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Task Force established by the Ann Arbor City Council on May 16, 1988 in response to a perceived growth in drug use and abuse in Ann Arbor. Letters and memoranda of Terry Martin, Task Force Chair, agendas and meetings of minutes, collected data and final report to council, and other assorted clippings and documents.

The documents in this record group detail the creation, development, organization, and work of the Ann Arbor Anti-Substance Abuse Task Force. Also featured are documents, which provide insight into the events leading to the formation of the organization, as well as materials that chronicle the immediate effects of their recommendations. These papers are divided into five series: Correspondence, Committees, Data Collection, Report to City Council, and Topical Files.

University program designed to assist individuals having problems associated with alcohol, drug abuse, family or child related concerns, job dissatisfaction, and financial and legal difficulties. Also coordinated the Task Force on Alcohol and Other Drugs. Records document the development of an employee assistance program at the University of Michigan and its involvement in larger substance abuse issues across campus. Records include historical files, administrative files, collected reference materials, correspondence, Task Force on Alcohol and Other Drugs files, and Initiative on Alcohol and Other Drugs.

The records of the Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office (FASSCO) document the approach taken by the university to assist employees troubled by medical, financial, family or work-related problems. The records span the years 1973-1996, with the bulk of the materials covering 1980-1993. Documentation details the evolution and development of FASAP and its involvement in larger substance abuse issues across campus. The records are divided into six series: Historical Files, Administrative Files, Collected Reference Materials, Correspondence, Task Force on Alcohol and Other Drugs, and Initiative on Alcohol and Other Drugs.

Campus health service for University of Michigan faculty, staff and students. Records include annual reports; collected historical papers; reports of survey findings and questionnaire results on health service related issues; planning documents; and clippings; and photographs.

The records of the University Health Service (UHS) date from 1912 to 1998, but primarily document the period 1970-1998. The records reflect the programming and educational activities of the UHS, its changes in both physical and organizational structure and its evolution from a tiny student-service provider of emergency care to a multi-department health care facility serving students and university employees in a number of emergency and preventative, and health maintenance capacities.

The UHS collection is divided into nine series: Historical, Memoranda, Programming, Proposals, Publications, Reports, Surveys, Topical, and Visual Materials.

Position established in 1983 to unify the administrative reporting structure between the Hospital, Medical School, and the university's executive officers. George D. Zuidema was appointed Vice Provost for Medical Affairs in 1984, serving until his retirement in 1994 at which time the office was disbanded and the responsibilities dispersed. Records of the Vice Provost George D. Zuidema relating to integrated planning within the medical and health sciences, including completion of the replacement hospital project, information systems, managed health care, and research priorities. Records also include documentation of AIDS initiatives, substance abuse, transplant policy and ethics, and external service with the General Motors Medical Committee for Automotive Safety.

The records of the Vice Provost for Medical Affairs document a remarkable decade in the history of the University of Michigan Medical Center. Beginning with the appointment of George Zuidema in 1983, the records document the completion of the massive Replacement Hospital Project, and by the time of his retirement in 1994, provide evidence of the increasing competition brought about by managed health care.