Robert L. Day collection, 1872-2012, 1925-1990

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Summary

Creators:
Day, Robert L.
Abstract:
The materials in this collection were gathered by Robert L. Day, PharmD, who served as a faculty member and later as associate dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco from 1962 until his retirement in 2012. The collection documents significant topics including the establishment of the School as the California College of Pharmacy in 1872; pharmacy curriculum development; the Clinical Pharmacy Program; school events; and alumni activities and remembrances.
Extent:
40.0 Linear Feet (45 boxes, 5 cartons, 15 reels of film/videotape, 5 oversized volumes, 2 rolled items, 1 framed portrait)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Robert L. Day Collection, 1872-2012, MSS 2011-23. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains papers and artifacts gathered by Robert L. Day which relate to the history of the UCSF School of Pharmacy and to pharmacy practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. Materials include correspondence, School reports and academic plans, administrative records, publications, ephemera, audio-visual recordings, photographs, slides, scrapbooks, and artifacts documenting the history and activities of the School of Pharmacy and its students from 1872 through 2012.

Also of interest are letters from dozens of School of Pharmacy alumni, who wrote to Day to record their memories of the School during the early and mid-twentieth century.

Biographical / historical:

Robert L. Day received his PharmD degree from the UCSF School of Pharmacy in 1959, and joined the faculty as assistant clinical professor of pharmacy in 1962. During his long and active career Day served as vice chair of the Department of Pharmacy (now the Department of Clinical Pharmacy) and, at the School level, as assistant dean for student affairs, associate dean for continuing education and professional affairs, and associate dean. He continued to teach pharmacy practice courses until 1998.

Day's leadership in the UCSF School of Pharmacy and in numerous local, state, and national pharmacy associations has been widely recognized through numerous prestigious awards including the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UCSF Pharmacy Alumni Association; the Walter K. Arkush Award from the Pharmaceutical Society of San Francisco; the Linwood E. Tice Friend of ASP Award from the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists; and the Hugo H. Schaefer Award from the American Pharmacists Association. He was inducted into the California Pharmacists Association Hall of Fame in 2010.

Day is the founder and chapter author of the APhA Handbook on Non-Prescription Medication, and was instrumental in the design and creation of the state-of-the-art Thomas A. Oliver Informatics Resource Center (IRC) at the School of Pharmacy.

For decades he gathered and kept safe items related to the history of the UCSF School of Pharmacy and brought that history to life through alumni newsletters and personal retellings. Upon his departure from UCSF after more than 50 years of service Day generously donated his collection to the University.

Acquisition information:
Donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Robert L.Day in 2012-2013.
Processing information:

The collection was processed, arranged, and described by Kate Tasker in 2012-2013. Detailed processing and digitization for these materials were made possible by generous support from the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 12 series: Series I. California College of Pharmacy, 1872-1978; Series II. UCSF School of Pharmacy, 1954-2008; Series III. Histories, 1907-2010; Series IV. Papers of Deans and Faculty, 1949-2012; Series V. School Events, 1972-2008; Series VI. Alumni Activities, 1893-2008; Series VII. Pharmacies and Pharmaceutical Associations, circa 1893-2006; Series VIII. Audio-Visual Materials, 1953-2012, undated; Series X. Artifacts, undated; Series XI. Oversized Materials, 1889-2010, undated; Series XII. Restricted Material, 1948-2010.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Access to student records is restricted for 75 years from the latest date of the materials in those files. Access to records that contain personal and confidential information about an individual or individuals is restricted for 75 years from date of creation or until the death of the individual mentioned in the records, whichever is longer. Access to medical records is restricted for 100 years from the latest date of the materials in those files. Restrictions are noted at the file level. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to these files.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library & Center for Knowledgement Management 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:

Robert L. Day Collection, 1872-2012, MSS 2011-23. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Location of this collection:
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US