Faculty Meeting Minutes and Minute Books of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850-1857

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Description

Faculty Meeting Minutes and Minute Books of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850‑1857

Overview

This collection comprises the official minutes of faculty meetings and the bound minute book of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania for the years 1850‑1857. The materials are presented as scanned pages (JPEG/TIFF) and a machine‑readable JSON metadata file. They record the dates, locations, agenda items, motions, resolutions, and committee appointments of each meeting. The documents are written in English (US) and were produced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with occasional references to Lancaster, Erie County, New York.

Background

The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850, was the first U.S. institution to award medical degrees to women. The faculty, led by Deans David I. Johnson M.D. and N. R. Mosely M.D., used these minutes to govern academic, administrative, and financial matters. The minutes were compiled by faculty members—Goadby, J. S. Longshore, C. W. Gleason, M. W. Dickson, A. D. Challoner, and Sas. F. X. McCloskey—and preserved by the college’s records office. The collection is now held by the Drexel Production repository and was digitized by the PINAX project.

Contents

The collection contains:
  • 23 pages of minutes for meetings held between June 25 1850 and January 9 1851, covering committee appointments (e.g., Burr investigation, by‑laws, museum, anatomy demonstration, lying‑in department), faculty elections and resignations, financial and administrative decisions, and academic operations.
  • Additional pages for meetings from 1851‑1857, including resolutions on faculty appointments, regulation changes, and financial reports.
  • A bound minute book for 1850, listing the faculty and dean and summarizing the year’s deliberations.
  • Metadata describing each event, the committees formed, and the individuals involved.

Key subjects include medical education, faculty governance, committee reports, financial management, and the establishment of clinical facilities such as a lying‑in department and dispensary.

Scope

The collection covers an eight‑year period (1850‑1857) and is limited to faculty minutes of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania. It does not include student records, correspondence, or external reports. The materials provide insight into the governance, curriculum planning, and financial administration of an early women’s medical institution in Philadelphia and its occasional interactions with institutions in Lancaster, New York.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

**1. Extracted from the PINAX metadata (new entities & relationships)**  

@pinax_metadata:document {title: "Faculty Meeting Minutes and Minute Books of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850‑1857", creator: ["Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", @david_i_johnson, @n_r_mosely, @goadby, @j_s_longshore, @c_w_gleason, @m_w_dickson, @a_d_challoner, @sas_f_x_mccloskey], date_range: "1850‑1857", language: "en‑US", subjects: ["Medical education", "Faculty meetings", "College administration", "Medical profession", "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", "Academic administration", "Educational regulations", "Committee reports", "Women in medicine", "Faculty minutes"], description: "A collection of faculty meeting minutes and minute books from the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, spanning the years 1850‑1857. These documents detail discussions, resolutions, and administrative decisions related to the college's operations and medical education.", place: ["Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA", "Lancaster, Erie Co., N.Y."]}  

@file_pinax -> contains -> @pinax_metadata  

@pinax_metadata -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_collection:collection {date_range: {start: @date_1850, end: @date_1857}}  

**2. Collection‑level abstraction & links to existing entities**  

@faculty_meeting_collection:collection {date_range: {start: @date_1850, end: @date_1857}}  

@faculty_meeting_collection -> about -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

@faculty_meeting_collection -> created by -> [@david_i_johnson, @n_r_mosely, @goadby, @j_s_longshore, @c_w_gleason, @m_w_dickson, @a_d_challoner, @sas_f_x_mccloskey]  

@faculty_meeting_collection -> includes events -> [@meeting_1850_06_25:event, @meeting_1850_07_02:event, @meeting_1850_09_13:event, @meeting_1850_09_17:event, @meeting_1850_10_11:event, @meeting_1850_10_12:event, @meeting_1850_10_17:event, @meeting_1850_10_24:event, @meeting_1850_10_28:event, @meeting_1850_11_15:event, @meeting_1850_11_26:event, @meeting_1850_11_29:event, @meeting_1850_12_02:event, @meeting_1850_12_06:event, @meeting_1850_12_13:event, @meeting_1851_01_09:event, @faculty_meeting_1852_09_11:event, @faculty_meeting_1852_09_17:event, @faculty_meeting_1857_08_21:event]  

@faculty_meeting_collection -> records committees -> [@committee_burr_investigation, @committee_by_laws, @committee_museum, @committee_anatomy_demo, @committee_lying_in_dept]  

@faculty_meeting_collection -> documents -> @minute_book_female_medical_college:document  

**3. Synthesis – cross‑source connections & patterns**  

*People appearing across the whole collection*  

@david_i_johnson:person {full_name: "David I. Johnson M.D.", title: "Dean"} -> dean of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

@n_r_mosely:person {full_name: "N. R. Mosely", credentials: "M.D.", role: "Dean of the Faculty"} -> dean of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

@goadby:person {full_name: "Goadby", credentials: "M.D."} -> faculty of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

@j_s_longshore:person {full_name: "J. S. Longshore", credentials: "M.D."} -> faculty of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

@c_w_gleason:person {full_name: "C. W. Gleason", credentials: "M.D."} -> faculty of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

@m_w_dickson:person {full_name: "M. W. Dickson", credentials: "M.D."} -> faculty of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

@a_d_challoner:person {full_name: "A. D. Challoner", credentials: "M.D."} -> faculty of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

@sas_f_x_mccloskey:person {full_name: "Sas. F. X. McCloskey", credentials: "M.D., A.M., L.L.D."} -> faculty of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania  

*Committee formation pattern (repeated three‑member appointments)*  

@meeting_1850_06_25:event -> appointed -> @committee_burr_investigation  
@meeting_1850_06_25:event -> appointed -> @committee_by_laws  

@meeting_1850_10_11:event -> appointed -> @committee_museum  

@meeting_1850_10_30:event -> appointed -> @committee_anatomy_demo  

@meeting_1850_10_30:event -> appointed -> @committee_lying_in_dept  

*Resignation & board‑communication workflow*  

@meeting_1850_07_02:event -> accepted -> @r_burr:person {action: "resignation"}  
@meeting_1850_07_02:event -> instructed -> @dean:person {task: "communicate resignation to Board of Trustees"}  

@meeting_1850_12_02:event -> forwarded_resignation -> @dr_m_glasskey:person {to: "President of Board of Trustees"}  

@meeting_1850_11_29:event -> requested_resignation -> @dr_james_f_x_m_clasky:person {position: "Prof. of Theory & Practice of Medicine"}  

*Financial oversight recurring theme*  

@meeting_1850_09_13:event -> hired -> @mr_h_birnbaum:person {role: "Tutor", salary: "$200 per annum"}  

@meeting_1850_09_17:event -> limited -> @dean:person {expenditure_cap: "$200 for sanitor"}  

@meeting_1850_10_12:event -> resolved -> @dean:person {task: "authorize ticket sales (price < $10)"}  

@meeting_1850_10_24:event -> created -> fund:object {purpose: "advertising", contribution_per_member: "$5"}  

@meeting_1850_12_06:event -> rescinded -> resolution:object {subject: "rent of 229 Arch St ($175)"}  

*Linking later‑year decisions to earlier patterns*  

@faculty_meeting_1857_08_21:event -> resolved -> @dr_longshore:person {action: "authorized Dean to sell and issue tickets of Professors", status: "carried"} — echoing the 1850 ticket‑sale authorisation.  

@faculty_meeting_1852_09_11:event -> noted -> @committee_accounts:organization {status: "continued", new_member: @dr_livezey, replaced: @dr_moseley} — continuation of the committee‑centric governance model established in 1850.  

**4. Overall knowledge graph view (selected triples)**  

```
@pinax_metadata:document -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_collection:collection
@faculty_meeting_collection:collection -> about -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
@faculty_meeting_collection:collection -> created by -> [@david_i_johnson, @n_r_mosely, @goadby, @j_s_longshore, @c_w_gleason, @m_w_dickson, @a_d_challoner, @sas_f_x_mccloskey]
@faculty_meeting_collection:collection -> includes events -> [@meeting_1850_06_25:event, @meeting_1850_07_02:event, … , @faculty_meeting_1857_08_21:event]

@meeting_1850_06_25:event -> appointed -> @committee_burr_investigation
@meeting_1850_06_25:event -> appointed -> @committee_by_laws
@meeting_1850_10_11:event -> appointed -> @committee_museum
@meeting_1850_10_30:event -> appointed -> @committee_anatomy_demo
@meeting_1850_10_30:event -> appointed -> @committee_lying_in_dept

@meeting_1850_07_02:event -> accepted -> @r_burr:person {action: "resignation"}
@meeting_1850_07_02:event -> instructed -> @dean:person {task: "communicate resignation to Board of Trustees"}

@meeting_1850_09_13:event -> hired -> @mr_h_birnbaum:person {role: "Tutor", salary: "$200 per annum"}
@meeting_1850_09_17:event -> limited -> @dean:person {expenditure_cap: "$200 for sanitor"}

@faculty_meeting_1852_09_11:event -> noted -> @committee_accounts:organization {new_member: @dr_livezey, replaced: @dr_moseley}
@faculty_meeting_1857_08_21:event -> resolved -> @dr_longshore:person {action: "authorized Dean to sell and issue tickets of Professors"}

@minute_book_female_medical_college:document -> created by -> [@n_r_mosely, @goadby, @j_s_longshore, @c_w_gleason, @m_w_dickson, @a_d_challoner, @sas_f_x_mccloskey]
@minute_book_female_medical_college:document -> produced by -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
```

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reorganization-description.txt
# Reorganization Summary

The files were grouped based on the content and dates of faculty meetings, creating distinct categories for meetings held in 1850 and those held between 1851 and 1857. Additionally, a separate group was created for the introduction to the Minute Book, which provides foundational information about the faculty. This strategy ensures logical coherence and avoids unnecessary duplication, while accurately representing the content of each file.

## Groups Created

- **Faculty_Meetings_1850**: Files containing minutes from faculty meetings held in 1850, detailing administrative decisions, committee appointments, and operational matters.
- **Faculty_Meetings_1851-1857**: Files containing minutes from faculty meetings held between 1851 and 1857, covering administrative updates, honorary degree conferrals, and committee actions.
- **Minute_Book_Introduction_1850**: Files containing the introduction to the Minute Book of the Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, including the list of faculty members and the Dean.

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