf in fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Dr. Lynch and his wife, a nurse, ran a small hospital in Brevard for several years, but during the Depression, they were not able to keep it going. He continued in private practice until the late thirties. After getting a degree in public health from Chapel Hill, he served as Transylvania Health Officer for four years. The shortage of doctors in Brevard led Dr. Lynch to return to private practice, and he continued to practice medicine into his eighties.
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