The Original Collection presents all the materials received in the Archives through 1973. It consists of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) files of correspondence, in addition to ten other series relating to annual meetings, the executive committee, other standing and ad hoc committees, seminars, financial records, surveys, legislation, affiliations, relations with colleges and miscellany.

The CORRESPONDENCE files, 1884, 1917, 1937-1968, are arranged chronologically. They contain letters exchanged by the AACP with a variety of affiliated organizations and businesses, as well as internal correspondence among the AACP officers, deans of colleges, and professors.

The ANNUAL MEETING series, 1871-1885, 1900-1968, consists of agenda, minutes, programs, lists of delegates, and delegate credentials from the annual meetings of the AACP. Included in this series are the minutes and delegate credentials of the Conference of Schools of Pharmacy, and the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties. Both of these latter organizations were predecessors of the AACP. Arrangement of this material is by date, but there are significant gaps in the chronology. Filed in the Conference of Teachers section of this series are agenda, minutes, and programs of Conference of Teachers meetings for several years between 1925 and 1964. However, material relating to meetings of the Conference of Teachers, 1926-1929, 1932, 1938, and 1940, is filed under those dates in the general chronological file of the Annual Meeting series. Agenda and minutes of meetings of district affiliates of AACP are found under the heading District Meetings #1-8. The districts are listed in numerical order and the agenda and minutes for individual meetings are filed chronologically for each district.

The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE segment consists of agenda and minutes of meetings of the executive committee from 1944 to 1968. The file is chronological with gaps.

The COMMITTEES series has been subdivided into two parts: meetings and activities. The Meetings segment, 1939-1941, 1953-1956, 1965-1968 with some gaps, consists of minutes of a variety of committees including the Task Force on Annual Meetings, and Committees on Pharmacy College Libraries, on Recruitment, and on Syllabi. The material is arranged alphabetically under the name of the committee. Found in the Activities section under Committees, 1938-1969 with numerous gaps, are the proposals and projects of a number of committees, e.g.: the Committee on Accreditation of Graduate Programs, the Committee on Audio-Visual Education, and Committees on the Constitution and By-laws, Pharmaceutical Survey, and Revision of Application Forms. These records are filed in alphabetical order by name of committee.

SEMINARS is a chronological series dating from 1949 through 1962. It consists of agenda, programs, and reports from the annual seminars.

The FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1903-1968 with gaps, consist of statements, receipts and disbursements. They are filed chronologically.

The SURVEYS series consists of questionnaires and the data compiled from them. These materials are arranged under four categories: Enrollment, Degrees Conferred, Geographical Distribution, and Assorted. AACP by-laws require member colleges of pharmacy to submit information on enrollment and degrees conferred annually. Enrollment surveys date from 1943 to 1962; the Degrees Conferred surveys are dated 1943 to 1965. The surveys on Geographical Distribution, 1960-1963, show the distribution and migration of professional students of pharmacy in the United States and Canada for the three year period indicated. The Assorted surveys, 1938-1957 with significant gaps, consist of a variety of questionnaire forms and data filed alphabetically by key word in the survey title. They concern scholarships, AACP membership, enlistment in the U.S. Air Force, financial assistance to graduate students, salaries, Selective Service Boards, student draft status, syllabi, undergraduate instruction, and the War Advisory Committee representing the AACP in 1943.

The LEGISLATION section of the collection, 1943-1956 with gaps, consists of federal and state of Connecticut legislation which pertains to pharmacy or pharmaceutical education. The file is chronological.

The AFFILIATIONS file, 1943-1963, is an alphabetical arrangement of a variety of material of and on organizations which have come in contact with the AACP. The section titled RELATIONS WITH COLLEGES, 1941-1951, consists of items relating to numerous colleges on a variety of subjects such as accreditation. The file is alphabetical by name of college. In both the Affiliations and the Relations With Colleges series, there are many major gaps in the chronology.

MISCELLANY, 1906, 1943-1963, contains reports on post-war educational opportunities, the creation of a college of pharmacy at the University of Nebraska, a training program for graduate students, and a visiting scientists program; speeches; and miscellaneous lists and notes. The file is arranged alphabetically.

Part 2 is designated the 1992 Additions because they were organized in the Archives that year. There are five series in this addition: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS, ALPHABETICAL FILES, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MAILINGS, and the STUDY COMMISSION ON PHARMACY.

The records of this addition cover many of the same topics as the records of the Original Collection, as well as special projects initiated during this period. However, there are no financial records. The ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS FILES and the MAILINGS present the most complete view of the issues and activities in which the organization was engaged during this period. The ALPHABETICAL FILES contain more detailed information and also information on short-term projects.

The ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS FILES contain outgoing correspondence, memoranda, and reports, along with a small amount of incoming correspondence. The records offer a very complete documentation of the various administrative activities, concerns, and responsibilities. The series is arranged alphabetically by officer name (except for the Office of Student Affairs which combines the papers of several individuals), and chronologically thereunder.

The ALPHABETICAL FILES are arranged alphabetically by subject or organization. The series contains correspondence with members, deans, affiliated organizations, and federal and legislative agencies; as well as materials from committees, task forces, special projects, surveys, and annual meetings. The research programs resulted in a number of special publications, in addition to the regular AACP publications, and many are available at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Pharmacy Library. Two pharmacy career recruitment films produced by the AACP in 1956, Time for Tomorrow and Design for Life, are located in the Visual and Sound Archives (Film DD 923).

The COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES series, arranged alphabetically, consists mainly of miscellaneous correspondence with pharmacy schools and colleges worldwide (both members and nonmembers of AACP), and some copies of various deans' correspondence with legislators and government officials. Other subjects include manpower survey questionnaires, AACP staff trips abroad, and an AACP-sponsored investigation by the University of Illinois of programs for self-directed study, 1974-1978.

The MAILINGS from headquarters consist of Mimeographs and Mail Pouch, both arranged chronologically. The Mimeographs, issued from 1961 to 1977, were mailings of a general nature sent to pharmacy school faculty, deans, and individual members. The Mail Pouches were informational mailings sent to pharmacy school deans, and date from December 1976 to December 1980 (a few issues are missing). Both Mimeographs and Mail Pouches include copies of news releases, announcements, reports of AACP activities, Board of Directors minutes, reports, memoranda, and speeches, as well as the “AACP Government Notice Service,” news reports of federal government activity related to pharmacy educational support and regulation.

The STUDY COMMISSION ON PHARMACY records include correspondence and memoranda between chairman Millis, the AACP liaison committee, funding foundations, commission members, and staff secretary Joutz; meeting and conference reports; publicity and news releases; and background materials. Results were published as the book, The Future of Pharmacy, which is available in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Pharmacy Library.