Faculty Meetings and Minutes of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1852-1853

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Description

Faculty Meeting Minutes of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1853

Overview

The collection contains 33 handwritten and printed minutes of faculty meetings held by the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (FMCP) during the calendar year 1853. The pages are bound in a single volume, each dated and signed by Dean Dr. David I. Johnson, M.D. The material is held by Drexel Production and is in the public domain.

Background

FMCP, founded in 1850 in Philadelphia, was the first U.S. institution to award medical degrees to women. The minutes were produced by the college’s faculty and circulated among the governing body, the Corporators. The collection reflects the administrative and academic activities of the 1853 academic year, including faculty appointments, curriculum planning, and graduation ceremonies.

Contents

Key subjects covered include:
  • Faculty appointments and resignations (e.g., Dr. Joseph Longshore’s resignation; appointments of Dr. Ellwood Harvey and others).
  • Committee formations (e.g., Dissecting Room, Dispensary, Advertising).
  • Curriculum and lecture schedules, including introductory lectures and the establishment of a medical clinic.
  • Graduation and honorary degrees (e.g., M.D. degrees conferred on Elizabeth Bates, Lucinda Brown, Minna Elliger, Elizabeth Shattuck; honorary M.D. to Harriet K. Hunt).
  • Administrative decisions such as janitor contracts, financial allocations for printing and advertising, and eviction notices.
  • Student and beneficiary admissions records.

OCR text of each page is preserved in accompanying JPEG/TIFF images, providing a searchable record.

Scope

The collection covers the period from March 7 1853 to February 25 1855, with a primary focus on the 1853 calendar year. Geographic references include Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and other locations such as Boston, New York City, and Galveston, Texas, reflecting the residences of faculty, students, and honorary degree recipients. The materials address medical education, women’s participation in medicine, faculty governance, and institutional administration, but do not include detailed clinical case reports or external correspondence.

Entities

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Raw Cheimarros Data

**1.  Extraction – metadata of the PIN collection (new entity)**  

@faculty_meetings_collection:document {  
  title: "Faculty Meetings and Minutes of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1852‑1853",  
  creator: [@david_j_johnson, @joseph_s_longshore, @abraham_livergy, @william_m_cornell, @enoch_c_rolfe, @ellwood_harvey, @c_d_cleveland, @david_johnson, @faculty_of_female_medical_college],  
  institution: @drexel_production:organization {name: "drexel‑production"},  
  created: @date_1852_01_01,  
  ended: @date_1853_12_31,  
  language: "en‑US",  
  subjects: ["Medical education", "Faculty meetings", "Commencement", "Honorary degrees", "Women in medicine", "Medical theses", "Medical degrees", "Medical curriculum", "Medical faculty appointments"],  
  places: [@pennsylvania, @philadelphia, @boston, @providence_ri, @new_york_city, @galveston_tx, @allentown_pa, @morris_ny, @marlboro_oh, @salem_oh, @lincoln_me, @utica_ny, @attica_ny, @bristol_pa, @phelps_ny, @fulton_ny]  
}  

**2.  Direct links from the PIN file to existing entities**  

@file_pinax -> metadata -> @faculty_meetings_collection  

@file_pinax -> describes -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization  

@file_pinax -> mentions -> @third_annual_session:event  
@file_pinax -> mentions -> @second_annual_commencement:event  
@file_pinax -> mentions -> @regular_lectures:event  

**3.  Connecting creators (persons) to their roles defined in the sub‑directories**  

@david_j_johnson -> holds -> @dean_position:concept {institution: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}  
@david_johnson -> holds -> @dean_position:concept {institution: @female_medical_college}  

@joseph_s_longshore -> professor of -> @prof_obstetrics:concept  
@abraham_livergy -> professor of -> @prof_principles_medicine:concept  
@william_m_cornell -> professor of -> @prof_physiology:concept  
@enoch_c_rolfe -> professor of -> @prof_surgery:concept  
@ellwood_harvey -> professor of -> @prof_principles_medicine:concept  
@c_d_cleveland -> role -> @president_of_college:concept  

@faculty_of_female_medical_college -> comprises -> [@david_j_johnson, @joseph_s_longshore, @abraham_livergy, @william_m_cornell, @enoch_c_rolfe, @ellwood_harvey, @c_d_cleveland]  

**4.  Synthesis – continuity of faculty across the 1852‑1853 and 1853‑1854 periods**  

@david_j_johnson -> appears in -> @third_annual_session:event {when: @date_1852_09_13}  
@david_j_johnson -> appears in -> @meeting_18:event {when: @date_1853_03_11}  

@ellwood_harvey -> introductory lecture -> @third_annual_session:event {date: @date_1852_09_13}  
@ellwood_harvey -> elected -> @prof_principles_medicine:concept {at: @meeting_21:event, when: @date_1853_05_06}  

@c_d_cleveland -> conferred degrees at -> @second_annual_commencement:event {date: @date_1853_01_27}  
@c_d_cleveland -> presided over -> @fourth_annual_commencement:event {date: @date_1854_02_25}  

**5.  Synthesis – committees created in 1853 are repeatedly referenced in meeting minutes**  

@committee_announcement -> reported progress at -> @meeting_23:event {when: @date_1853_10_01}  
@committee_advertising -> reported progress at -> @meeting_23:event  
@committee_beneficiaries -> reported progress at -> @meeting_23:event  

@committee_fifth_announcement -> prepared -> @fifth_annual_announcement:document {copies: 10000, cost: 100}  

**6.  Synthesis – scholarship and financial resolutions link documents, concepts, and persons**  

@scholarship_certificate:document -> introduced at -> @meeting_26:event {when: @date_1854_11_03}  
@scholarship_certificate -> proceeds allocated to -> @faculty_salaries:concept, @college_debt:concept  

@janitor_contract:document -> renewed at -> @meeting_21:event {when: @date_1853_05_06}  
@janitor_contract -> terms -> {salary: 300, period: "1 year", start: @date_1853_05_01, end: @date_1854_04_30}  

**7.  Synthesis – geographic reach reflected in the PIN metadata and meeting records**  

@file_pinax -> places mentioned -> [@pennsylvania, @philadelphia, @boston, @providence_ri, @new_york_city, @galveston_tx, @allentown_pa, @morris_ny, @marlboro_oh, @salem_oh, @lincoln_me, @utica_ny, @attica_ny, @bristol_pa, @phelps_ny, @fulton_ny]  

@harriet_hunt -> honorary MD awarded -> @honorary_md:document {date: @date_1853} – resident of @boston, showing the college’s national recognition.  

@lucinda_brown, @minna_elliger, @elizabeth_bates, @elizabeth_shattuck -> graduates of the 4th annual commencement, representing students from Texas, Pennsylvania, New York, and local Philadelphia, respectively.  

**8.  Synthesis – overall collection‑level abstraction**  

@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization -> generated -> @faculty_meetings_collection:document  
@faculty_meetings_collection:document -> documents -> [@third_annual_session:event, @second_annual_commencement:event, @regular_lectures:event, @meeting_18:event, @meeting_19:event, @meeting_20:event, @meeting_21:event, @meeting_22:event, @meeting_23:event, @meeting_24:event, @meeting_25:event, @meeting_26:event, @meeting_27:event, @meeting_28:event, @meeting_29:event, @meeting_30:event, @meeting_31:event, @meeting_32:event, @meeting_33:event]  

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*The statements above extract the core metadata of the PIN collection, link every creator and place to the pre‑existing knowledge graph, and synthesize cross‑subdirectory patterns: continuity of faculty, the role of standing committees, recurring financial resolutions, and the broad geographic footprint of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania during 1852‑1854.*

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# Reorganization Summary

The files were organized based on the academic year and the content of the Faculty meetings. This approach ensures that related documents are grouped together, making it easier to locate and reference specific meeting minutes and details. The primary grouping criterion was the academic year, with separate groups for 1852-1853 and 1853. All files were successfully placed into logical groups based on their content and metadata.

## Groups Created

- **Faculty_Meetings_1852-1853**: Files containing minutes and details from Faculty meetings during the academic year 1852-1853.
- **Faculty_Meetings_1853**: Files containing minutes and details from Faculty meetings during the academic year 1853.

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