30th Annual Meeting of the Faculty, 1864

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30th Annual Meeting of the Faculty, 1864

Overview

The collection consists of the printed minutes and related reports of the 30th Annual Meeting of the Faculty of the Free Medical College, held on January 4, 1864. The materials are presented as a series of scanned images (JPEG and TIFF) with accompanying OCR text, all in English. The documents record the proceedings of the meeting, including financial statements, committee appointments, and the presentation of student theses.

Background

Annual faculty meetings were a regular feature of the college’s governance structure, providing a forum for reviewing financial affairs, approving administrative actions, and addressing academic matters. The 1864 meeting was presided over by Professors Russell, Preston, Seaver, and Cleveland. Key officers present were Dean Erwin Freuler and Secretary William Cleveland. The meeting took place during the American Civil War, a period when medical education and the admission of women were subjects of active discussion.

Contents

  • Minutes of the meeting, including approval of the previous session’s minutes.
  • Dean’s report of expenditures (e.g., correspondence, matriculation tickets, sewing‑room chairs, cleaning).
  • Treasurer’s report detailing receipts from committee fees and disbursements.
  • Report of an anonymous donation of $5,000 to be invested as a permanent fund.
  • Appointment of committees: Museum, Beneficence, and Invention.
  • Presentation of student theses by women (e.g., Amelia Longfellow – Masonry, Amifa E. Young – Operation & Metabolism, etc.).
  • Voting results for the admission of candidates, recorded with separate tallies for white and black voters.
  • Discussion and resolution concerning the admission of Miss Mary C. Putnam, including objections and subsequent motions.
  • References to related meetings held on Feb 8, Feb 26, Mar 12, and Mar 18, 1864.

Scope

The materials cover the January 4, 1864 meeting and its immediate aftermath, with documents extending into February and March 1864. The geographic focus is the college’s campus (location unspecified but likely in the United States). Topics include college governance, financial administration, committee formation, student admissions, and the broader context of women’s participation in medical education. The collection does not include unrelated institutional records or detailed biographies of faculty members.

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@file_pinax -> documents -> @annual_meeting_30th:event {description: "30th Annual Meeting of the Faculty held on January 4 1864", when: @date_1864_01_04, where: @college:place}

/* PLACE */
@college:place {description: "College (unspecified location)", institution: "drexel-production"}

/* PERSONS – faculty leadership */
@erwin_freuler:person {full_name: "Erwin Freuler", role: "Dean"}
@william_cleveland:person {full_name: "William Cleveland", role: "Secretary of the Faculty"}
@a_preston:person {full_name: "A. Preston", role: "Secretary (Jan 8 1864)"}
@edwin_turner:person {full_name: "Edwin Turner", role: "Faculty member"}
@edwin_russell:person {full_name: "Edwin Russell", role: "Professor"}
@russell:person {full_name: "Prof. Russell", role: "Professor, presided over Jan 4 1864 meeting"}
@preston:person {full_name: "Prof. Preston", role: "Professor, presided over Jan 4 1864 meeting"}
@seaver:person {full_name: "Prof. Seaver", role: "Professor, presided over Jan 4 1864 meeting"}
@cleveland:person {full_name: "Prof. Cleveland", role: "Professor, presided over Jan 4 1864 meeting"}
@temple:person {full_name: "Prof. Temple", role: "Professor"}
@scarlett:person {full_name: "Prof. Scarlett", role: "Professor"}
@fuselle:person {full_name: "Prof. Fuselle", role: "Professor"}
@kerr:person {full_name: "Prof. Kerr", role: "Professor"}
@sample:person {full_name: "Prof. Sample", role: "Professor"}
@booth:person {full_name: "Prof. Booth", role: "Professor"}
@smith:person {full_name: "Prof. Smith", role: "Professor"}
@butler:person {full_name: "Prof. Butler", role: "Professor"}
@coates:person {full_name: "Prof. Coates", role: "Professor"}
@sampson:person {full_name: "Prof. Sampson", role: "Professor"}
@sealatt:person {full_name: "Prof. Sealatt", role: "Professor"}
@e_h_chamberlain:person {full_name: "E.H. Chamberlain", role: "President (Feb 8 1864)"}
@e_u_cleveland:person {full_name: "E.U. Cleveland", role: "Secretary (Mar 12 1864)"}
@e_b_cleveland:person {full_name: "E.B. Cleveland", role: "Secretary (Mar 18 1864)"}

/* PERSONS – donors & unknowns */
@anonymous_donor:person {status: "unknown", donation: 5000}

/* PERSONS – female students presenting theses */
@amelia_longfellow:person {full_name: "Amelia Longfellow", role: "Student", thesis_topic: "Masonry"}
@amifa_e_young:person {full_name: "Amifa E. Young", role: "Student", thesis_topic: "Operation & Metabolism"}
@e_l_bettingill:person {full_name: "E. L. Bettingill", role: "Student", thesis_topic: "Anatomy, Physiology & discussion of H."}
@dora_a_inverey:person {full_name: "Dora A. Inverey", role: "Student", thesis_topic: "Culmination of uterus"}
@a_l_d_raymond:person {full_name: "A. L. D. Raymond", role: "Student", thesis_topic: "The Brain"}
@a_m_dinsmore:person {full_name: "A. M. Dinsmore", role: "Student", thesis_topic: "Displacement of uterus"}
@betsey_dyson:person {full_name: "Betsey Dyson", role: "Student", thesis_topic: "Cervical Hemorrhage"}
@maria_c_putnam:person {full_name: "Maria C. Putnam", role: "Student", thesis_topic: "The Spleen (Latin)"}
@miss_longfus:person {full_name: "Miss Longfus", role: "Student"}   /* referenced in later files */
@miss_sweney:person {full_name: "Miss Sweney", role: "Student"}
@mrs_radi​mond:person {full_name: "Mrs. Raymond", role: "Student"}
@mrs_desmone:person {full_name: "Mrs. Desmone", role: "Student"}
@miss_putnam:person {full_name: "Miss Putnam", role: "Student"}
@miss_outram:person {full_name: "Miss Outram", role: "Student"}
@miss_pelham:person {full_name: "Miss Pelham", role: "Student"}
@miss_rutman:person {full_name: "Miss Rutman", role: "Student"}

/* ORGANIZATIONS – committees */
@museum_committee:organization {purpose: "Museum"}
@beneficence_committee:organization {purpose: "Beneficence"}
@invention_committee:organization {purpose: "Invention"}

/* DOCUMENTS – reports and minutes */
@minutes_1864:document {type: "Minutes of the 30th Annual Meeting", when: @date_1864_01_04}
@financial_expenditure_report_1864:document {
    type: "Financial Expenditure Report",
    items: [
        {description: "Correspondence", amount: 2.00},
        {description: "Matriculation tickets", amount: 5.00},
        {description: "Chairs for sewing room", amount: 4.50},
        {description: "Basket", amount: 1.00},
        {description: "Cleaning", amount: 2.50}
    ],
    total: 10.75
}
@treasurer_report_1864:document {
    type: "Treasurer's Report",
    cash_received: 147.76,
    beneficiaries_1863: 100.00,
    cash_in_treasury: 100.00
}
@expenditure_report_166_1864:document {
    type: "Detailed Expenditure Report (Jan 8 1864)",
    items: [
        {description: "Stationery", count: 2, cost: 10},
        {description: "Postage & Stamps", count: 6, cost: 90},
        {description: "Carrying packages P.O.", cost: 15},
        {description: "Advertising Agency", count: 2, cost: 0},
        {description: "Gas Furnace", cost: 34},
        {description: "Tin Church", cost: 42},
        {description: "Dust pan", cost: 21},
        {description: "Keys", cost: 30},
        {description: "Repairing settle", cost: 25},
        {description: "Bell hanging", cost: 75},
        {description: "Unloading coal", count: 2, cost: 0},
        {description: "House Cleaning", count: 3, cost: 50},
        {description: "Varnish", cost: 98},
        {description: "Varnish & paint brushes", count: 1, cost: 5},
        {description: "Spittoon", count: 1, cost: 0},
        {description: "Alcohol", count: 5, cost: 10},
        {description: "Toweling", count: 1, cost: 0},
        {description: "Steamy heater", cost: 50},
        {description: "Engraving", cost: 50}
    ],
    total: 2.47,
    settled_with: @treasurer_of_free_medical_college:organization,
    settlement_date: @date_1868_12_01
}
@anonymous_donation_1864:document {type: "Anonymous Donation", amount: 5000, purpose: "Permanent fund (interest only)", donor: @anonymous_donor}

/* VOTE RESULTS – February 8 1864 election of ladies */
@vote_results_feb_1864:document {
    type: "Vote Results for Female Candidates (Feb 8 1864)",
    entries: [
        {candidate: @amelia_longfellow, white_votes: 69, black_votes: 1},
        {candidate: @anita_long, white_votes: 59, black_votes: 11},
        {candidate: @eliza_pittengill, white_votes: 59, black_votes: 11},
        {candidate: @dora_sweney, white_votes: 64, black_votes: 6},
        {candidate: @aurlie_raymond, white_votes: 58, black_votes: 12},
        {candidate: @anna_desumone, white_votes: 46, black_votes: 24},
        {candidate: @elizabeth_dyson, white_votes: 55, black_votes: 15},
        {candidate: @mary_putnam, white_votes: 61, black_votes: 9}
    ]
}

/* RESOLUTIONS & MOTIONS */
@resolution_admission_putnam:document {
    type: "Resolution on Admission of Mary C. Putnam",
    reasons: [
        "Insufficient lecture attendance per college rules",
        "Applicant’s statement about tickets was false",
        "Lack of evidence supporting admission"
    ],
    author: @edwin_turner,
    date: @date_1864_03_10
}

/* EVENTS – individual faculty meetings */
@meeting_feb_8_1864:event {
    date: @date_1864_02_08,
    location: @college,
    presided_by: [@e_h_chamberlain],
    attendees: [@fuselle, @preston, @kerr, @sample, @scarlett, @cleveland],
    agenda: ["Read & approve minutes of previous meeting", "Report of theses by female students"]
}
@meeting_feb_26_1864:event {
    date: @date_1864_02_26,
    location: @college,
    presided_by: [@e_u_cleveland],
    agenda: ["Commencement planning", "Donation discussion", "Committee continuations"]
}
@meeting_mar_12_1864:event {
    date: @date_1864_03_12,
    location: @college,
    presided_by: [@e_u_cleveland],
    agenda: ["Admission of Miss Putnam", "Resolution discussions"]
}
@meeting_mar_18_1864:event {
    date: @date_1864_03_18,
    location: @college,
    presided_by: [@e_b_cleveland],
    agenda: ["Women’s Hospital venue for commencement", "Ticket issues", "Faculty reports"]
}

/* RELATIONSHIPS */
@annual_meeting_30th:event -> presided by -> [@russell, @preston, @seaver, @cleveland]
@annual_meeting_30th:event -> included -> @minutes_1864
@annual_meeting_30th:event -> included -> @financial_expenditure_report_1864
@annual_meeting_30th:event -> included -> @treasurer_report_1864
@annual_meeting_30th:event -> adopted -> @anonymous_donation_1864
@annual_meeting_30th:event -> appointed -> [@museum_committee, @beneficence_committee]

@meeting_feb_8_1864:event -> presented -> @minutes_1864
@meeting_feb_8_1864:event -> presented theses of -> [@amelia_longfellow, @amifa_e_young, @e_l_bettingill, @dora_a_inverey, @a_l_d_raymond, @a_m_dinsmore, @betsey_dyson, @maria_c_putnam]

@meeting_feb_26_1864:event -> discussed -> @anonymous_donation_1864
@meeting_feb_26_1864:event -> continued -> [@museum_committee, @beneficence_committee]

@meeting_mar_12_1864:event -> debated -> @resolution_admission_putnam
@meeting_mar_12_1864:event -> recorded vote results -> @vote_results_feb_1864

@meeting_mar_18_1864:event -> reported venue -> @women_hospital:place {description: "Women’s Hospital, used for commencement"}
@meeting_mar_18_1864:event -> addressed -> ticket issues for @miss_putnam, @miss_rutman, @miss_outram

/* FILE REFERENCES */
@file_a092_001_165_jpg -> documents -> @annual_meeting_30th:event {excerpt: "The 30th Annual Meeting of the Faculty was held at the College presided over by Prof. Russell, Preston, Seaver & Cleveland."}
@file_a092_001_165_jpg -> documents -> @financial_expenditure_report_1864
@file_a092_001_165_jpg -> documents -> @treasurer_report_1864

@file_a092_001_166_jpg -> documents -> @expenditure_report_166_1864

@file_a092_001_167_jpg -> documents -> @anonymous_donation_1864
@file_a092_001_167_jpg -> documents -> @museum_committee
@file_a092_001_167_jpg -> documents -> @beneficence_committee

@file_a092_001_168_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_8_1864:event {excerpt: "Present: Prof. Fuselle, Preston, Kerr, Sample, Scarlett & Cleveland. Report of theses by female students."}
@file_a092_001_168_jpg -> documents -> [@amelia_longfellow, @amifa_e_young, @e_l_bettingill, @dora_a_inverey, @a_l_d_raymond, @a_m_dinsmore, @betsey_dyson, @maria_c_putnam]

@file_a092_001_169_jpg -> documents -> @ticket_inspection_report:document {description: "Inspection of tickets for Miss Longfus, Miss Lynn, Miss Cuttingill, Miss Sweney, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Denison, etc."}

@file_a092_001_171_jpg -> documents -> @vote_results_feb_1864

@file_a092_001_173_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_26_1864:event

@file_a092_001_176_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_mar_18_1864:event {excerpt: "Meeting of the faculty—present Profs. Russell, Preston Booth, & Cleveland. Women’s Hospital consent for commencement."}

@file_a092_001_178_jpg -> documents -> @resolution_admission_putnam

@file_a092_001_179_jpg -> documents -> @resolution_admission_putnam {excerpt: "Edwin Turner’s protest against admission of Miss Mary C. Putnam."}

@file_a092_001_181_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_mar_12_1864:event

@file_a092_001_182_jpg -> documents -> @vote_results_feb_1864 {excerpt: "Tabulated white and black votes for female candidates."}

/* END OF KNOWLEDGE GRAPH */

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