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Alice Jean Matuszak Pharmacy Collection,
1881-2021
MSS 349
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Title: Alice Jean Matuszak pharmacy
collection
Dates: 1881-2021
Bulk Dates: 1901-1989
Collection number: MSS 349
Creator:
Matuszak, Alice Jean, 1935-2021
Collection Size: 54.5 linear feet
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: The collection is made up of material collected
by Dr. Matuszak consisting of primary source material from various California
pharmacies and research material about the history of pharmacy.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research. Prescription Slips restricted until
individuals have been deceased for 50 years or longer. In compliance with the
Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the
researcher.
Alice Jean Matuszak pharmacy collection. MSS 349. Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.
Biography / Administrative History
Dr. Alice Jean Matuszak was raised on a dairy farm in Ohio. The
chemicals used on the farm sparked her interest in chemistry. She earned a
bachelor of science in pharmacy and a master of science in pharmaceutical
chemistry from Ohio State University, where she met husband Charles. She earned
her doctor of philosophy in pharmaceutical chemistry from University of Kansas.
Dr. Matuszak served on the University of the Pacific faculty 1963 until
2000.
Dr. Matuszak served a 10-year term on the United States Adopted Names
Council, which is tasked with creating unique nonproprietary names for new
drugs before they are released on the market. A lover of history, she
chronicled the history of the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and the
California Pharmacists Association. Dr. Matuszak served as president of the
American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science
from 1993 to 1994 and as president of the American Institute of the History of
Pharmacy from 1997 to 1999.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is made up of material collected by Dr. Matuszak
consisting of primary source material from various California pharmacies and
research material about the history of pharmacy.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Stein, Louis L. Jr., 1902-1996
University of the Pacific. Thomas J.
Long School of Pharmacy
Women pharmacists
Drugstores
Pharmacy Practice
Pharmacy - California - History
Drugstores - California -
History
Women in medicine - History
Prohibition - United States -
History
Pharmaceutical industry
University Archives School of Pharmacy