Faculty Meeting Minutes of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850-1851

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Faculty Meeting Minutes of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1850‑1851

Overview

This collection comprises the official minutes of faculty meetings held at the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania from June 25 1850 to January 9 1851. The materials are presented as a series of scanned pages (JPEG and TIFF) and a JSON metadata file. Each page records the date, location, agenda items, motions, resolutions, and committee appointments. The minutes are written in English (US) and were originally produced in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Background

The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850, was the first institution in the United States to grant medical degrees to women. The faculty meetings documented here reflect the early administrative and academic governance of the college. The minutes were prepared by the faculty and archived by the institution’s records office, now held in the Drexel Production repository. The documents were digitized by the PINAX project, providing high‑resolution scans and OCR text for research use.

Contents

The collection contains 23 pages of minutes, each corresponding to a distinct meeting. Key subjects include:
  • Committee appointments (e.g., investigation of Dr. R. Burr, drafting by‑laws, museum arrangement, anatomy demonstration, lying‑in department).
  • Faculty elections and resignations (e.g., Dr. James F. X. M. Clasky’s resignation, Dr. M. Glasskey’s resignation).
  • Financial and administrative matters (e.g., tuition fee arrangements, printing of matriculation tickets, rent negotiations).
  • Academic and clinical operations (e.g., lecture schedules, procurement of medical supplies, establishment of a lying‑in department and dispensary).
  • Honorary recognitions (e.g., conferral of an honorary M.D. to Mrs. M. B. Gleason).

Each page includes the meeting date, venue (e.g., College Building, 229 Arch St., Dr. Massey’s office), and the names of participants and committee members.

Scope

The collection covers a 19‑month period (June 1850 – January 1851) and is limited to faculty minutes. It does not include student records, correspondence, or external reports. The documents are specific to the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania and provide insight into the governance, academic scheduling, and financial management of an early women’s medical institution in Philadelphia.

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Raw Cheimarros Data

**Organizations & Institutions**

@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {type: "Medical college", location: @philadelphia}

/*  Dean of the college (name not given in the minutes) */
@dean:person {role: "Dean", institution: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}

/*  Committees created by the faculty */
@committee_burr_investigation:organization {purpose: "investigate reports concerning Dr. R. Burr", members: [@dr_mccloskey, @dr_mosely, @dr_challoner]}
@committee_by_laws:organization {purpose: "draft By‑Laws for Faculty governance", members: [@dr_mosely, @dr_challoner, @dr_longshore]}
@committee_museum:organization {purpose: "arrange the college museum", members: [@dr_mosely, @dr_dickerson, @dr_gleason]}
@committee_anatomy_demo:organization {purpose: "oversee anatomy demonstration", members: [@dr_challoner, @dr_longshore, @dr_mccuskey]}
@committee_lying_in_dept:organization {purpose: "organise Lying‑in Department & Dispensary", members: [@dr_longshore, @dr_gleason, @dr_mosely]}

/*  Places */
@arch_229:place {address: "229 Arch St, Philadelphia"}
@exchange:place {location: @philadelphia, description: "Philadelphia Exchange"}
@dr_masseys_office:place {description: "Dr. Massey’s Office, Philadelphia"}
@dean_office:place {description: "Dean’s Office, Female Medical College of Pennsylvania"}
@college_building:place {description: "College Building of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", location: @philadelphia}

/*  Persons (only those not widely known) */
@r_burr:person {full_name: "Dr. R. Burr", title: "Professor"}
@dr_mccloskey:person {full_name: "Dr. McCloskey"}
@dr_mosely:person {full_name: "Dr. Mosely"}
@dr_challoner:person {full_name: "Dr. Challoner"}
@dr_longshore:person {full_name: "Dr. Longshore"}
@dr_dickinson:person {full_name: "Dr. Dickinson"}
@prof_mchesskey:person {full_name: "Prof. McHeskey"}
@prof_gleason:person {full_name: "Prof. Gleason"}
@prof_dickerson:person {full_name: "Prof. Dickerson"}
@prof_dickson:person {full_name: "Prof. Dickson"}
@prof_mckibben:person {full_name: "Prof. McKibben"}
@mr_h_birnbaum:person {full_name: "Mr. H. Birnbaum"}
@mrs_armstrong:person {full_name: "Mrs. Armstrong"}
@mrs_gleason:person {full_name: "Mrs. M. B. Gleason"}
@dr_j_f_x_mccloshkey:person {full_name: "Dr. J. F. X. McCloshkey"}
@dr_w_d_muhlen:person {full_name: "Dr. W. D. Muhlen"}
@dr_m_glasskey:person {full_name: "Dr. M. Glasskey"}
@dr_james_f_x_m_clasky:person {full_name: "Dr. James F. X. M. Clasky"}
@dr_langshore:person {full_name: "Dr. Langshore"}
@dr_sangphore:person {full_name: "Dr. Sangphore"}
@dr_murrey:person {full_name: "Dr. N. R. Murrey", role: "Dean"}  



**Faculty Meetings (Events)**  

@meeting_1850_06_25:event {when: @date_1850_06_25, where: @philadelphia}
@meeting_1850_07_02:event {when: @date_1850_07_02, where: @philadelphia}
@meeting_1850_09_13:event {when: @date_1850_09_13, where: @arch_229}
@meeting_1850_09_17:event {when: @date_1850_09_17, where: @arch_229}
@meeting_1850_10_11:event {when: @date_1850_10_11, where: @dr_masseys_office}
@meeting_1850_10_12:event {when: @date_1850_10_12, where: @dean_office}
@meeting_1850_10_17:event {when: @date_1850_10_17, where: @dean_office}
@meeting_1850_10_30:event {when: @date_1850_10_30, where: @college_building}
@meeting_1850_10_24:event {when: @date_1850_10_24, where: @college_building}
@meeting_1850_10_28:event {when: @date_1850_10_28, where: @college_building}
@meeting_1850_11_15:event {when: @date_1850_11_15, where: @philadelphia}
@meeting_1850_11_26:event {when: @date_1850_11_26, where: @dean_office}
@meeting_1850_11_29:event {when: @date_1850_11_29, where: @college_building}
@meeting_1850_12_02:event {when: @date_1850_12_02, where: @college_building}
@meeting_1850_12_06:event {when: @date_1850_12_06, where: @dean_office}
@meeting_1850_12_13:event {when: @date_1850_12_13, where: @college_building}
@meeting_1851_01_09:event {when: @date_1851_01_09, where: @college_building}

/*  File‑to‑meeting links (each file records the minutes of the indicated meeting) */
@file_a092_001_003_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_06_25:event
@file_a092_001_004_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_08_27:event   /*  August 27 1855 appears in the OCR but is outside the 1850‑1851 range; still linked for completeness */
@file_a092_001_005_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_09_13:event
@file_a092_001_006_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_09_17:event
@file_a092_001_007_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_10_11:event
@file_a092_001_009_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_10_30:event
@file_a092_001_010_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_10_24:event
@file_a092_001_011_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_10_28:event
@file_a092_001_012_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_11_15:event
@file_a092_001_013_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_11_26:event
@file_a092_001_015_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_11_29:event
@file_a092_001_016_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_12_02:event
@file_a092_001_019_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_12_06:event
@file_a092_001_020_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1850_12_13:event
@file_a092_001_021_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1851_01_09:event



**Key Relationships Extracted from the Minutes**

*June 25 1850*  
@meeting_1850_06_25:event -> appointed -> @committee_burr_investigation  
@meeting_1850_06_25:event -> appointed -> @committee_by_laws  
@committee_burr_investigation -> members -> [@dr_mccloskey, @dr_mosely, @dr_challoner]  
@committee_by_laws -> members -> [@dr_mosely, @dr_challoner, @dr_longshore]  

*July 2 1850*  
@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_07_02:event -> resolved -> @dean:person {task: "publish college announcement (5 000 copies)"}  

*September 13 1850*  
@meeting_1850_09_13:event -> hired -> @mr_h_birnbaum:person {role: "Tutor", salary: "$200 per annum"}  
@meeting_1850_09_13:event -> resolved -> @dean:person {task: "procure 250 matriculation tickets (faculty expense)"}  

*September 17 1850*  
@meeting_1850_09_17:event -> resolved -> @dean:person {task: "secure services of Henry Birnbaum for sanitor at $200"}  
@meeting_1850_09_17:event -> limited -> @dean:person {expenditure_cap: "$200 for sanitor"}  

*October 11 1850*  
@meeting_1850_10_11:event -> appointed -> @committee_museum  
@committee_museum -> members -> [@dr_mosely, @dr_dickerson, @dr_gleason]  

*October 12 1850*  
@meeting_1850_10_12:event -> resolved -> @dean:person {task: "authorize ticket sales (price < $10)"}  

*October 17 1850*  
@meeting_1850_10_17:event -> received -> donation:object {donors: ["Messrs. Bullock", "Messrs. Crenshaw"], items: "drug articles"}  
@meeting_1850_10_17:event -> thanked -> ["Messrs. Bullock", "Messrs. Crenshaw"]  

*October 30 1850*  
@meeting_1850_10_30:event -> appointed -> @committee_anatomy_demo  
@committee_anatomy_demo -> members -> [@dr_challoner, @dr_longshore, @dr_mccuskey]  
@meeting_1850_10_30:event -> elected -> @dr_challoner:person {position: "Surgeon, College Clinic"}  
@meeting_1850_10_30:event -> elected -> @dr_longshore:person {position: "Physician, College Clinic"}  

*October 24 1850*  
@meeting_1850_10_24:event -> resolved -> faculty:object {financial_responsibility: "no debts without faculty vote"}  
@meeting_1850_10_24:event -> created -> fund:object {purpose: "advertising", contribution_per_member: "$5"}  
@meeting_1850_10_24:event -> assigned -> @dr_gleason:person {task: "settle account with Mr. Pease"}  

*October 28 1850*  
@meeting_1850_10_28:event -> resolved -> @dr_sangphore:person {restriction: "Sanitor not to attend faculty private business"}  
@meeting_1850_10_28:event -> limited -> @dr_sangphore:person {service: "Sanitor duties only on Sundays (building care)"}  

*November 15 1850*  
@meeting_1850_11_15:event -> reported -> @committee_anatomy_demo:organization {recommendation: "subjects for dissection under supervision of Prof. of Anatomy"}  

*November 26 1850*  
@meeting_1850_11_26:event -> requested -> @dean:person {task: "obtain matriculation fees from Mrs. M. B. Gleason and others"}  
@meeting_1850_11_26:event -> directed -> @dr_w_d_muhlen:person {receive rent funds}  

*November 29 1850*  
@meeting_1850_11_29:event -> requested_resignation -> @dr_james_f_x_m_clasky:person {position: "Prof. of Theory & Practice of Medicine"}  

*December 2 1850*  
@meeting_1850_12_02:event -> forwarded_resignation -> @dr_m_glasskey:person {to: "President of Board of Trustees"}  

*December 6 1850*  
@meeting_1850_12_06:event -> rescinded -> resolution:object {subject: "rent of 229 Arch St ($175)"}  

*December 13 1850*  
@meeting_1850_12_13:event -> conferred_honorary_md -> @mrs_gleason:person  

*January 9 1851*  
@meeting_1851_01_09:event -> paid -> @dr_pease:person {task: "settle bill for printing matriculation tickets"}  



**Summary of Notable Patterns**

- The faculty repeatedly **appointed three‑member committees** to handle investigations, by‑law drafting, museum arrangement, anatomy demonstration, and the Lying‑in Department.  
- **Resignations** (Dr. R. Burr, Dr. M. Glasskey, Dr. James F. X. M. Clasky) were formally accepted and forwarded to the Board of Trustees.  
- Financial matters (rent of 229 Arch St, ticket sales, faculty‑fund contributions, limits on expenditures) were a constant agenda item.  
- The **Dean** acted as the executive conduit for communications with the Board of Trustees and for authorising expenditures.  

These triples capture the core entities, dates, places, committees, and resolutions recorded in the 1850‑1851 Faculty Meeting minutes of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.

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