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@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_minutes:document {title: "Minutes of the Faculty of the University of Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1856‑1859", subjects: ["Medical education","Faculty meetings","Medical history","Women in medicine"], created: @date_1856_1859, place: [@chester_pa, @philadelphia_pa]}
@umcpa:organization {full_name: "University of Medical College of Pennsylvania", type: "Medical school"}
@chester_pa:place {city: "Chester", state: "PA", country: @united_states}
@philadelphia_pa:place {city: "Philadelphia", state: "PA", country: @united_states}
@musical_fund_hall:place {name: "Musical Fund Hall", city: "Philadelphia", state: "PA", country: @united_states}
#--- Persons (faculty & staff) -------------------------------------------------
@ellwood_harvey:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey", role: "Faculty member, Dean (later)"}
@preston:person {full_name: "Dr. Preston", role: "Faculty"}
@russell:person {full_name: "Dr. Russell", role: "Faculty"}
@gillingham:person {full_name: "Dr. Gillingham", role: "Faculty"}
@kerr:person {full_name: "Dr. Kerr", role: "Faculty"}
@hl_brown:person {full_name: "H.L. Brown", role: "Faculty"}
@caroline_cleveland:person {full_name: "Caroline Horton Cleveland, M.D.", role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy"}
@birdsell:person {full_name: "Dr. Sylvester Birdsell", role: "Faculty"}
@mark_kerr:person {full_name: "Mark G. Kerr", role: "Faculty"}
@gill_bradell:person {full_name: "Rev. Gillingham Bradell", role: "Clergy, Faculty"}
@brown:person {full_name: "Dr. Brown", role: "Faculty"}
@furrell:person {full_name: "Dr. G. Furrell", role: "Dean"}
@finsell:person {full_name: "Dr. E. Finsell", role: "Dean"}
@cleveland:person {full_name: "Dr. Emeline H. Cleveland", role: "Faculty"}
@semple:person {full_name: "Matthew Semple, Esq.", role: "Professor of Chemistry & Toxicology"}
@rothing:person {full_name: "Frederick Louis Otto Rothing, M.D.", role: "Professor of Materia Medica & Therapeutics"}
@gorminge:person {full_name: "Dr. Wm. Gorminge", role: "Lecturer on Surgery"}
@rockey:person {full_name: "Prof. Rockey", role: "Faculty"}
@temple:person {full_name: "Prof. Temple", role: "Faculty"}
@sample:person {full_name: "Prof. Sample", role: "Faculty"}
@turrell:person {full_name: "E. Turrell", role: "Dean"}
#--- Women who submitted inaugural theses --------------------------------------
@r_moon:person {full_name: "Miss R. Moon", gender: "female"}
@dinanna_taghault:person {full_name: "Miss Dinanna Taghault", gender: "female"}
@philbe_wilton:person {full_name: "Miss Philbe Wilton", gender: "female"}
@hannia_preston:person {full_name: "Miss Hannia Preston", gender: "female"}
@lucy_peterschilin:person {full_name: "Mrs. Lucy M. Peterschilin", gender: "female"}
@mary_scarlett:person {full_name: "Miss Mary J. Scarlett", gender: "female"}
@susan_parry:person {full_name: "Miss Susan Parry", gender: "female"}
@henrietta_buckel:person {full_name: "C. Henrietta Buckel", gender: "female"}
@hannah_jones:person {full_name: "Mrs. Hannah W. Jones", gender: "female"}
@rebecca_finselle:person {full_name: "Mrs. Rebecca Finselle", gender: "female"}
@eliza_gatchell:person {full_name: "Eliza Gatchell, M.D.", gender: "female"}
@lizzie_mellen:person {full_name: "Lizzie S. Mellen", gender: "female"}
@mary_malyn_bailey:person {full_name: "Mary Malin Bailey", gender: "female"}
@st_winona_stratton:person {full_name: "St. Winona Stratton", gender: "female"}
@harriet_adams:person {full_name: "Harriet Adams", gender: "female"}
@maria_porter:person {full_name: "Maria W. Porter", gender: "female"}
@sutherland_underwood:person {full_name: "Sutherland S. Underwood", gender: "female"}
#--- Faculty meetings (selected) ----------------------------------------------
@meeting_1856_05_28:event {when: @date_1856_05_28, where: @chester_pa, description: "Faculty meeting, May 28 1856"}
@meeting_1856_05_28 -> present -> [@preston, @russell, @gillingham, @kerr]
@meeting_1856_05_28 -> appointed -> @hl_brown:person {position: "Chair of Surgery", proposer: @russell}
@meeting_1856_05_28 -> appointed -> @caroline_cleveland:person {position: "Demonstrator of Anatomy", proposer: @russell}
@meeting_1856_05_28 -> elected -> @kerr:person {position: "Dean", predecessor: @ellwood_harvey}
@meeting_1856_05_28 -> appointed -> @gillingham:person {position: "Treasurer"}
@meeting_1856_09_11:event {when: @date_1856_09_11, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1856_09_11 -> present -> [@gill_bradell, @brown, @furrell]
@meeting_1856_09_11 -> appointed -> @ellwood_harvey:person {position: "Dean (unanimously)"}
@meeting_1856_09_27:event {when: @date_1856_09_27, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1856_09_27 -> present -> [@preston, @harvey, @gillingham, @furrell]
@meeting_1856_09_27 -> resolved -> {detail: "Postpone session meeting for one week due to building repairs"}
@meeting_1856_10_27:event {when: @date_1856_10_27, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1856_10_27 -> present -> [@harvey, @birdsell, @finsell]
@meeting_1856_10_27 -> resolved -> {detail: "Abolish matriculation fee; set graduation fee $25", voted: "unanimous"}
@meeting_1856_10_27 -> resolved -> {detail: "Mrs. Sanders permitted to attend half session at half cost"}
@meeting_1856_12_11:event {when: @date_1856_12_11, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1856_12_11 -> present -> [@harvey, @birdsell, @brown, @finsell]
@meeting_1856_12_11 -> resolved -> {detail: "Suspend lectures from Christmas to New Year’s Day inclusive"}
@meeting_1857_02_06:event {when: @date_1857_02_06, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_02_06 -> present -> [@harvey, @preston, @bindell, @kerr, @russell]
@meeting_1857_02_06 -> received theses from -> [@r_moon, @dinanna_taghault, @philbe_wilton, @hannia_preston, @lucy_peterschilin, @mary_scarlett] {referred_to: [@pickett, @brown, @harvey, @bindell, @kerr, @preston, @russell]}
@meeting_1857_02_17:event {when: @date_1857_02_17, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> present -> [@harvey, @preston, @victor, @bradlee_brown, @fursell]
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> elected -> @lucy_peterschilin:person {votes_white: 66, votes_black: 4}
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> elected -> @elizabeth_bangl:person {votes_white: 65, votes_black: 5}
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> elected -> @susanna_hayhurst:person {votes_white: 64, votes_black: 6}
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> elected -> @mary_g_scarlet:person {votes_white: 62, votes_black: 8}
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> elected -> @phebe_wilson:person {votes_white: 61, votes_black: 9}
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> elected -> @orie_r_noon:person {votes_white: 55, votes_black: 15}
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> elected -> @hannah_w_brinton:person {votes_white: 54, votes_black: 16}
@meeting_1857_02_17 -> elected -> @elizabeth_d_cohen:person {votes_white: 31, votes_black: 39, status: "not elected"}
@meeting_1857_02_19:event {when: @date_1857_02_19, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_02_19 -> present -> [@harvey, @preston, @birdsell, @furness]
@meeting_1857_02_19 -> vote -> {detail: "Unanimous rejection of L.A. Cohen’s examination"}
@meeting_1857_02_23:event {when: @date_1857_02_23, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_02_23 -> present -> [@harvey, @birdsell, @vern_cleveland]
@meeting_1857_02_23 -> appointment -> {detail: "Professors appointed by Corporators", appointees: [
{@person: @ellwood_harvey, position: "Professor of Chemistry & Toxicology"},
{@person: @edwin_furness, position: "Professor of Obstetrics & Diseases of Women & Children"},
{@person: @birdsell, position: "Professor of Theory & Practice of Medicine"},
{@person: @emeline_h_cleveland, position: "Professor of Anatomy & Histology"}
]}
@meeting_1857_04_24:event {when: @date_1857_04_24, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_04_24 -> present -> [@harvey, @preston, @birdsell, @brown, @fennell]
@meeting_1857_04_24 -> appointed -> @preston:person {position: "Valedictory Lecturer"}
@meeting_1857_04_24 -> appointed -> @birdsell:person {position: "General Introductory Lecturer"}
@meeting_1857_04_24 -> appointed -> @brown:person {position: "Auditor of Accounts"}
@meeting_1857_04_24 -> appointed -> @fennell:person {position: "Settlement with former Treasurer"}
@meeting_1857_09_22:event {when: @date_1857_09_22, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_09_22 -> present -> [@beresell, @preston, @finsell]
@meeting_1857_09_22 -> resolved -> {detail: "Limit lectures to three per week for Physiology, Obstetrics, Materia Medica & Surgery"}
@meeting_1857_09_25:event {when: @date_1857_09_25, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_09_25 -> present -> [@cleveland, @birasell, @brown, @finsell]
@meeting_1857_09_25 -> appointed -> @eliza_gatchell:person {position: "Adjunct Professor of Chemistry"}
@meeting_1857_09_25 -> admitted -> @susan_parry:person {status: "admitted"}
@meeting_1857_10_25:event {when: @date_1857_10_25, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_10_25 -> present -> [@preston, @binsale, @furrell, @cleveland]
@meeting_1857_10_25 -> resolved -> {detail: "Dr. Furrell to complete Dr. Kerr’s Materia Medica lectures"}
@meeting_1857_12_20:event {when: @date_1857_12_20, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1857_12_20 -> present -> [@preston, @binsale, @cleveland]
@meeting_1857_12_20 -> resolved -> {detail: "No lectures from Christmas to New Year inclusive"}
@meeting_1858_02_09:event {when: @date_1858_02_09, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_02_09 -> present -> [@preston, @cleveland, @bradell, @finselle]
@meeting_1858_02_09 -> received theses from -> [@susan_parry, @henrietta_buckel, @hannah_jones, @rebecca_finselle] {referred_to: [@preston, @bradell, @finselle, @cleveland]}
@meeting_1858_02_20:event {when: @date_1858_02_20, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_02_20 -> present -> [@preston, @cleveland, @bradell, @temple, @harvey_adjunct, @brown]
@meeting_1858_02_20 -> election -> {candidates: [
{@person: @rebecca_finselle, votes_white: 69, votes_black: 1},
{@person: @hannah_jones, votes_white: 66, votes_black: 4},
{@person: @henrietta_buckel, votes_white: 60, votes_black: 10},
{@person: @susan_parry, votes_white: 54, votes_black: 16}
], result: "All declared duly elected"}
@meeting_1858_02_27:event {when: @date_1858_02_27, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_02_27 -> resolved -> {detail: "Award M.D. degrees at public commencement at Musical Fund Hall (Saturday, Feb 27)", recipients: [@rebecca_finselle, @hannah_jones, @henrietta_buckel, @susan_parry]}
@meeting_1858_06_20:event {when: @date_1858_06_20, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_06_20 -> present -> [@cleveland]
@meeting_1858_06_20 -> appointed -> @cleveland:person {position: "General Introductory Lecturer"}
@meeting_1858_09_15:event {when: @date_1858_09_15, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_09_15 -> resolved -> {detail: "Postpone opening of session to Oct 16; resume regular lectures Monday after"}
@meeting_1858_10_13:event {when: @date_1858_10_13, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_10_13 -> present -> [@preston, @birdwell, @cleveland, @rodney, @temple, @furrell]
@meeting_1858_10_13 -> appointed -> @cleveland:person {position: "Clinic Physician"}
@meeting_1858_10_15:event {when: @date_1858_10_15, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_10_15 -> resolved -> {detail: "Recommend lecture on chemistry at the Temple"}
@meeting_1858_10_25:event {when: @date_1858_10_25, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_10_25 -> resolved -> {detail: "Dr. Furrell to complete Dr. Kerr’s Materia Medica lectures"}
@meeting_1858_12_20:event {when: @date_1858_12_20, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1858_12_20 -> resolved -> {detail: "No lecture from Christmas to New Year; recommend traveling lecturing agents"}
@meeting_1859_02_03:event {when: @date_1859_02_03, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1859_02_03 -> present -> [@preston, @birdsell, @cleveland, @sample, @furrell]
@meeting_1859_02_03 -> resolved -> {detail: "Session to close March 15; admit Mary M. Bailey for M.P. degree"}
@meeting_1859_02_10:event {when: @date_1859_02_10, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1859_02_10 -> present -> [@preston, @birdsell, @cleveland, @temple, @furrell]
@meeting_1859_02_10 -> resolved -> {detail: "Preliminary examinations for all candidates"}
@meeting_1859_02_14:event {when: @date_1859_02_14, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1859_02_14 -> present -> [@preston, @cleveland, @bradell, @temple, @semple, @rochey, @preston, @furrell]
@meeting_1859_02_14 -> received theses from -> [@boyle, @stratton, @underwood, @shelley, @adams, @porter] {referred_to: [@birdsell, @semple, @cleveland, @rochey, @preston, @furrell]}
@meeting_1859_02_17:event {when: @date_1859_02_17, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1859_02_17 -> present -> [@preston, @birdsell, @cleveland, @furness]
@meeting_1859_02_17 -> reported -> {detail: "Theses of Mrs. McClean, Mrs. Stratton, Mrs. Barkey, Mrs. Underwood, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Parker examined; all women admitted to examination"}
@meeting_1859_02_25:event {when: @date_1859_02_25, where: @chester_pa}
@meeting_1859_02_25 -> present -> [@birdsell, @gorminge]
@meeting_1859_02_25 -> election -> {candidates: [
{@person: @sutherland_underwood, votes_white: 66, votes_black: 4},
{@person: @mary_malyn_bailey, votes_white: 60, votes_black: 10},
{@person: @st_winona_stratton, votes_white: 58, votes_black: 12},
{@person: @harriet_adams, votes_white: 56, votes_black: 14},
{@person: @maria_porter, votes_white: 55, votes_black: 15},
{@person: @lizzie_mellen, votes_white: 53, votes_black: 17}
], result: "All declared duly elected; Dean to recommend M.P. degrees"}
#--- Additional entities -------------------------------------------------------
@edwin_furness:person {full_name: "Edwin Furness, M.D.", role: "Dean (later)"}
@emeline_h_cleveland:person {full_name: "Emeline H. Cleveland", role: "Professor of Anatomy & Histology"}
@birdwell:person {full_name: "Dr. Birdwell", role: "Faculty"}
@binsale:person {full_name: "Dr. Binsale", role: "Faculty"}
@bradell:person {full_name: "Dr. Bradell", role: "Faculty"}
@harvey_adjunct:person {full_name: "Dr. Harvey (adjunct)", role: "Faculty"}
@rochey:person {full_name: "Prof. Rochey", role: "Faculty"}
@boyle:person {full_name: "Miss Boyle", role: "Thesis author"}
@stratton:person {full_name: "Miss Stratton", role: "Thesis author"}
@underwood:person {full_name: "Mrs. Underwood", role: "Thesis author"}
@shelley:person {full_name: "Miss Shelley", role: "Thesis author"}
@adams:person {full_name: "Miss Adams", role: "Thesis author"}
@porter:person {full_name: "Miss Porter", role: "Thesis author"}Click to expand and load individual components
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