Alice Jean Matuszak Pharmacy Collection, 1881-2021

Nicole Mountjoy

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

3601 Pacific Ave.

Stockton, CA 95211

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Alice Jean Matuszak Pharmacy Collection, 1881-2021

Collection number: MSS 349

Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections

University of the Pacific Library

Stockton, California

Processed by:: Nicole Mountjoy
Date Completed:: 2022
Encoded by:: Nicole Mountjoy

Descriptive Summary

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

Access

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)

Publication Rights

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.

Preferred Citation

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.

Indexing Terms

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

Related Material

University Archives School of Pharmacy

SERIES 1: Research Material

BOX 1: Biographical & Misc. Research Material

-Biographical: Alice Matuszak (see also University Archives)

-Research Material: Glass Bottles Lecture

-Research Material: Women in Pharmacy [incl. student papers]

-Research Material: Sacramento/Gold Rush Medicine

-Research Material: Talk on Women in Pharmacy, 1975

-Alice Jean Matuszak Correspondence RE: Women in Pharmacy, 1986-1987

-Student Paper: “Pharmacy and Medicine in the California Mission,” 1985

-Student Paper: “History of the Sonora Rexall Pharmacy,” 1987

BOX 2: Chew Kee Herb Store (Fiddletown, California)

-Background, Research, and Reports

-Photos of herb drawers and other medicines

-Herbal Specimens [2 folders]

-Research Material: Chinese Medicine

-Student Papers: Chinese Medicine

BOX 3: History of Pharmacy Exhibits Material

SERIES 2: Committees & Associations

BOX 1: Women’s Pharmaceutical Association of the Pacific Coast and Misc. Committees & Associations

-Constitutions & Misc.

-Scrapbook, 1911-1914

-Minutes, 1930-1960 [6 folders]

-San Joaquin Pharmacists Association Bulletin, 1986-1987

-American Pharmaceutical Association Committee on Women’s Affairs, 1988-1989

-California Pharmacist’s Association Committee on Women in Pharmacy, 1993

-“Good ole Girls,” Women in Pharmacy, 1987-88

-American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Faculty Women Special Interest Group, 1987-1988

-California State Board of Pharmacy Application, [1961]

SERIES 3: Publications

BOX 1: Print Material

-Bottle Labels (majority California pharmacies)

-Misc. Pamphlets

-Beach-Greer Chemical Co. (1900). Catalogue and price list of the Beach-Greer Chemical Co. manufacturers of superior flavoring extracts, fine perfumery and toilet articles, druggists' sundries, fruit essences, oils, liquor and bitter flavors, fruit and butter coloring etc. . [ ]: Beach-Greer Chemical Co.

-Cardui Medicine Company. (1908). The Cardui song book. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Chattanooga Medicine Co.

-Hypnotic & narcotic folder (1956). . Oakland, California: Coffin-Redington Company.

-New York Quinine & Chemical Works. (1938). NYQ price-list of chemicals for every purpose. New York, New York: New York Quinine & Chemical Works.

-P. Blakiston, Son & Company. (1892). The druggists' reference book 1892, consisting of various and useful information arranged in tabulated form, selected from Lindsay & Blakiston's physician's visiting list... Philadelphia, Pa.: P. Blakiston, Son & Company.

-Robbins, D. C. (1878). Annual review of the drug trade of New York for the year 1877. New York: Press of the Chamber of Commerce.

-S.B. Penick & Co. (1931). Price list and manual of crude drugs: Foreign and domestic in whole, granulated, and powered forms. New York: S.B. Penick & Company, Inc.

-Upjohn Company. (1931). Complete catalog : April 1, 1931. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Home Office and Laboratories.

-World's Dispensary Medical Association. (1882). Pierce's memorandum and account book designed for farmers, mechanics and all people who appreciate the value of keeping a memorandum of business transactions, daily events, and items of interest or importance for future reference. Buffalo, New York: World's Dispensary Medical Association.

-Misc. Almanacs, 1863-1979

-The Tribune Almanac, 1863

-The Peruna Almanac, 1904

-Nyal’s Twentieth Century Almanac, 1907

-Foley’s Family Almanac, 1909 and 1910

-Dr. Miles New Weather Almanac and Handbook of Valuable Information, 1933

-Dr. Miles New Weather Almanac and Handbook of Valuable Information, 1938

-Reall Almanac, 1979

- Advertisers Exchange. (1934). Manual for Successful Drug Store Advertising and Merchandising. New York: Advertisers Exchange. (Lich Pharmacy copy)

-Farrington, F. (1920). Sales & Advertising Letters for Druggists. Cleveland, Ohio: The American Multigraph Sales Company. (2 copies; Lich Pharmacy copy)

-Laboratory & Research Publications [incl. S. B. Penick & Co., Roche, Upjohn, Eli Lilly, Parke, Davis, & Co., E.R. Squibb & Sons, Bristol, Merck & Co., Merrell, and Merck, Sharp, & Dohme]

SERIES 4: Ephemera

BOX 1-3: Medicine Glass Bottles 19th and 20th Century [incl. 2 wood and 1 “poison”]

SERIES 5: Pharmacy & Drugstore Papers

BOX 1: Arlington Pharmacy (Berkeley, California), Louis L. Stein Jr. (proprietor), 1929-1986

-Business Papers

-Prohibition, Alcohol, & Liquor

-Duplicate Forms for Medicinal Liquor, 1928-1930, 1933

-War Ration books, checks, tokens, and mileage, 1942-1944

-Office of Price Administration records, 1942-1946

-Office of Price Stabilization, 1949-1953

-Advertising Calendars

BOX 2: Arlington Pharmacy (Berkeley, California), Louis L. Stein Jr. (proprietor), 1929-1986

-Photos & Ephemera Louis Stein

-Louis L. Stein, Jr. Correspondence, 1951-1987

-Louis L. Stein, Jr Clippings, 1955-1971

-Annual Convention of the National Association of Retail Druggists, 1954, 1955

-Annual Convention California Pharmaceutical Association, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1963

BOX 3: Misc. Pharmacies & Drugstores

-Diddle’s Pharmacy (Berkeley, California), Record of Poisons and Poisonous Substances Sold, 1907-1948

-Pioneer Drug Store (Vallejo, California), Drug Ledger, 1872

-Pioneer Drug Store (Newman, California), Scrapbook “Freaks Letters & Notes,” 1905-1929 [incl. contraceptives/prophylactic/birth control]

-Rose Waterman Drug Company (Oakland, California), Poison Register, 1922-1928

-Fox Brothers Pharmacy (Placerville, California), Account Ledger, 1893-1905

BOX 4: Misc. Pharmacies & Drugstores and Photographs

-Photos: [California] Drugstores & Pharmacies

-Postcards: Pharmacy and Museums

-Photos: Pharmacologists, 1939-1973 [most signed to Dr. Erwin E. Nelson; including photo of 1947 Conference on Graduate Education in Pharmacology at Yale University]

-Prescriptions on unusual paper

-Correspondence and Invoices from 1871-1935, and California State Board of Pharmacy Certificate of Appreciation, 1956

-Application for Permit Under the National Prohibition Act, 1925 (Fox Brothers, Placerville, California)

-Order Form for Opium, Etc., 1915-1918 (Klinkners Drug Store, Oakland, California)

-Correspondence: J. D. Mackenzie, H. J. Maginnity, and James Bishop, Natura Company, 1916-1917 (San Francisco, California)

-Advertisements [incl. Wait’s Marvelous Remedy]

-Beauty Formulas written on prescription paper

-Loose Prescription Slips from:

-Croatia, 1950s: Udbina, Zagreb, Bjelova, and Durdevac

-California, 1885-1976: Napa, Vallejo, Stockton, Oakland, Berkeley, and Weaverville

-Washington, undated: Spokane

-Montana, 1893-1902: Great Falls

-Wisconsin, 1903: Menomonie

-Hiroshima, Japan [1927]

-Tehran, Iran, circa 1910s

-[Lalezar, Turkey], circa 1910s

-Invoices to Geirge Z. Wait Co., 1925-1930 (Sacramento, California)

-Invoices to/from Western Pacific Railway Co., 1906-1919 (California)

-Invoices to Fred A. Mueller, 1904-1906 (Berkeley, California)

SERIES 6: Prescription Slips Books

BOX 1: Elbe’s Pharmacy Alameda, California, 1881-1886

BOX 2-9: [Sutherland’s Pharmacy], Alameda, California, 1911-1920

BOX 10: Cousins & Howland Prescription Druggists, Hanford, California, 1907-1910

BOX 11: Ingram’s Drug Store Lincoln, California, 1913-1914

BOX 12-31: Zimmerman’s Pharmacy, Lodi, California, 1907-1929 [Prescription are glued into, and on top of, local hotel registries and scrapbooks]

BOX 32: N. L. A. Cody, The Prescriptions Druggist, Merced, California, 1912 & [Unidentified Pharmacy], Fresno, California, 1927-1928

BOX 33: [Fox Brother’s Pharmacy], Placerville, California, 1898

BOX 34-45: [Rio Vista Drug Store] Rio Vista, California, 1944-1962

BOX 46: [Rio Vista Drug Store] Rio Vista, California, 1962-1963; Oct 1957-Jan 1960 (OAS)

BOX 47: [Rio Vista Drug Store] Rio Vista, California Jan 1960-Jan 1963 (OAS); May 1943-Mar 1950 (Narcotics/Hypnotics)

BOX 48: [Rio Vista Drug Store] Rio Vista, California Mar 1950-Oct 1955 (Narcotics/Hypnotics)

BOX 49: [Rio Vista Drug Store] Rio Vista, California Oct 1955-Jan 1963 (Narcotics/Hypnotics)

BOX 50: [Clayes’ No Percentage Drug Store], Stockton, California, 1905-1907

BOX 51: [Unidentified Pharmacy], Sangers, California, 1901-1902