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The University of Michigan Hospital system has evolved and expanded since its inception in 1869. The various hospitals, such as the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, provide medical treatment to the Ann Arbor, Michigan area. The Hospitals records contain five series: Hospital Administration, Nursing, Committees/Councils, Patient Files, and Hospital Buildings. This collection includes meeting minutes, patient files, director files, correspondence, and more.

the University of Michigan Hospitals records include administrative correspondence and topical files; committee files; ward reports and other case records; annual reports of hospital departments; records of hospital activities, and clippings

The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center-- in the past, the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMCCC) --acts as an environment for collaboration between research and clinical care for cancer patients of all ages and provides patients with comprehensive diagnostic, treatment and support services. The record group ranges from 1988-2005 and consists mainly of photographs and negatives of physicians, researchers and staff, events, the construction of the building. Some publications, news clippings, and limited administrative files are included.

The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMCCC) records (10 linear feet) (1988-2005) document the founding of the center, major events, and the doctors and staff members. UMCCC records consist of publications produced by the center, photographs, slides, and negatives of major events, the construction of the center, and doctors and staff members. Other materials, news clippings, and some limited administrative files. The record group is arranged into seven series: Administrative Files, Center Publications, Clippings, Negatives, Slides, Photographs -- Individuals, and Photographs -- Topical.

Established in 1891 as the University of Michigan Training School for Nurses, the School of Nursing offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees and continuing education in nursing specializations including medical-surgical nursing, psychiatric mental health nursing, and nursing administration. The record group includes administrative and topical files of the dean, committee and faculty records, photographs, and research area files.

The physical records of the School of Nursing measure 112 feet, 2 oversize folders, and 1.24 GB (online), with an additional 9 feet of material in records center storage. Physical records date from 1891 to 2010, although the great majority of the material was created after 1940 by the current School of Nursing; the School of Nursing website has been archived since the early 2000s.

Only fragmentary records of the school's two predecessor units are found in the collection. Reflecting the source of the material, the collection has been arranged into broad subgroups, the titles of which usually reflect the dean from whose office the records originated.