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The Hospital Administration series (75.5 linear feet) contains the records of various directors of the University of Michigan Hospitals, as well as the executive boards and councils. This series is broken up into 8 subseries, each one focusing on a different administrator or committee. Included amongst the administrators are some of the directors, executive directors, associate directors, and assistant directors.

The Dalston, Jeptha W. subseries (1 linear foot) contains documentation from Dalston's time as the executive director of the hospital system, from 1975 to 1985. This subseries contains a volume of Dalston's correspondence. More records relating to Dalston can be found within the subseries of his successor, John Forsyth.

The Executive Director's Council subseries (4 linear feet) contain records from the Executive Director's Advisory Council, as well as the similar Executive Director's Council. Included within this subseries are mainly the meeting minutes of these administrative councils as well as other project files. This subseries contains records from 1980 to 1995 and is arranged chronologically.

The Forsyth, John subseries (29 linear feet) makes up a bulk of the Hospital Administration series. These materials contain records from Forsyth's time as the Executive Director of the Hospitals, between the years 1985 and 1996. This subseries documents the full range of activities in which hospital executives participated in the 1980s and 1990s, including affiliations, negations, and merger talks with other local hospitals as well as with the University of Michigan Medical School, relations with the state of Michigan, the development of a health maintenance organization (HMO), and financial and strategic planning for a major medical institution. Records relating to hospital departments contain some annual reports as well as full-scale reviews of the departmental programs. Some of the materials in this subseries also contain documentation of some of projects and actions performed by Forsyth's predecessor, Dalston.

The Haynes, Harley subseries (4 linear feet) consists of records relating to the actions of the Hospital Director (precursor to the role of executive director) from 1924 to 1945. This subseries is completely comprised of director's correspondence, which is arranged alphabetically by topic.

The Howe, Arlene subseries (3 linear feet) contains material from 1973 to 1978, in which she spent time as the Assistant Director of the Hospitals. Topical files are contained within the subseries, and are arranged alphabetically. They include information on the various projects that Howe took part in, many of them concerning the construction of some of the hospital buildings. There are also committee meeting minutes that Howe was involved with, documenting building renovations and space allocation.

The University Hospitals Executive Board (17.5 linear feet) subseries consist of materials from the Executive Board, along with related administrative committees including the Executives Council, Executive Staff, Board in Control, and Executive Board. The materials range from 1919 to 2011 and mostly made up of the minutes from these board meetings and executive directories.

The Warren, Larry subseries (11 linear feet) covers the years 1996 to 2006 during his time as the Executive Director of the Hospitals. Materials found in Warren's files date between 1988 and 2010. The subseries is primarily made up of Warren's Topical Files. Also included in the subseries are videotapes from the Executive Director's Forum as well as volumes of Warren's correspondence. The Strong, Douglas L. subseries (1 linear foot) contains bound correspondence for the years 2005-2010. Strong serverd as the Interim Director between 2006 and 2010.

The Zugich, John subseries (5 linear feet) consists of the topical files of the Associate Director of the Hospitals during the mid-1970s. Materials include records of hospital projects, including surveys and studies, which Zugich took part in. This subseries is arranged alphabetically.

The collection consists of the IASA constitution, board member listings, flyers, annual event programs, clippings from the Michigan Daily, a sound recording of music from and a video recording of the 1998 culture show interspersed with skits from members of the IASA.

The Interviews series (7.47 GB online) includes full materials from recording sessions conducted by StoryCorps. Each interview consists of a 45 minute sound recording, a transcript (produced by members of Beth Israel), log files that document key points in the conversation and corresponding time stamps, and photographs of the storytellers and interviewers. Every interview was conducted in a group of two to three people with some level of familiarity with each other, recorded by StoryCorps, who processed and compiled all materials accept for the aforementioned transcripts.

The Investigative News Stories series contains audio recordings and transcripts from two major news stories Gene Fogel produced at WJR, "Blind Justice" and "Bite Mark, Leaving the Wrong Impression." The series also includes a statement from Fogel providing insight into how he investigated and developed each story and the lessons he believes broadcasters can learn from his experiences.

During the period between 1982 and 1985 Magnaghi interviewed over 150 individuals with a variety of backgrounds as part of a project of the Center for Oral History at Northern Michigan University dealing with Italian immigration into Upper Michigan, also known as the Upper Peninsula. These interviews offer insight into the immigrant experience. The project visited every Italian-American community in Upper Michigan, neighboring Wisconsin, and Ontario.

Magnaghi donated the original tapes to the Northern Michigan University Archives. Two additional copies are available at the Bentley Historical Library and at the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.

Magnaghi published a book entitled Miners, Merchants, and Midwives: Michigan's Upper Peninsula Italians (1987) based on the interviews on tape in this collection and on summaries of interviews not on tape.

The collection as held by the Bentley Library includes cassette taped interviews, a catalog of the interviews, and indexes to many of the interviews.