Collections : [University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library]

Business Office Standards and Financial Analysis (2 linear feet, 1928-1972) contains a variety of financial and administrative documents. There are reports on standard practices for accounting, billing, and paperwork (1928-1955), hospital rates (1950-1956), salary and wage guidelines (1970-1971), and budgets and financial statements of the General Hospital and the Psychiatric Division (1961-1972). The financial statements list expenses and incomes. There are also meeting minutes of the Board of Trustees of the Psychopathic Hospital (1928-1936), which mainly discuss the budget, patient statistics, and the construction of a new building. In addition, there is a report on unpaid accounts, listing credit analysis, analysis of increase inactive pay, and collection analysis from 1930 to 1932.

Business records include materials from both Beyster Land Company as well as John Beyster & Sons Company. Record types include correspondence, property records, topical files about specific business relationships, financial records, tax documents, insurance documents, and ledgers.