The records of United Healthcare Systems, Inc. (United Hospitals Medical Center) date from 1873 to 1996, but consist mainly of materials from 1915 to 1950. The collection documents the activities of the organization, from the establishment of its four individual hospital units in the nineteenth century, their merger as United Hospitals Medical Center in 1958, to the beginnings of its corporate demise in 1996. Materials represent all four hospital units including, Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary, Children's (or Babies') Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, and the Hospital and Home for Crippled Children and Adults. Time periods best represented are the late 1930s to the late 1950s, and the 1970s. The years most sparsely documented are the late 1870s to 1900 and the late 1980s to mid 1990s. The hospitals best represented are Presbyterian and United Hospitals Medical Center, as a whole. The hospitals least represented are the Hospital and Home for Crippled Children and Adults and the Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary. The collection consists of textual files and photographs. The majority are typewritten paper records, although there are many handwritten pages, printed materials, and photocopies. Document types include: correspondence, memos, newsletters, legal and financial documents, reports, statistics, minutes, deeds and titles, photographs, promotional materials, memorabilia, publications and reprints, and many photocopies of newspaper clippings.
