Children's Hospital

Children's Hospital of Michigan Records

drice — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:22:12 -0400

Children's Hospital of Michigan was conceived and founded in 1886 as the Children's Free Hospital Association after a general practitioner, Dr. Charles Devandorf, realized that there were no facilities in the Detroit community which provided for the medical care of sick children of indigent parents. He sought the support of a group of socially prominent women whom he asked to provide funds to subsidize "free beds" for the care of such children. They began with just twelve beds at Harper Hospital in the Nancy Harper Ward. In keeping with Detroit’s industrial growth, however, the hospital has steadily increased in size and prominence as time went on. Today the hospital is a proud member of the Detroit Medical Center, with 228 beds; internationally renowned research and training facilities; and numerous outpatient, specialty and rehabilitation centers in the Metro Detroit area.

Material in this collection related to the history of Children's Hospital of Michigan.

The materials included in Part 3 of Children's Hospital of Michigan records document the activities of the hospitals’ Board of Trustees; its various administrative committees; and its fundraising efforts, with the bulk of the records dating from between 1970 and 2004. Materials include committee minutes; reports; correspondence; photographs of doctors, patients and special events; and marketing materials.

Children's Hospital of Michigan: Director of Laboratories Records

drice — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:21:05 -0400

Subjects include: Dr. Wolf Zuelzer, Director and Professor of Pathology at Wayne State University.

Richard McGhee Papers

drice — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:36:31 -0500

Richard McGhee worked for various Detroit, Michigan, and national cultural, civil rights and political organizations. His papers largely reflect his active participation in groups fostering integration of Detroit's schools and neighborhoods through cultural programs and policy-community relations.

History of Children's Hospital of Michigan

Public Relations Team — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:55:39 -0400

In the Winter 2013 semester, the Reuther Library worked with students in the Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration program at the Wayne State School of Library and Information Science to produce a series of student-written, guest blog posts.

Steve Wejroch is an MLIS student at Wayne State University studying Archival Administration.

What would become the Children’s Hospital of Michigan was established in 1886 as the Children’s Free Hospital Association. read more »

(30455) Health Care, Children's Hospital of Michigan, 1972

eclemens — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:11:57 -0400

Exterior view of Children's Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.

(30454) Health Care, Children's Hospital, 1940

eclemens — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:16:20 -0400

Two young patients play with building blocks during their stay at Children's Hospital.

About Children's

kchinery — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:20:55 -0500

Processed. Some years incomplete.

Update

kchinery — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:22:27 -0500

Unprocessed