**Collection‑level entity**

@faculty_meeting_minutes_1850_1856:collection {description: "Collection of faculty meeting minutes from 1850‑1856 documenting administrative, curricular and financial activities of a medical college", created_range: "1850‑1856", institution: @drexel_production}

**Creators / contributors**

@faculty_meeting_minutes_1850_1856 -> created by -> [@faculty, @faculty_of_fmc, @david_j_johnston, @dr_fussell, @dr_harvey, @dr_johnson, @dr_kerr, @preston, @dr_thomas, @ellwood_harvey, @clinton_gillingham, @rebecca_johnson]

**Geographic scope**

@faculty_meeting_minutes_1850_1856 -> includes place -> [@college_building, @philadelphia_pa, @somerset_ny, @lincoln_me, @dwight_il, @providence_ri, @south_asylum_pa]

**File‑to‑collection linkage**

@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_minutes_1850_1856

**Abstract administrative concept (used for synthesis)**  

@administrative_action:concept {description: "Resignations, appointments, resolutions, committee formations and other governance actions recorded in faculty meetings"}

**Cross‑meeting participation of key persons**

@dr_longshore -> participated in -> [@faculty_meeting_1850_nov18:event, @faculty_meeting_1852_april_23:event]  
@dr_johnson -> participated in -> [@faculty_meeting_1852_april_23:event, @meeting_1854_04_06:event]  
@dr_fussell -> served as -> [@secretary_pro_tem, @committee_dispensary_1855_01_09:committee]  
@dr_harvey -> served as -> [@president_pro_tem, @committee_inventory_1855_01_02:committee]  

**Dean succession chain (synthesis of 1850‑1856 governance)**  

@dr_moseley -> resigned as -> @dean {when: @date_1852_04_23}  
@dr_johnson -> elected as -> @dean {when: @date_1852_04_23}  
@ellwood_harvey -> appointed as -> @dean {when: @date_1855_01_02}  

**Temporal chain of meetings**

@faculty_meeting_1850_nov18:event -> precedes -> @faculty_meeting_1852_april_23:event  
@faculty_meeting_1852_april_23:event -> precedes -> @faculty_meetings_1854:event  
@faculty_meetings_1854:event -> precedes -> @meeting_1855_01_02:event  

**Recurring administrative actions across meetings (linked to abstract concept)**  

@faculty_meeting_1850_nov18:event -> involved -> @administrative_action  
@faculty_meeting_1852_april_23:event -> involved -> @administrative_action  
@meeting_1854_04_06:event -> involved -> @administrative_action  
@meeting_1855_01_02:event -> involved -> @administrative_action  
@meeting_1855_01_26:event -> involved -> @administrative_action  
@meeting_1855_02_05:event -> involved -> @administrative_action  

**Committee formation pattern (synthesis of 1855‑1856 committee work)**  

@meeting_1855_01_02:event -> formed -> @committee_inventory_1855_01_02  
@meeting_1855_01_02:event -> formed -> @committee_recommend_chemistry_1855_01_02  
@meeting_1855_01_26:event -> formed -> @committee_regulations_1855_01_26  
@meeting_1855_01_26:event -> formed -> @committee_audit_dean_1855_01_26  
@meeting_1855_02_12:event -> formed -> @committee_announcement_1855_02_12  
@meeting_1855_06_08:event -> formed -> @committee_chair_selection_1856_01_05  
@meeting_1856_01_05:event -> formed -> @committee_history_1856_01_05  
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> formed -> @committee_dean_accounts_1856_01_08  
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> formed -> @committee_inventory_property_1856_01_08  
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> formed -> @committee_vacant_chairs_1856_01_08  
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> formed -> @committee_alcohol_1856_01_08  
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> formed -> @committee_lease_disposal_1856_01_08  
@meeting_1856_01_08:event -> formed -> @committee_liabilities_1856_01_08  

**Resolution and scholarship pattern**

@meeting_1855_01_09:event -> resolved -> @resolution_johnson {clause: "Museum items may not be removed without Treasurer's permission"}  
@meeting_1855_02_05:event -> resolved -> @resolution_johnson {clause: "Early examination for Mrs. Eliza L. S. Thomas"}  
@meeting_1855_02_05:event -> resolved -> @resolution_johnson {clause: "Publish Sixth Annual Announcement (10,000 copies)"}  
@resolution_scholarship_1855 -> issued by -> @faculty_meeting_minutes_1850_1856:collection  

**Election & appointment of demonstrators (linking 1854‑1855 events)**  

@meeting_1854_04_06:event -> filled position -> @demonstratorship_anatomy_chemistry {filled_by: @almira_fowler}  
@meeting_1855_02_20:event -> appointed -> @eliza_thomas {role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy (post‑term)"}  

**Cross‑file documentation (illustrating the same source covering multiple events)**  

@file_a092_001_069_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1854_12_29:event  
@file_a092_001_071_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_01_02:event  
@file_a092_001_072_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_01_26:event  
@file_a092_001_073_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_01_05:event  
@file_a092_001_074_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_01_08:event  
@file_a092_001_075_jpg -> documents -> @resolution_scholarship_1855  
@file_a092_001_076_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_06_08:event  
@file_a092_001_077_jpg -> documents -> @agents_appointment_1855  
@file_a092_001_078_jpg -> documents -> @agents_appointment_1855  
@file_a092_001_079_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_01_09:event  
@file_a092_001_080_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_1855_02_05:event, @meeting_1855_02_08:event]  
@file_a092_001_081_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_02_12:event  
@file_a092_001_083_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_02_20:event  
@file_a092_001_085_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_1855_03_02:event, @meeting_1855_03_06:event]  
@file_a092_001_086_jpg -> documents -> @commencement_1855_03_10:event  

**Synthesis summary (implicit in graph)**  

- The same set of faculty members (e.g., Dr. Longshore, Dr. Johnson, Dr. Fussell) repeatedly appear across meetings from 1850‑1856, indicating a stable governing body.  
- Dean succession is traceable through resignations, elections and appointments, linking @dr_moseley → @dr_johnson → @ellwood_harvey.  
- Committee formation accelerates after 1855, reflecting growing administrative complexity; each meeting in 1855‑1856 seeds multiple committees that persist across the collection.  
- Resolutions and scholarship policies are recorded as distinct documents but are tied back to the overarching collection, showing continuity of institutional policy‑making.  
- Geographic scope expands from the original College Building to multiple towns and states, captured in the collection’s “place” metadata.  

These connections illustrate how the faculty meeting minutes collectively map the evolution of governance, curriculum, and administrative structures within the college over a six‑year period.