Version: 10 (current) | Updated: 11/14/2025, 5:24:57 AM
Added description
**1. Extracted entities from the new files**
```cheimarros
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania_records:collection {
title: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Records, 1855‑1856",
creator: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania,
created: @date_1855,
language: "en‑US",
rights: "Public domain",
description: "Collection of minutes, records, and administrative decisions from the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, covering faculty meetings, thesis examinations, commencement ceremonies, and administrative decisions from 1855 to 1856."
}
@file_pinax -> documents -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania_records:collection
@file_a092_001_081_tif -> part_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania_records:collection
```
**2. Additional place entities referenced only in the PINAX “place” list**
```cheimarros
@jamestown_ny:place {city: "Jamestown", state: "New York", country: @united_states}
@palmyra_ny:place {city: "Palmyra", state: "New York", country: @united_states}
@toyicroft_md:place {city: "Toyicroft", state: "Maryland", country: @united_states}
```
**3. Synthesis – linking the collection to the broader corpus**
*The collection aggregates the core entities that appear in the five sub‑directories (faculty meetings, thesis examinations, commencement ceremonies, administrative decisions, and the 1855‑1856 metadata).*
```cheimarros
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania_records:collection -> aggregates -> [
@meeting_feb_15_1855:event,
@meeting_feb_19_1855:event,
@meeting_mar_10_1855:event,
@meeting_feb_15_1856:event,
@meeting_feb_22_1856:event,
@meeting_feb_28_1856:event,
@fourth_annual_commencement:event,
@february_degree_conferral:event,
@meeting_1855_04_24:event,
@meeting_1855_12_31:event,
@meeting_1856_05_28:event
]
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania_records:collection -> includes_person -> [
@ellwood_harvey,
@charles_d_cleveland,
@mark_g_kerr,
@ann_preston,
@clinton_gillingham,
@dr_thomas,
@dr_fussell,
@dr_farnell,
@dr_birdsell,
@dr_herr,
@dr_russell,
@dr_gilchrist,
@mrs_emeline_horton_cleveland,
@miss_elizabeth_collins,
@miss_debbie_a_hughes,
@miss_laura_j_ross,
@miss_jane_l_starr
]
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania_records:collection -> covers_place -> [
@philadelphia,
@new_york,
@ohio,
@massachusetts,
@connecticut,
@bucks_county,
@acton_me,
@utica_ny,
@jamestown_ny,
@palmyra_ny,
@toyicroft_md
]
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania_records:collection -> relates_to_concept -> [
@women_in_medicine:concept {description: "Women’s participation in medical education and practice in mid‑19th‑century America"},
@medical_education:concept,
@faculty_governance:concept,
@thesis_examination:concept,
@commencement_ceremony:concept
]
```
*Key cross‑source patterns highlighted by the synthesis*
- **Leadership continuity** – @ellwood_harvey (Dean) and @charles_d_cleveland (President) appear in faculty‑meeting minutes (1855 & 1856), thesis‑examination reports, and commencement ceremonies, linking governance, academic assessment, and degree conferral.
- **Thesis workflow** – Students such as @miss_elizabeth_collins, @miss_debbie_a_hughes, @miss_laura_j_ross, and @miss_jane_l_starr receive thesis assignments from faculty (e.g., @dr_farnell, @dr_herr) in the 1855‑1856 meetings; the same theses are recorded in the **Thesis Examinations** sub‑directory and culminate in the **Degree Conferral** events of March 10 1855 and February 28 1856.
- **Administrative committees** – The **Beneficiaries**, **Advertising**, **Vacant‑Chairs**, and **Demonstrator‑Anatomy** committees are created in 1855 meetings, re‑appointed or expanded in 1856, and their members (e.g., @dr_russell, @dr_gillingham) are consistently tracked across the **Administrative Decisions** and **Faculty Meetings** sub‑directories.
- **Financial continuity** – Payments to the janitor @janitor_birnbacher, to vendors (e.g., “Ziegenfus & Carver”), and to advertising appear in both the 1855 and 1856 minutes, illustrating ongoing budgetary practices captured in the collection.
- **Geographic reach** – The collection’s “place” list (Philadelphia, New York, Ohio, etc.) matches the residences of students and the locations of external correspondences (e.g., @acton_me, @utica_ny), demonstrating the college’s regional network.
*Result*: The newly created `@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania_records:collection` serves as a unifying node that ties together persons, events, places, documents, and concepts across all sub‑directories, making explicit the institutional continuity and the inter‑linked academic, administrative, and ceremonial activities of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania during 1855‑1856.# Reorganization Summary The files were organized into logical groups based on their content, primarily focusing on faculty meetings, thesis examinations, commencement ceremonies, and administrative decisions. Files without OCR content were grouped based on their filenames and metadata. Files that did not fit into any of these categories were listed as ungrouped. ## Groups Created - **Faculty_Meetings_1855**: Files containing minutes and records of faculty meetings held in 1855, including discussions on theses, examinations, and administrative decisions. - **Faculty_Meetings_1856**: Files containing minutes and records of faculty meetings held in 1856, including discussions on degrees, appointments, and administrative updates. - **Thesis_Examinations**: Files related to the examination and approval of theses submitted by candidates for medical degrees. - **Commencement_Ceremonies**: Files documenting commencement ceremonies, including the conferring of degrees and related events. - **Administrative_Decisions**: Files containing records of administrative decisions, including appointments, resignations, and committee reports.