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**Metadata document**
@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_minutes:document {title: "Minutes of the Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1859‑1861", creator: [@edwin_russell_dean, @edwin_birdsell, @prof_cleveland, @prof_birdsell, @dr_preston, @dr_temple, @dr_rockey, @dr_thorell, @dr_fessell, @dr_coates, @dr_foates, @dr_furness, @dr_finsell, @dr_farrell, @dr_reynell_coates, @dr_francis_l_evans, @mrs_m_c_redmond, @dr_requell_foates, @miss_eliza_j_zimmerman, @mary_j_scarlett, @thomas_h_powers, @mrs_taylor, @mrs_reynolds, @miss_rickettner, @miss_paine, @miss_paula, @joan_miss_davis, @miss_r_speakman], date_range: {start: @date_1859_03_05, end: @date_1861_02_20}}
**College entity**
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", location: @philadelphia}
**Place entities**
@philadelphia:place {state: @pennsylvania, country: @united_states}
@albany:place {state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@new_york_city:place {state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@washington_dc:place {city: "Washington, D.C.", country: @united_states}
@ohio:place {region: "Ohio", country: @united_states}
**Person entities (first appearance only)**
@edwin_russell_dean:person {full_name: "Edwin Russell Dean", role: "Dean"}
@edwin_birdsell:person {full_name: "Edwin Birdsell", role: "Professor"}
@prof_cleveland:person {full_name: "Prof. Cleveland", role: "Professor"}
@prof_birdsell:person {full_name: "Prof. Birdsell", role: "Professor"}
@dr_preston:person {full_name: "Dr. Preston", role: "Professor"}
@dr_temple:person {full_name: "Dr. Temple", role: "Professor"}
@dr_rockey:person {full_name: "Dr. Rockey", role: "Professor"}
@dr_thorell:person {full_name: "Dr. Thorell", role: "Professor"}
@dr_fessell:person {full_name: "Dr. Fessell", role: "Professor"}
@dr_coates:person {full_name: "Dr. Coates", role: "Professor"}
@dr_foates:person {full_name: "Dr. Foates", role: "Professor"}
@dr_furness:person {full_name: "Dr. Furness", role: "Professor"}
@dr_finsell:person {full_name: "Dr. Finsell", role: "Professor"}
@dr_farrell:person {full_name: "Dr. Farrell", role: "Professor"}
@dr_reynell_coates:person {full_name: "Dr. Reynell Coates", role: "Professor"}
@dr_francis_l_evans:person {full_name: "Dr. Francis L. Evans", role: "Professor"}
@mrs_m_c_redmond:person {full_name: "Mrs. M. C. Redmond", role: "Faculty member"}
@dr_requell_foates:person {full_name: "Dr. Requell Foates", role: "Professor of Surgery"}
@miss_eliza_j_zimmerman:person {full_name: "Miss Eliza J. Zimmerman", role: "Student"}
@mary_j_scarlett:person {full_name: "Mary J. Scarlett", role: "Student"}
@thomas_h_powers:person {full_name: "Thomas H. Powers", role: "Benefactor"}
@mrs_taylor:person {full_name: "Mrs. Taylor", role: "Student"}
@mrs_reynolds:person {full_name: "Mrs. Reynolds", role: "Student"}
@miss_rickettner:person {full_name: "Miss Rickettner", role: "Student"}
@miss_paine:person {full_name: "Miss Paine", role: "Student"}
@miss_paula:person {full_name: "Miss Paul", role: "Student"}
@joan_miss_davis:person {full_name: "Joan Miss Davis", role: "Student"}
@miss_r_speakman:person {full_name: "Miss R. Speakman", role: "Student"}
@dr_minna_elliger_peasol:person {full_name: "Dr. Minna Elliger Peasol", role: "Donor"}
@dr_gussell:person {full_name: "Dr. Gussell", role: "Faculty member"}
@mary_ann_h:person {full_name: "Mary Ann H.", role: "Faculty member"}
@dr_rossell:person {full_name: "Dr. Rossell", role: "Professor (Resigned)"}
@dr_melg_kerr:person {full_name: "Dr. Melg. Kerr", role: "Professor of Materia Medica"}
@dr_e_h_cleveland:person {full_name: "Dr. E. H. Cleveland", role: "Demonstrator of Anatomy"}
@dr_rachel_scott:person {full_name: "Dr. Rachel Scott", role: "Faculty member"} // placeholder for any additional names
**Meeting events (selected representative meetings)**
@meeting_1859_03_05:event {when: @date_1859_03_05, where: @philadelphia, description: "Eight Annual Commencement and faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1859_04_02:event {when: @date_1859_04_02, where: @philadelphia, description: "Tenth Annual Anniversary meeting"}
@meeting_1859_08:event {when: @date_1859_08, where: @philadelphia, description: "August 1859 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1859_10_07:event {when: @date_1859_10_07, where: @philadelphia, description: "October 7, 1859 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1859_10_15:event {when: @date_1859_10_15, where: @philadelphia, description: "October 15, 1859 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1859_11_15:event {when: @date_1859_11_15, where: @philadelphia, description: "November 15, 1859 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1859_12_07:event {when: @date_1859_12_07, where: @philadelphia, description: "December 7, 1859 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_01_04:event {when: @date_1860_01_04, where: @philadelphia, description: "January 4, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_01_19:event {when: @date_1860_01_19, where: @philadelphia, description: "January 19, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_01_20:event {when: @date_1860_01_20, where: @philadelphia, description: "January 20, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_02_01:event {when: @date_1860_02_01, where: @philadelphia, description: "February 1, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_02_23:event {when: @date_1860_02_23, where: @philadelphia, description: "February 23, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_03_01:event {when: @date_1860_03_01, where: @philadelphia, description: "March 1, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_03_07:event {when: @date_1860_03_07, where: @philadelphia, description: "March 7, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_03_15:event {when: @date_1860_03_15, where: @philadelphia, description: "March 15, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_03_23:event {when: @date_1860_03_23, where: @philadelphia, description: "March 23, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_04_11:event {when: @date_1860_04_11, where: @philadelphia, description: "April 11, 1860 faculty meeting (no quorum)"}
@meeting_1860_05_16:event {when: @date_1860_05_16, where: @philadelphia, description: "May 16, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_09_23:event {when: @date_1860_09_23, where: @philadelphia, description: "September 23, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_10_17:event {when: @date_1860_10_17, where: @philadelphia, description: "October 17, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1860_12_18:event {when: @date_1860_12_18, where: @philadelphia, description: "December 18, 1860 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1861_01_07:event {when: @date_1861_01_07, where: @philadelphia, description: "January 7, 1861 Annual Meeting"}
@meeting_1861_01_12:event {when: @date_1861_01_12, where: @philadelphia, description: "January 12, 1861 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1861_01_21:event {when: @date_1861_01_21, where: @philadelphia, description: "January 21, 1861 faculty meeting"}
@meeting_1861_02_20:event {when: @date_1861_02_20, where: @philadelphia, description: "February 20, 1861 faculty meeting"}
**Link files to meetings (representative subset)**
@file_a092_001_122_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1859_03_05:event
@file_a092_001_123_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1859_04_02:event
@file_a092_001_124_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1859_08:event
@file_a092_001_125_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1859_10_15:event
@file_a092_001_126_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1859_12_07:event
@file_a092_001_127_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_01_04:event
@file_a092_001_128_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_01_20:event
@file_a092_001_129_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_02_23:event
@file_a092_001_130_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_03_01:event
@file_a092_001_131_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_03_07:event
@file_a092_001_132_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_03_15:event
@file_a092_001_133_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_03_23:event
@file_a092_001_134_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_04_11:event
@file_a092_001_135_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_05_16:event
@file_a092_001_136_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_09_23:event
@file_a092_001_137_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_10_17:event
@file_a092_001_138_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1860_12_18:event
@file_a092_001_139_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1861_01_12:event
@file_a092_001_140_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1861_01_21:event
@file_a092_001_141_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_1861_02_20:event
**Attendance relationships (selected meetings)**
@meeting_1859_03_05:event -> attended by -> [@edwin_russell_dean, @edwin_birdsell, @prof_cleveland, @prof_birdsell, @dr_preston, @dr_temple, @dr_rockey, @dr_thorell]
@meeting_1859_04_02:event -> attended by -> [@dr_fessell, @dr_rockey, @dr_cleveland]
@meeting_1859_10_15:event -> attended by -> [@dr_birdsell, @dr_cleveland, @dr_reynell_coates, @mrs_m_c_redmond, @dr_francis_l_evans, @dr_finsell]
@meeting_1860_01_04:event -> attended by -> [@dr_preston, @dr_birdsell, @dr_cleveland, @dr_coates, @dr_furness]
@meeting_1860_02_01:event -> attended by -> [@dr_preston, @dr_birdsell, @dr_cleveland, @dr_temple, @dr_foates, @dr_finsell]
@meeting_1860_03_07:event -> attended by -> [@dr_preston, @dr_cleveland, @dr_fussell, @dr_coates, @dr_furness]
@meeting_1860_05_16:event -> attended by -> [@dr_preston, @dr_russell, @dr_simple, @dr_cleveland]
@meeting_1861_01_07:event -> attended by -> [@dr_temple, @dr_birdsell, @dr_coates, @dr_fussell, @dr_preston]
**Key decisions / resolutions (selected examples)**
@meeting_1859_03_05:event -> resolved -> @resolution_skeleton_purchase:document {amount: 35, purpose: "Purchase of a skeleton for faculty use"}
@meeting_1859_10_15:event -> resolved -> @resolution_reynell_coates_chair:document {action: "Recommend Dr. Reynell Coates for Chair of Surgery"}
@meeting_1860_01_04:event -> resolved -> @resolution_committee_essay_rules:document {committee: [@dr_birdsell, @dr_coates], purpose: "Prepare essay on Faculty rules & regulations"}
@meeting_1860_02_01:event -> resolved -> @resolution_resignation_prof_rackings:document {professor: "Prof. Rackings", reason: "Incompatible duties"}
@meeting_1860_03_07:event -> resolved -> @resolution_election_dean_fussell:document {elected: @dr_fussell, position: "Dean"}
@meeting_1860_05_16:event -> resolved -> @resolution_advertising_fund:document {donor: @dr_gussell, amount: 100, purpose: "Advertising fund"}
@meeting_1860_09_23:event -> resolved -> @resolution_anatomy_demonstrator:document {appointed: @mary_j_scarlett, position: "Demonstrator of Anatomy"}
@meeting_1861_01_07:event -> resolved -> @resolution_annual_meeting_schedule:document {next_meeting: @date_1861_01_12, agenda: "Annual Report"}
**Thesis examinations (February 1861 meeting)**
@meeting_1861_02_20:event -> examined thesis -> @thesis_woman_as_physician:document {author: @miss_paine, advisor: @dr_temple}
@meeting_1861_02_20:event -> examined thesis -> @thesis_apoplexy:document {author: @miss_rickettner, advisor: @dr_birdsell}
@meeting_1861_02_20:event -> examined thesis -> @thesis_physician_duties:document {author: @mrs_reynolds, advisor: @dr_kerr}
@meeting_1861_02_20:event -> examined thesis -> @thesis_infant_treatment:document {author: @miss_paula, advisor: @dr_russell}
@meeting_1861_02_20:event -> examined thesis -> @thesis_pneumonia:document {author: @joan_miss_davis, advisor: @dr_birdsell}
@meeting_1861_02_20:event -> examined thesis -> @thesis_physiology:document {author: @miss_r_speakman, advisor: @dr_preston}
**Benefactor acknowledgment (January 1861)**
@meeting_1861_01_12:event -> acknowledged -> @donation_thomas_h_powers:document {donor: @thomas_h_powers, amount: "medicines", purpose: "Dispensary"}
**Financial transactions**
@meeting_1861_01_21:event -> authorized payment -> @payment_dean_fussell:document {amount: 9.42, recipient: @dr_fussell, purpose: "Dean's balance"}
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