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**Metadata / Core Entities**
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", type: "medical school"}
@board_of_corporators:organization {affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@preston_retreat:place {address: "20th & Hamilton Sts, Philadelphia, PA", type: "building"}
@seventh_annual_announcement:document {title: "Seventh Annual Announcement"}
@regulations_1854:document {title: "Regulations", adopted: @date_1854_01_04}
@degree_md_confer:document {title: "Degree of M.D. conferral", date: @date_1856_02_28}
**People (specific to the collection)**
@ellwood_harvey:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey, M.D.", role: "Dean", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@edwin_fussell:person {full_name: "Edwin Fussell, M.D.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@mark_g_kerr:person {full_name: "Mark G. Kerr, M.D.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@sylvester_birdsell:person {full_name: "Sylvester Birdsell, M.D.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@kersey_g_thomas:person {full_name: "Kersey G. Thomas, M.D.", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_preston:person {full_name: "Dr. Preston", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@gillingham:person {full_name: "Prof. Gillingham", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@birdsall:person {full_name: "Dr. Birdsall", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@farnell:person {full_name: "Dr. Farnell", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@herb:person {full_name: "Dr. Herb", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@eliza_l_s_thomas:person {full_name: "Mrs. Eliza L.S. Thomas, M.D.", role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy"}
@emeline_horton_cleveland:person {full_name: "Mrs. Emeline Horton Cleveland, M.D.", role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy"}
@c_d_cleveland:person {full_name: "Prof. C. D. Cleveland", role: "President of the Corporation"}
@h_j_brown:person {full_name: "Dr. H.J. Brown", role: "Surgery Chair candidate"}
@birdville:person {full_name: "Dr. Birdville", role: "Lecturer"}
@gunderson:person {full_name: "Mr. Gunderson", role: "Lecturer"}
@weigmer_and_brother:organization {full_name: "Weigmer & Brother", role: "Vendor"}
**Meeting Events (chronological)**
@meeting_1855_11_19:event {when: @date_1855_11_19, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1855_12_03:event {when: @date_1855_12_03, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1855_12_17:event {when: @date_1855_12_17, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1855_12_31:event {when: @date_1855_12_31, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1856_01_17:event {when: @date_1856_01_17, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1856_01_18:event {when: @date_1856_01_18, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1856_01_25:event {when: @date_1856_01_25, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1856_02_28:event {when: @date_1856_02_28, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1856_03_26:event {when: @date_1856_03_26, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1856_04_28:event {when: @date_1856_04_28, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1856_05_05:event {when: @date_1856_05_05, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1856_05_28:event {when: @date_1856_05_28, where: @philadelphia, type: "faculty meeting"}
**File → Document Relationships**
@file_pinax -> documents -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {description: "Metadata for faculty meetings 1855‑1856"}
@file_a092_001_091_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_11_19:event
@file_a092_001_092_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_12_17:event
@file_a092_001_093_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1855_12_31:event
@file_a092_001_093_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_01_17:event
@file_a092_001_094_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_01_18:event
@file_a092_001_094_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_01_25:event
@file_a092_001_097_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_02_28:event
@file_a092_001_098_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_03_26:event
@file_a092_001_099_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_04_28:event
@file_a092_001_099_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_05_05:event
@file_a092_001_100_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1856_05_28:event
**Key Relationships Extracted from Minutes**
*Nov 19 1855 – Lease of Preston Retreat*
@meeting_1855_11_19:event -> present -> [@edwin_fussell, @mark_g_kerr, @kersey_g_thomas, @dr_preston, @sylvester_birdsell]
@meeting_1855_11_19:event -> resolved -> @preston_retreat:place {action: "lease"}
@meeting_1855_11_19:event -> appointed committee -> [@edwin_fussell, @kersey_g_thomas] {task: "apply to President and Managers of Preston Retreat"}
@ellwood_harvey:person -> absent -> @meeting_1855_11_19:event
*Dec 3 1855 – Follow‑up on Preston Retreat*
@meeting_1855_12_03:event -> present -> [@dr_preston, @edwin_fussell, @mark_g_kerr, @kersey_g_thomas, @gillingham, @sylvester_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1855_12_03:event -> reported -> @preston_retreat:place {status: "no response from President/Managers"}
*Dec 17 1855 – Election to Board of Corporation*
@meeting_1855_12_17:event -> resolved -> @board_of_corporators:organization {elected_members: [@ellwood_harvey, @edwin_fussell, @mark_g_kerr, @sylvester_birdsell, @kersey_g_thomas]}
@meeting_1855_12_17:event -> appointed committee -> [@ellwood_harvey, @edwin_fussell] {task: "present resolution to Corporators"}
@meeting_1855_12_17:event -> resolution -> {no_lectures_between: [@date_1855_12_22, @date_1855_12_31]}
@meeting_1855_12_17:event -> recommended -> [@edwin_fussell, @ellwood_harvey] {to: @board_of_corporators}
*Dec 31 1855 – Clinic leadership change*
@meeting_1855_12_31:event -> present -> [@farnell, @mark_g_kerr, @kersey_g_thomas, @gillingham, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1855_12_31:event -> resolved -> {pay_bill: "Harry's", amount: "$??"}
@meeting_1855_12_31:event -> resignation -> @kersey_g_thomas:person {position: "Clinic Physician"}
@meeting_1855_12_31:event -> appointed -> [@farnell, @ellwood_harvey] {role: "Clinic charge"}
*Jan 17 1856 – Diploma printing & building use*
@meeting_1856_01_17:event -> present -> [@mark_g_kerr, @kersey_g_thomas, @gillingham, @birdsall, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1856_01_17:event -> appointed treasurer -> @ellwood_harvey:person {task: "print diplomas"}
@meeting_1856_01_17:event -> agreement -> @gunderson:person {use: "lecture room", rate: "$1 per night"}
@meeting_1856_01_17:event -> appointed committee -> [@birdsall, @farnell] {task: "find new property location"}
@meeting_1856_01_17:event -> appointed committee -> [@mark_g_kerr, @farnell] {task: "prepare @seventh_annual_announcement"}
*Jan 18 1856 – Regular meeting schedule*
@meeting_1856_01_18:event -> resolved -> {faculty_meetings: "every Friday at 1:30 PM"}
@meeting_1856_01_18:event -> present -> [@edwin_fussell, @mark_g_kerr, @kersey_g_thomas, @sylvester_birdsell]
@meeting_1856_01_18:event -> report -> @kersey_g_thomas:person {diplomas_printed: 12, cost: "$8.00"}
@meeting_1856_01_18:event -> appointed committee -> [@edwin_fussell, @ellwood_harvey] {task: "fill vacant chairs of Surgery and Chemistry"}
*Jan 25 1856 – Vacant chairs & property storage*
@meeting_1856_01_25:event -> present -> [@edwin_fussell, @mark_g_kerr, @kersey_g_thomas, @sylvester_birdsell]
@meeting_1856_01_25:event -> report -> {building_use_until: @date_1856_03_07}
@meeting_1856_01_25:event -> report -> {store_property: "summer in building"}
@meeting_1856_01_25:event -> appointed auditors -> [@sylvester_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey] {target: "Treasurer accounts"}
*Feb 28 1856 – Degree conferral & Treasurer change*
@degree_md_confer:document -> conferred_by -> @c_d_cleveland:person
@degree_md_confer:document -> recipients -> ["Miss Elizabeth Collins", "Miss Debbie A. Hughes", "Miss Laura J. Ross", "Miss Jane L. Starr"]
@meeting_1856_02_28:event -> present -> "all faculty members"
@meeting_1856_02_28:event -> resignation -> @kersey_g_thomas:person {position: "Treasurer"}
@meeting_1856_02_28:event -> resolution -> {acknowledge: @kersey_g_thomas, copy_presented_to: @kersey_g_thomas}
@meeting_1856_02_28:event -> appointed treasurer_pro_tempore -> @gillingham:person
*Mar 26 1856 – Publication & Regulation amendment*
@meeting_1856_03_26:event -> present -> [@dr_preston, @farnell, @herb, @gillingham, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1856_03_26:event -> resolved -> {publish_names_in: @seventh_annual_announcement}
@meeting_1856_03_26:event -> amendment -> @regulations_1854:document {article: 17, text: "\"...shall be under the supervision of the Professor of Anatomy... recapitulations twice each week.\""}
@meeting_1856_03_26:event -> appointed committee -> [@herb, @gillingham] {task: "inquire Mrs. Eliza L.S. Thomas about Demonstrator duties"}
@meeting_1856_03_26:event -> payment -> {janitor_wages: "$20.25", stove_work: "$2.25", vendor: @weigmer_and_brother}
*Apr 28 1856 – Demonstrator of Anatomy status*
@meeting_1856_04_28:event -> present -> [@dr_preston, @farnell, @mark_g_kerr, @gillingham, @sylvester_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey]
@meeting_1856_04_28:event -> committee_report -> {demonstrator: @eliza_l_s_thomas, status: "willing to remain"}
@meeting_1856_04_28:event -> committee_report -> {seventh_annual_announcement: "adopted, to be sent to Committee on Publication"}
*May 5 1856 – Scheduling*
@meeting_1856_05_05:event -> scheduled -> {next_meeting: @date_1856_05_05, time: "12:00"}
*May 28 1856 – Dean election, appointments, and new Demonstrator*
@meeting_1856_05_28:event -> present -> [@dr_preston, @edwin_fussell, @gillingham, @mark_g_kerr]
@meeting_1856_05_28:event -> proxy -> {@edwin_fussell:person} {for: @birdville:person}
@meeting_1856_05_28:event -> recommendation -> {@h_j_brown:person} {to: @board_of_corporators, position: "Chair of Surgery"}
@meeting_1856_05_28:event -> appointment -> @emeline_horton_cleveland:person {role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy", term: "one year"}
@meeting_1856_05_28:event -> election -> @edwin_fussell:person {new_role: "Dean", replacing: "Dr. Hawley"}
@meeting_1856_05_28:event -> appointment -> @birdville:person {role: "Lecturer"} Click to expand and load individual components
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