The Russell A. Nelson Collection focuses on his leadership of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. It includes correspondence, administrative records, committee files, reports, patient records, speeches, awards, reprints, historical material about the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and material relating to the Johns Hopkins 118th General Hospital (World War II unit). Administrative records include planning documents for the Children's Medical and Surgical Center. Historical materials include biographical sketches of Johns Hopkins physicians and a transcript of an oral history interview (1986) with Nelson.