Boysie E. Day papers

Collection

Identifier: UA-056

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Contents

This collection contains documents and other material regarding Boysie E. Day, former professor of Plant Physiology at UC Riverside. Items in the collection include a biography of Day as well as an unpublished manuscript by Day about a sailing expedition he took in the Pacific.

Dates

Creation: circa 1988, undated

Creator

Day, Boysie Eugene, 1917-1988 (Person)

Languages

The collection is in English.

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright Unknown: Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction, and/or commercial use, of some materials may be restricted by gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing agreement(s), and/or trademark rights. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Biographical Note

Boysie Eugene Day was born on September 9, 1917, in Haile, Lousiana and was raised in Arizona. Day earned both his Bachelor's of Science and Master's of Science at the University of Arizona at Tucson. He was a military officer during World War II and was part of the navigation in the Philippines and New Guinea.

Aside from being a a military officer, scholar, and professor, he was also an agricultural scientist who made major contributions while working at the University of California, Riverside. Day developed non-tillage as a viable agricultural practice, and his research contributed to the understanding of the scientific bases for the use (and misuse) of chemical herbicides in the cultivation of plants.

Day held many positions in the academic and scientific community, such as Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Weed Pests, Chairman of the Department of Horticultural Science at Riverside (1968), Graduate Advisor in Plant Science, and Statewide Director of the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station (1971).

During his life, Day went on two year-long circumnavigations of the Pacific via the South Pacific, China, Japan, and Alaska. He also became member of the prestigious Explorers Club.

Boysie Day passed away on June 5, 1988 of leukemia in his home in Point Richmond, California.

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains documents regarding Boysie E. Day, a former professor of Plant Physiology at UC Riverside. Items in the collection include a biography of Day, as well as an unpublished manuscript written by Day about a sailing expedition he took in the Pacific.

Collection Arrangement

Items in the collection are arranged topically.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Harry Lawton, 1995.

Processing History

Processed by Julianna Gil, Student Processing Assistant, 2017.

Processing of the Boysie E. Day papers was completed by undergraduate students from the Univeristy of California, Riverside as part of the Special Collections & University Archives Backlog Processing Project started in 2015. This project was funded by the UCR Library and administered by Jessica Geiser, Collections Management Librarian.