Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1850-1852

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Description

Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1850‑1852

Overview

A collection of scanned pages (JPEG and TIFF) comprising the official minutes of faculty meetings of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (FMCP) from 1850 through 1852. The materials are in English, public‑domain, and include accompanying OCR text. The set contains 30‑plus images, each representing a separate meeting or related document (regulations, resolutions, commencement notices, etc.).

Background

The FMCP was founded in 1850 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first medical college in the United States dedicated to the education of women. The faculty, composed of physicians such as Dr. Chaloner, Dr. Dickson, Prof. M. Glasskey, Dr. Longshore, and Dr. Johnson, met regularly to govern the institution, appoint chairs, resolve resignations, and oversee academic affairs. The minutes reflect the college’s early administrative challenges, including faculty turnover, financial management, and the establishment of regulations governing elections, examinations, and beneficiary admissions.

Contents

  • Meeting Minutes (1850‑1852): Detailed accounts of discussions, motions, and resolutions, including dates, locations (College Building, Dean’s office, faculty room), and attendance.
  • Resignations and Appointments: Records of faculty resignations (Glasskey, Mickison, Moseley) and appointments (Longshore as Dean, Harvey as Chair of Materia Medica, etc.).
  • Regulations (1‑9): Textual provisions on faculty governance, elections, quorum, and graduation requirements.
  • Commencement and Degrees: Minutes of the December 30, 1851 commencement, listing graduates and ballot results.
  • Administrative Resolutions: Decisions on advertising, leasing, purchasing property, and fundraising.

Scope

The collection covers the period 1850‑1852, focusing on the FMCP’s internal governance in Philadelphia. It includes all faculty meeting minutes, related resolutions, and administrative documents for that interval. Materials beyond 1852, external correspondence, or broader institutional histories are not part of this set.

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**Institution & Places**

@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", founded: @date_1850, location: @philadelphia}
@philadelphia:place {state: @pennsylvania, country: @united_states}
@boston:place {state: @massachusetts, country: @united_states}
@bennington_vt:place {state: @vermont, country: @united_states}
@college_building:place {description: "College Building of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", within: @philadelphia}
@dean_office:place {description: "Office of the Dean, Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", within: @philadelphia}
@eclectic_medical_college:organization {full_name: "Eclectic Medical College"}
@corporators_of_female_medical_college:organization {role: "Governing body of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania"}

**People (persons)**  

@chaloner:person {full_name: "Dr. Chaloner", role: "Faculty member"}
@dickson:person {full_name: "Dr. Dickson", role: "Faculty member"}
@glasskey:person {full_name: "Prof. M. Glasskey", role: "Professor"}
@dickenson:person {full_name: "Dr. M. W. Dickenson", role: "Faculty member"}
@longshore:person {full_name: "Dr. Longshore", role: "Faculty member"}
@johnson:person {full_name: "Dr. Johnson", role: "Faculty member"}
@livezey:person {full_name: "Dr. Livezey", role: "Faculty member"}
@mosley:person {full_name: "Dr. Moseley", role: "Dean (until Oct 1850)"}
@gregory:person {full_name: "Dr. Gregory", role: "Faculty member"}
@langhorne:person {full_name: "Dr. Langhorne", role: "Faculty member"}
@cornell:person {full_name: "Dr. Rolf Cornell", role: "Faculty member"}
@wolf:person {full_name: "Dr. Wolfe", role: "Faculty member"}
@harvey:person {full_name: "Dr. Harvey", role: "Faculty member"}
@mcclintonck:person {full_name: "Dr. McClintonck", role: "Faculty member"}
@fowler:person {full_name: "Miss Almira L. Fowler", role: "Clerk of the Clinic"}
@richardson:person {full_name: "Mrs. Margaret Richardson", role: "Clerk of the Clinic"}
@gleason:person {full_name: "Mrs. M. B. Gleason", role: "Honoree of honorary M.D."}
@mickison:person {full_name: "Dr. Mickison", role: "Professor of Chemistry"}
@rolfe:person {full_name: "Dr. E. C. Rolfe", role: "Professor of Anatomy (candidate)"}
@pancoast:person {full_name: "Dr. Seth Pancoast", role: "Professor of Anatomy (candidate)"}
@harvey_m:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey, M.D.", role: "Professor of Materia Medica & General Therapeutics"}
@pierce:person {full_name: "Wm. S. Pierce", role: "Secretary of the College"}
@emerson_kent:person {full_name: "Dr. J. Emerson Kent", role: "Correspondent"}
@hannah_longshore:person {full_name: "Mrs. Hannah E. Longshore, M.D.", role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy (candidate)"}
@caroline_thayer:person {full_name: "Miss Caroline C. Thayer", role: "Beneficiary applicant"}
@ellen_hicks:person {full_name: "Miss Ellen S. Hicks", role: "Beneficiary applicant"}
@c_g_adams:person {full_name: "Mrs. C. G. Adams", role: "Beneficiary applicant"}
@e_b_chamberlin:person {full_name: "Mrs. E. B. Chamberlin", role: "Beneficiary applicant"}

**Faculty Meetings (events)**  

@meeting_1850_12_02:event {date: @date_1850_12_02, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1850_12_06:event {date: @date_1850_12_06, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1850_12_13:event {date: @date_1850_12_13, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_01_09:event {date: @date_1851_01_09, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_01_16:event {date: @date_1851_01_16, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_05_29:event {date: @date_1851_05_29, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1857_06_03:event {date: @date_1857_06_03, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1857_08_21:event {date: @date_1857_08_21, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_09_10:event {date: @date_1851_09_10, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1851_12_05:event {date: @date_1851_12_05, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_01_01:event {date: @date_1852_01_01, location: @college_building, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@commencement_1851_12_30:event {date: @date_1851_12_30, location: @musaeal_fund_hall, type: "Commencement"}
@meeting_1852_03_03:boston_meeting:event {date: @date_1852_03_03, location: @boston, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_04_20:event {date: @date_1852_04_20, location: @faculty_room, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_04_23:event {date: @date_1852_04_23, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_05_04:event {date: @date_1852_05_04, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_05_21:event {date: @date_1852_05_21, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_06_??:event {date: @date_1852_06, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}  // placeholder for June‑May‑June series
@meeting_1852_07_09:event {date: @date_1852_07_09, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_08_19:event {date: @date_1852_08_19, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_04:event {date: @date_1852_09_04, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_11:event {date: @date_1852_09_11, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_13:event {date: @date_1852_09_13, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_17:event {date: @date_1852_09_17, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_09_25:event {date: @date_1852_09_25, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1852_10_25:event {date: @date_1852_10_25, location: @dean_office, type: "Faculty meeting"}

**Key Resolutions & Actions (relationships)**  

@glasskey:person -> resigned -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {when: @date_1850_12_02}
@meeting_1850_12_02:event -> forwarded -> @president_of_board_of_trustees:person {by: @glasskey}
@meeting_1850_12_06:event -> rescinded -> @resolution_resignation_of_glasskey:document {originally_adopted: @date_1850_12_02}
@meeting_1850_12_13:event -> resolved -> @honorary_md_for_gleason:document {recipient: @gleason, granted_by: @longshore}
@meeting_1851_01_09:event -> resolved -> @payment_for_mr_peirce:document {payer: @dean, amount: "$50 cash + $5 per graduate"}
@meeting_1851_01_16:event -> resolved -> @rent_rooms_for_eclectic_college:document {decision: "Inexpedient to rent rooms to Eclectic Medical College"}
@meeting_1851_05_29:event -> resolved -> @advertise_college:document {agent: @longshore, contractor: @mr_palmer}
@meeting_1857_06_03:event -> resolved -> @lease_house_229_arch:document {lessee: @mr_penravann, location: "House No. 229 Arch St."}
@meeting_1857_08_21:event -> resolved -> @recommend_m_w_dickenson_chair_chemistry:document {recommender: @longshore}
@meeting_1851_09_10:event -> resignation -> @mickison:person {position: "Professor of Chemistry", accepted_by: @longshore}
@meeting_1851_12_05:event -> resolved -> @start_examination_for_graduation:document {start_date: @date_1851_12_05}
@meeting_1852_01_01:event -> recorded -> @degree_ballots:document {white_balls: 2000, black_balls: ["Phoebe Way", "Susannah H. Ellis"]}
@commencement_1851_12_30:event -> conferred -> @md_degrees:document {graduates: 8, venue: @musaeal_fund_hall}
@meeting_1852_03_03:boston_meeting:event -> resolved -> @public_lecture_introduction:document {lecturers: [@cornell, @johnson], venue: @philadelphia}
@meeting_1852_04_20:event -> stated -> @college_origin:document {established_by: @legislature_of_pennsylvania, year: @date_1850}
@meeting_1852_04_20:event -> stated -> @sessions_held:document {count: 2, audience: "Ladies"}
@meeting_1852_04_20:event -> resolved -> @association_to_sustain_college:document {purpose: "Support Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", signatories: [@longshore, @johnson, @moseley, @others]}
@meeting_1852_04_23:event -> resolved -> @committee_investigate_accounts:document {members: [@longshore, @moseley]}
@meeting_1852_05_04:event -> resolved -> @print_third_annual_announcement:document {copies: 4000}
@meeting_1852_05_21:event -> resolved -> @new_entrance_sign:document {produced: true}
@meeting_1852_07_09:event -> resolved -> @chair_materia_medica_changed:document {old_holder: @dickenson, new_holder: @harvey_m}
@meeting_1852_08_19:event -> resolved -> @applications_received:document {applicants: [@ellen_hicks, @c_g_adams, @e_b_chamberlin]}
@meeting_1852_09_04:event -> appointed -> @committee_purchase_mcclintonck_property:document {members: [@longshore, @moseley]}
@meeting_1852_09_11:event -> appointed -> @committee_accounts:document {members: [@livezey, @longshore]}
@meeting_1852_09_13:event -> resolved -> @recommend_hannah_longshore_anatomy:document {recommender: @longshore}
@meeting_1852_09_17:event -> accepted -> @beneficiary_caroline_thayer:document {waiver_of_30_day_notice: true}
@meeting_1852_09_25:event -> resolved -> @recommend_rolfe_pancoast_anatomy:document {candidates: [@rolfe, @pancoast]}
@meeting_1852_10_25:event -> recorded -> @letter_resignation_moseley_anatomy:document {author: @moseley, accepted_by: @pierce}
@meeting_1852_10_25:event -> resolved -> @recommend_hannah_longshore_demonstrator_anatomy:document {recommender: @longshore}
@meeting_1852_10_25:event -> appointed -> @clerks_of_clinic:document {members: [@fowler, @richardson]}

**Committee & Governance Documents**  

@regulation_1:document {text: "Dean shall elect one of their members to act as Dean; duties include keeping minutes, presiding, correspondence, matriculation, fee collection, examinations, financial supervision, building oversight."}
@regulation_2:document {text: "Dean may call a meeting whenever advisable; a written request signed by three faculty members suffices if the Dean refuses."}
@regulation_3:document {text: "A majority of Professors constitutes a quorum."}
@regulation_4:document {text: "All elections shall be by ballot."}
@regulation_5:document {text: "Students who have completed two courses are exempt from fees for subsequent courses."}
@regulation_6:document {text: "Degree of M.D. requirements: application one month before session end; age ≥21; three years study (two under a respectable physician); attendance of two full courses in listed subjects; thesis submission; examination by each professor; voting rules; public commencement requirement."}
@regulation_7:document {text: "No professor shall sell his ticket unless the applicant exhibits the matriculating ticket."}
@regulation_8:document {text: "Beneficiary admissions may be confidential; fee $20 per session; applicants must provide character and need testimonials; dean may waive 30‑day notice."}
@regulation_9:document {text: "Matriculation, graduation, and beneficiary fees first cover college expenses; surplus divided equally among professors."}

**Associations & Funding**  

@association_to_sustain_college:document {purpose: "Sustain Female Medical College of Pennsylvania until receipts are sufficient", founders: [@longshore, @johnson, @moseley, @others], date_established: @date_1852_04_20}
@fundraising_campaign:document {activities: ["soliciting members", "collecting donations"], authorized_by: @longshore, date: @date_1852_04_20}

**Key Personnel Changes**  

@glasskey:person -> resignation -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1850_12_02}
@mickison:person -> resignation -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1851_09_10}
@moseley:person -> resignation_dean -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_04_23}
@moseley:person -> resignation_anatomy_professor -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_09_13}
@harvey_m:person -> appointed_chair_materia_medica -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_07_09}
@johnson:person -> elected_dean -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_04_23}
@longshore:person -> appointed_dean -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_04_23}
@rolfe:person -> candidate_chair_anatomy -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {recommended: @date_1852_09_25}
@pancoast:person -> candidate_chair_anatomy -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {recommended: @date_1852_09_25}
@harvey_m:person -> appointed_chair_materia_medica_and_general_therapeutics -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_07_09}
@hannah_longshore:person -> recommended_demonstrator_anatomy -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_09_13}
@caroline_thayer:person -> admitted_beneficiary -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_09_17}
@ellen_hicks:person -> admitted_beneficiary -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_08_19}
@c_g_adams:person -> admitted_beneficiary -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_08_19}
@e_b_chamberlin:person -> admitted_beneficiary -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania {effective: @date_1852_08_19}

**Document & Publication References**  

@minutes_1850_12_02:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1850_12_02}
@minutes_1850_12_06:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1850_12_06}
@minutes_1850_12_13:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1850_12_13}
@minutes_1851_01_09:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_01_09}
@minutes_1851_01_16:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_01_16}
@minutes_1851_05_29:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_05_29}
@minutes_1857_06_03:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1857_06_03}
@minutes_1857_08_21:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1857_08_21}
@minutes_1851_09_10:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_09_10}
@minutes_1851_12_05:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1851_12_05}
@minutes_1852_01_01:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_01_01}
@minutes_1852_03_03:boston:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_03_03:boston_meeting}
@minutes_1852_04_20:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_04_20}
@minutes_1852_04_23:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_04_23}
@minutes_1852_05_04:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_05_04}
@minutes_1852_05_21:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_05_21}
@minutes_1852_07_09:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_07_09}
@minutes_1852_08_19:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_08_19}
@minutes_1852_09_04:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_04}
@minutes_1852_09_11:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_11}
@minutes_1852_09_13:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_13}
@minutes_1852_09_17:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_17}
@minutes_1852_09_25:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_09_25}
@minutes_1852_10_25:document {type: "Meeting minutes", meeting: @meeting_1852_10_25}
@musaeal_fund_hall:place {location: "Musaeal Fund Hall, Locust St., Philadelphia"}

**File References**  

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