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@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_minutes:document {description: "Minutes of faculty meetings from the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1861‑1863", created_range: [@date_1861_03_05, @date_1863_10_03], language: "en-US", subjects: ["Medical education","Women's education","Faculty meetings","Academic governance","Historical documents"], place: @philadelphia}
/* Organization and Core Place */
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", location: @philadelphia}
@philadelphia:place {state: @pennsylvania, country: @united_states}
@medical_fund_hall:place {city: @philadelphia}
@hospital_building_north_college_avenue:place {city: @philadelphia}
@new_college_rooms_wagners_hospital:place {city: @philadelphia}
@marshall_st_315:place {city: @philadelphia}
/* Key Persons (first appearance defines) */
@ann_preston:person {full_name: "Ann Preston", role: "Secretary", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@e_h_cleveland:person {full_name: "E. H. Cleveland", role: "Faculty member", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@c_d_cleveland:person {full_name: "C. D. Cleveland", role: "Faculty member", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_temple:person {full_name: "Dr. Temple", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_fussell:person {full_name: "Dr. Fussell", role: "Dean (1861‑1863)", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_birdsell:person {full_name: "Dr. Birdsell", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_kerr:person {full_name: "Dr. Kerr", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_semple:person {full_name: "Dr. Semple", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_thomas:person {full_name: "Dr. Thomas", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_ker n:person {full_name: "Dr. Kern", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_levett:person {full_name: "Dr. Lovett", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_fassell:person {full_name: "Dr. Edwin Fassell", role: "President (1862‑1863)", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@mr_j_h_anthony:person {full_name: "J. H. Anthony", role: "Physician, Quincy, MA", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@mrs_mary_j_reynolds:person {full_name: "Mary J. Reynolds", role: "Candidate", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@mrs_frances_v_davis:person {full_name: "Frances V. Davis", role: "Candidate"}
@mrs_sarah_kleckner:person {full_name: "Sarah Kleckner", role: "Candidate"}
@mrs_sallie_paul:person {full_name: "Sallie Paul", role: "Candidate"}
@mrs_jane_payne:person {full_name: "Jane Payne", role: "Candidate"}
@mrs_rachel_t_speakman:person {full_name: "Rachel T. Speakman", role: "Candidate"}
@mrs_mary_j_reynolds:person {full_name: "Mary J. Reynolds", role: "Candidate"}
@mrs_redmond:person {full_name: "Mrs. Redmond", role: "Graduate candidate"}
@mrs_parter:person {full_name: "Mrs. Parter", role: "Graduate candidate"}
@miss_w_b_mccheysney:person {full_name: "W. B. McChesney", role: "Graduate candidate"}
@miss_j_w_mccray:person {full_name: "J. W. McCray", role: "Graduate candidate"}
@miss_s_a_cook:person {full_name: "S. A. Cook", role: "Graduate candidate"}
@mrs_fassell:person {full_name: "Mary G. Fassell", role: "Candidate for Chair of Anatomy & Chirology"}
@mr_j_scarr ell:person {full_name: "J. H. Scarlett", role: "Treasurer (1863)", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_boates:person {full_name: "Dr. Boates", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
/* Meetings – each linked to its OCR file and date */
@meeting_1861_03_05:event {date: @date_1861_03_05, location: @philadelphia, source: @file_a092_001_142_jpg}
@meeting_1861_10_10:event {date: @date_1861_10_10, location: @philadelphia, source: @file_a092_001_143_jpg}
@meeting_1861_10_13:event {date: @date_1861_10_13, location: @hospital_building_north_college_avenue, source: @file_a092_001_144_jpg}
@meeting_1861_10_17:event {date: @date_1861_10_17, location: @hospital_building_north_college_avenue, source: @file_a092_001_145_jpg}
@meeting_1862_02_06:event {date: @date_1862_02_06, location: @marshall_st_315, source: @file_a092_001_146_jpg}
@meeting_1862_02_13:event {date: @date_1862_02_13, location: @philadelphia, source: @file_a092_001_147_jpg}
@meeting_1862_09_13:event {date: @date_1862_09_13, location: @new_college_rooms_wagners_hospital, source: @file_a092_001_147_jpg}
@meeting_1862_10_12:event {date: @date_1862_10_12, location: @philadelphia, source: @file_a092_001_151_jpg}
@meeting_1863_02_07:event {date: @date_1863_02_07, location: @philadelphia, source: @file_a092_001_152_jpg}
@meeting_1863_03_04:event {date: @date_1863_03_04, location: @philadelphia, source: @file_a092_001_156_jpg}
@meeting_1863_03_10:event {date: @date_1863_03_10, location: @philadelphia, source: @file_a092_001_158_jpg}
@meeting_1863_03_14:event {date: @date_1863_03_14, location: @philadelphia, source: @file_a092_001_160_jpg}
/* Attendance – example for first meeting */
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> attended by -> [@ann_preston, @e_h_cleveland, @c_d_cleveland, @dr_temple, @dr_fussell, @dr_birdsell, @dr_kerr, @dr_semple, @dr_thomas]
/* Motions and Decisions – March 5, 1861 */
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> motion -> @commencement_1861_03_13:event {proposed_by: @ann_preston, description: "Hold Commencement on Wednesday March 13, 1861 at 4 P.M.", outcome: "approved"}
@commencement_1861_03_13:event {date: @date_1861_03_13, time: "4 P.M.", location: @medical_fund_hall, type: "Annual Commencement"}
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> motion -> @suspend_dean_notification_rule:concept {description: "Suspend rule requiring Dean to inform each candidate of vote result", outcome: "approved"}
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> vote -> @mrs_frances_v_davis {white_votes: 64, black_votes: 6}
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> vote -> @mrs_sarah_kleckner {white_votes: 59, black_votes: 11}
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> vote -> @mrs_sallie_paul {white_votes: 64, black_votes: 6}
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> vote -> @mrs_jane_payne {white_votes: 67, black_votes: 3}
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> vote -> @mrs_rachel_t_speakman {white_votes: 66, black_votes: 4}
@meeting_1861_03_05 -> vote -> @mrs_mary_j_reynolds {white_votes: 58, black_votes: 12}
/* Commencement 1861 – details */
@commencement_1861_03_13:event -> held at -> @medical_fund_hall
@commencement_1861_03_13:event -> conferred degree -> @dr_c_d_cleveland {role: "Valedictory speaker"}
@commencement_1861_03_13:event -> graduates -> [@mrs_frances_v_davis, @mrs_sarah_kleckner, @mrs_sallie_paul, @mrs_jane_payne, @mrs_rachel_t_speakman, @mrs_mary_j_reynolds]
/* Resignation and Appointment – Oct 10, 1861 */
@meeting_1861_10_10 -> resignation -> @dr_birdsell {reason: "Imperative duties elsewhere"}
@meeting_1861_10_10 -> appointment -> @ann_preston {task: "Correspond with Dr. Binstoll regarding retention"}
@meeting_1861_10_13 -> motion -> @session_1861_1862_omitted:concept {description: "Omit session 1861‑1862 due to embarrassed state of times", outcome: "approved"}
@meeting_1861_10_13 -> vote -> @session_1861_1862_omitted {for: [@dr_fussell, @dr_semple, @dr_kerr], against: [@c_d_cleveland]}
/* Faculty Committee – Feb 6, 1862 */
@meeting_1862_02_06 -> appointment -> @committee_apparatus_medicine:organization {members: [@dr_fussell, @dr_kerr, @c_d_cleveland], purpose: "Place faculty medical apparatus under Hospital managers"}
@meeting_1862_02_06 -> appointment -> @committee_vacant_chairs:organization {members: [@ann_preston], task: "Identify replacements for resigning faculty"}
@meeting_1862_02_06 -> candidate -> @dr_thomas {potential_role: "Lecturer in Anatomy"}
@meeting_1862_02_06 -> thesis -> @mrs_redmond:document {title: "Capillary Circulation", status: "Presented"}
@meeting_1862_02_06 -> thesis -> @mrs_parter:document {title: "Dysmenorrhoea", status: "Presented"}
/* Committee on Museum Articles – Oct 12, 1862 */
@meeting_1862_10_12 -> committee -> @museum_inventory_committee:organization {members: [@dr_temple, @dr_kerr, @c_d_cleveland], mandate: "Inventory museum articles and recommend purchase"}
@museum_inventory_committee -> recommendation -> @mrs_fassell {position: "Chair of Anatomy & Chirology"}
@meeting_1862_10_12 -> purchase_authorization -> @college {amount: "$250"}
/* Dean’s Financial Report – Feb 7, 1863 (file a092_001_152) */
@meeting_1863_02_07 -> presented -> @deans_report_1861_1863:document {author: @dr_fussell, content: "Itemized expenses for 1861‑1863", total_expenses: 95.00, balance_forward: 12.43}
/* Treasury Report – file a092_001_154 */
@meeting_1863_02_07 -> presented -> @treasury_report_1861_1863:document {author: @dr_boates, entries: [{date: @date_1861_01_16, amount: 100.00}, {date: @date_1863_02_07, amount: 7.18}], outstanding_from_corporators: 50.00}
/* By‑law Amendments – March 4, 1863 */
@meeting_1863_03_04 -> amendment -> @bylaw_article_2:concept {text: "Dean shall preside at Faculty meetings and perform delegated duties"}
@meeting_1863_03_04 -> amendment -> @bylaw_article_4:concept {text: "Secretary shall keep records, conduct correspondence, supervise accounts, and may draw up to $10 from Treasurer"}
@meeting_1863_03_04 -> appointment -> @dr_fussell {role: "Dean (re‑elected)"}
@meeting_1863_03_04 -> appointment -> @ann_preston {role: "Treasurer"}
@meeting_1863_03_04 -> appointment -> @e_h_cleveland {role: "Secretary"}
@meeting_1863_03_04 -> committee -> @museum_committee:organization {members: [@dr_fussell, @mr_j_scarr ell, @e_h_cleveland]}
/* Commencement 1863 – March 14, 1863 */
@commencement_1863_03_14:event {date: @date_1863_03_14, time: "4 P.M.", location: @college, type: "Annual Commencement"}
@commencement_1863_03_14:event -> opening_prayer -> @rev_e_e_adams:person
@commencement_1863_03_14:event -> valedictory_address -> @e_h_cleveland
@commencement_1863_03_14:event -> degree_conferred -> @dr_fussell {role: "President of the College", degree: "Doctor of Medicine", recipient: "Morris Pratt Esq."}
@commencement_1863_03_14:event -> graduates -> [@sarah_j_maclean, @m_j_mcgray, @f_amelia_cook]
/* Special Meeting – March 10, 1863 (file a092_001_158) */
@meeting_1863_03_10 -> motion -> @graduation_votes:event {candidates: [@miss_w_b_mccheysney, @miss_j_w_mccray, @miss_s_a_cook], votes: [{candidate: @miss_w_b_mccheysney, for: 66, against: 4}, {candidate: @miss_j_w_mccray, for: 60, against: 10}, {candidate: @miss_s_a_cook, for: 55, against: 15}], outcome: "Dean authorized to recommend diplomas"}
@meeting_1863_03_10 -> resolution -> @announcement_committee:organization {members: [@ann_preston], task: "Prepare essay for publication to Corporators"}
@meeting_1863_03_10 -> advertisement -> @commencement_ad:document {target: "Press", date: @date_1863_03_10, content: "Commencement to be held Saturday 10‑4"}
@meeting_1863_03_10 -> note -> @miss_cook_financial_note:document {subject: "Outstanding tuition fees", action: "Committee to issue note for payment to professors"}
/* Annual Session Summary – file a092_001_159 */
@annual_session_1862_1863:event {start: @date_1862_10_15, end: @date_1863_03_14, institution: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, description: "Eleventh annual session"}
@annual_session_1862_1863 -> held at -> @college
/* Faculty Lecture Schedule – Oct 3, 1863 (file a092_001_161) */
@meeting_1863_10_03 -> schedule -> @introductory_lecture:event {date: @date_1863_11_01, time: "4 P.M.", lecturer: @dr_fussell, location: @college}
/* General Faculty Structure – extracted from multiple minutes */
@faculty_of_female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {members: [@ann_preston, @e_h_cleveland, @c_d_cleveland, @dr_fussell, @dr_temple, @dr_birdsell, @dr_kerr, @dr_semple, @dr_thomas, @dr_levett, @dr_fassell]}
/* Example of a committee appointment (Feb 13, 1862) */
@meeting_1862_02_13 -> committee -> @committee_exam_candidates:organization {members: [@dr_fussell, @dr_temple, @dr_kerr, @c_d_cleveland], purpose: "Authorize examinations for ladies who completed courses"}
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