Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 11/14/2025, 5:25:18 AM
Added description
Each meeting entry lists the date, location, attendees, and a brief narrative of decisions made, often accompanied by scanned copies of the original pages.
**File and Collection**
@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_minutes:event {description: "Minutes of faculty meetings from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1863‑1864", date_range: {start: @date_1863, end: @date_1864}, location: @philadelphia}
@philadelphia:place {state: @pennsylvania, country: @united_states}
@womens_medical_college:organization {type: "Medical college", location: @philadelphia}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
PERSONS (faculty, staff, students, external doctors)
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@e_h_cleveland:person {full_name: "E. H. Cleveland", role: "Secretary"}
@e_w_c_cleveland:person {full_name: "E. W. C. Cleveland", role: "Secretary"}
@j_w_cleveland:person {full_name: "J. W. Cleveland", role: "Secretary"}
@erwin_freuler:person {full_name: "Erwin Freuler", role: "Dean"}
@a_preston:person {full_name: "A. Preston", role: "Faculty"}
@edwin_furree:person {full_name: "Edwin Furree", role: "Faculty"}
@edwin_russell:person {full_name: "Edwin Russell", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_fussell:person {full_name: "Dr. Fussell", role: "External lecturer"}
@dr_garrison:person {full_name: "Dr. Garrison", role: "External lecturer"}
@prof_sample:person {full_name: "Prof. Sample", role: "Faculty"}
@prof_kerr:person {full_name: "Prof. Kerr", role: "Faculty"}
@prof_preston:person {full_name: "Prof. Preston", role: "Faculty"}
@prof_scarlett:person {full_name: "Prof. Scarlett", role: "Faculty"}
@prof_cleveland:person {full_name: "Prof. Cleveland", role: "Faculty"}
@prof_russell:person {full_name: "Prof. Russell", role: "Faculty"}
@prof_coates:person {full_name: "Prof. Coates", role: "Faculty"}
@prof_furnell:person {full_name: "Prof. Furnell", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_temple:person {full_name: "Dr. Temple", role: "Committee member"}
@dr_fennell:person {full_name: "Dr. Fennell", role: "Supplier of articles"}
@dr_parsons:person {full_name: "Dr. Parsons", role: "Committee member"}
@dr_turrell:person {full_name: "Dr. Turrell", role: "Committee member"}
@dr_boates:person {full_name: "Dr. Boates", role: "Committee member"}
@dr_heath:person {full_name: "Dr. Heath", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_blackwell:person {full_name: "Dr. Blackwell", role: "External physician"}
@dr_perry:person {full_name: "Dr. Perry", role: "External physician"}
@dr_lucas:person {full_name: "Dr. Lewis", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_bruce:person {full_name: "Dr. Bruce", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_butler:person {full_name: "Dr. Butler", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_sample:person {full_name: "Dr. Sample", role: "Faculty"}
@dr_law:person {full_name: "Dr. Lawrence", role: "Faculty"} // placeholder for any additional doctor mentioned
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
STUDENTS / THESIS AUTHORS
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@amelia_longfellow:person {full_name: "Amelia Longfellow", role: "Student"}
@amrita_e_tyng:person {full_name: "Amrita E. Tyng", role: "Student"}
@e_l_bettingill:person {full_name: "E. L. Bettingill", role: "Student"}
@dora_a_inveray:person {full_name: "Dora A. Inveray", role: "Student"}
@a_l_d_raymond:person {full_name: "A. L. D. Raymond", role: "Student"}
@a_m_dinsmore:person {full_name: "A. M. Dinsmore", role: "Student"}
@betsey_dyson:person {full_name: "Betsey Dyson", role: "Student"}
@maria_c_putnam:person {full_name: "Maria C. Putnam", role: "Student"}
@miss_longfus:person {full_name: "Miss Longfus", role: "Student"}
@miss_lynn:person {full_name: "Miss Lynn", role: "Student"}
@miss_cuttingill:person {full_name: "Miss Cuttingill", role: "Student"}
@miss_sweney:person {full_name: "Miss Sweney", role: "Student"}
@mrs_raymond:person {full_name: "Mrs. Raymond", role: "Student"}
@mrs_denison:person {full_name: "Mrs. Denison", role: "Student"}
@mrs_dyson:person {full_name: "Mrs. Dyson", role: "Student"}
@miss_rutanum:person {full_name: "Miss Rutanum", role: "Student"}
@miss_lomphuis:person {full_name: "Miss Lomphuis", role: "Student"}
@miss_tyng:person {full_name: "Miss Tyng", role: "Student"}
@miss_pettingill:person {full_name: "Miss Pettingill", role: "Student"}
@miss_sweney2:person {full_name: "Miss Sweney", role: "Student"} // duplicate for later mention
@mrs_raymond2:person {full_name: "Mrs. Raymond", role: "Student"} // duplicate
@mrs_desmone:person {full_name: "Mrs. Desmone", role: "Student"}
@miss_putnam:person {full_name: "Miss Putnam", role: "Student"}
@miss_dyson2:person {full_name: "Miss Dyson", role: "Student"}
@miss_rutman:person {full_name: "Miss Rutman", role: "Student"}
@miss_pelham:person {full_name: "Miss Pelham", role: "Student"}
@miss_duane:person {full_name: "Miss Duane", role: "Student"}
@miss_outram:person {full_name: "Miss Outram", role: "Student"}
@miss_rutman2:person {full_name: "Miss Rutman", role: "Student"} // duplicate
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
MEETINGS (events) – each linked to its OCR file
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@meeting_oct12_1863:event {date: @date_1863_10_12, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_162_jpg}
@meeting_oct12_1863:event -> present -> [@prof_sample, @prof_kerr, @prof_preston, @prof_scarlett, @prof_cleveland, @e_h_cleveland]
@meeting_oct12_1863:event -> discussed -> @lecture_introduction:concept {original_lecturer: @dr_fussell, replacement_lecturer: @dr_garrison}
@meeting_oct12_1863:event -> financial -> @treasurer_report_oct12:document {sum: 447, currency: "USD", note: "to be divided equally with student fees"}
@meeting_oct28_1863:event {date: @date_1863_10_28, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_163_jpg}
@meeting_oct28_1863:event -> present -> [@prof_furnell, @prof_preston, @prof_lanlatt, @prof_cleveland, @e_w_c_cleveland]
@meeting_oct28_1863:event -> agenda -> @lecture_schedule:document {status: "proposed & adopted"}
@meeting_oct28_1863:event -> scholarship_issue -> @scholarship_platts:document {student: @miss_platts, ticket_funding: "half price", note: "remainder payable to treasurer"}
@meeting_aug11_1863:event {date: @date_1863_08_11, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_164_jpg}
@meeting_aug11_1863:event -> present -> [@prof_russell, @prof_preston, @prof_coates, @prof_scarlett, @prof_cleveland]
@meeting_aug11_1863:event -> committee_report -> @invercular_committee_report:document {requested_report_by: @dr_temple}
@meeting_aug11_1863:event -> procurement -> @article_purchase:document {requested_by: @dr_coates, supplier: @dr_fennell, items: "articles"}
@meeting_jan4_1864:event {date: @date_1864_01_04, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_165_jpg}
@meeting_jan4_1864:event -> present -> [@prof_russell, @prof_preston, @prof_seaver, @prof_cleveland]
@meeting_jan4_1864:event -> minutes_approval -> @previous_minutes:document {status: "read & approved"}
@meeting_jan4_1864:event -> dean_report_expenditures -> @expenditure_report_jan4:document {items: [{description: "Correspondence", amount: 2.00}, {description: "Matriculation tickets", amount: 5.00}, {description: "Chairs for swimming room", amount: 4.50}, {description: "Basket", amount: 1.00}, {description: "Cleaning", amount: 0.25}], total: 10.75}
@meeting_jan4_1864:event -> treasurer_report -> @treasurer_report_jan4:document {cash_received: 17.76, beneficiaries: "Nov. & Dec. 1863", cash_dividends: 17.75, cash_in_treasury: 1.11, total: 187.76}
@meeting_feb8_1864:event {date: @date_1864_02_08, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_168_jpg}
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> present -> [@prof_fassell, @prof_preston, @prof_kerr, @prof_sample, @prof_scarlett, @prof_cleveland]
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> theses_presented -> [@amelia_longfellow, @amrita_e_tyng, @e_l_bettingill, @dora_a_inveray, @a_l_d_raymond, @a_m_dinsmore, @betsey_dyson, @maria_c_putnam]
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> thesis_status -> @thesis_status_feb8:document {accepted: [@amelia_longfellow, @amrita_e_tyng, @e_l_bettingill, @dora_a_inveray, @a_l_d_raymond, @a_m_dinsmore], pending: [@betsey_dyson, @maria_c_putnam]}
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> ticket_inspection -> @ticket_inspection_feb8:document {assignments: [{student: @miss_longfus, reviewer: @dr_temple}, {student: @miss_lynn, reviewer: @dr_ken}, {student: @miss_cuttingill, reviewer: @dr_cleveland}, {student: @mrs_raymond, reviewer: @dr_scarlett}, {student: @mrs_denison, reviewer: @dr_parsons}]}
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> ticket_deficiency -> @ticket_deficiency_rutanum:document {student: @miss_rutanum, missing: ["Practical Anatomy", "Biochemistry", "Practice of Medicine", "Physiology"], action: "Dean to notify"}
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> thesis_evaluations -> @thesis_evaluations_feb8:document {evaluations: [{student: @miss_lomphuis, comment: "studied well written article"}, {student: @miss_tyng, comment: "well written, subject will be fully treated"}, {student: @miss_pettingill, comment: "pretty good thesis with some errors"}]}
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> further_thesis_reviews -> @thesis_reviews_feb8:document {evaluations: [{student: @miss_sweney2, comment: "not a very full or methodical discussion, some errors"}, {student: @mrs_raymond2, comment: "pretty well written, some errors"}, {student: @mrs_desmone, comment: "satisfactory despite limited scope"}, {student: @mrs_dyson, comment: "satisfactorily written, minor errors"}, {student: @miss_putnam, comment: "no report ready"}]}
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> examination_admission -> @examination_admission_feb8:document {admitted: [@mrs_dyson, @miss_putnam], conditions: "fulfill ticket requirements"}
@meeting_feb8_1864:event -> schedule_closure -> @schedule_closure_feb8:document {lecture_closure: @date_1864_03_10, examination_dates: [@date_1864_03_11, @date_1864_03_12], convene_meeting: @date_1864_03_16}
@meeting_feb26_1864:event {date: @date_1864_02_26, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_173_jpg}
@meeting_feb26_1864:event -> present -> [@full_faculty] // placeholder for “the full Faculty”
@meeting_feb26_1864:event -> commencement_motion -> @commencement_motion_feb26:document {date_proposed: @date_1864_03_16, venue: "larger lecture room or Women’s Hospital jailer"}
@meeting_feb26_1864:event -> ticket_issue_putnam -> @ticket_issue_putnam_feb26:document {status: "ticket from NY Med. Coll. to be returned", reason: "cannot place on admissions list"}
@meeting_mar18_1864:event {date: @date_1864_03_18, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_176_jpg}
@meeting_mar18_1864:event -> present -> [@prof_russell, @prof_preston, @prof_booth, @prof_cleveland]
@meeting_mar18_1864:event -> hospital_consent -> @hospital_consent_mar18:document {institution: "Women’s Hospital", purpose: "commencement exercises"}
@meeting_mar12_1864:event {date: @date_1864_03_12, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_181_jpg}
@meeting_mar12_1864:event -> present -> [@prof_smith, @prof_butler, @prof_coates, @prof_sampson, @prof_sealatt, @prof_cleveland]
@meeting_mar12_1864:event -> voting_results -> @voting_table_mar12:document {candidates: [{name: "Amelia Lumpkins", white_votes: 69, black_votes: 1}, {name: "Anita E. Long", white_votes: 59, black_votes: 11}, {name: "Eliza T. Pittingsill", white_votes: 59, black_votes: 11}, {name: "Dora A. Sweney", white_votes: 64, black_votes: 6}, {name: "Aurlie L. D. Raymond", white_votes: 58, black_votes: 12}, {name: "Anna M. Deasumone", white_votes: 46, black_votes: 24}, {name: "Elizabeth Dyson", white_votes: 55, black_votes: 15}, {name: "Mary C. Putnam", white_votes: 61, black_votes: 9}]}
@meeting_mar12_1864:event -> recommendation_motion -> @recommendation_motion_mar12:document {action: "recommend teachers with requisite white votes to Corporation for graduation"}
@meeting_mar12_1864:event -> failure_notice -> @failure_notice_deasumone:document {recipient: @anna_m_deasumone, content: "failure to satisfy remaining opportunity in joint examination"}
@meeting_mar10_1854:event {date: @date_1854_03_10, location: @womens_medical_college, file: @file_a092_001_178_jpg}
@meeting_mar10_1854:event -> protest -> @protest_putnam:document {author: @edwin_furree, target: @miss_putnam, reasons: ["insufficient lecture courses", "false ticket claim", "violation of college rules"]}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
COMMITTEES
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@audit_committee:organization {purpose: "audit financial reports", members: [@dr_temple, @prof_scarlett]}
@museum_committee:organization {purpose: "oversee museum collection", status: "continued"}
@beneficium_committee:organization {purpose: "manage beneficium funds", status: "continued"}
@invention_committee:organization {purpose: "invention oversight", status: "present, no report received"}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
THESIS DOCUMENTS (representative samples)
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@thesis_longfellow:document {author: @amelia_longfellow, subject: "Masonry"}
@thesis_tyng:document {author: @amrita_e_tyng, subject: "Culturation & Metastasis"}
@thesis_bettingill:document {author: @e_l_bettingill, subject: "Anatomy, Physiology & H."}
@thesis_inveray:document {author: @dora_a_inveray, subject: "Culturation of uterus"}
@thesis_raymond:document {author: @a_l_d_raymond, subject: "The Brain"}
@thesis_dinsmore:document {author: @a_m_dinsmore, subject: "Displacement of uterus"}
@thesis_dyson:document {author: @betsey_dyson, subject: "Cervical Hemorrhage"}
@thesis_putnam:document {author: @maria_c_putnam, subject: "Spleen"}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
FINANCIAL REPORT (detailed table from 166)
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@expenditure_report_1868:document {date: @date_1868_12_01, items: [{description: "Stationery", count: 2, cost: 10}, {description: "Postage & Stamps", count: 6, cost: 90}, {description: "Carrying packages P.O.", count: null, cost: 15}, {description: "Advertising Agency", count: 2, cost: 0}, {description: "Gas Furnace", count: null, cost: 39}, {description: "Tin Church", count: null, cost: 42}, {description: "Dust pan", count: null, cost: 21}, {description: "Keys", count: null, cost: 30}, {description: "Repairing settle", count: null, cost: 25}, {description: "Bell hanging", count: null, cost: 75}, {description: "Unloading coal", count: null, cost: 200}, {description: "House Cleaning", count: null, cost: 50}, {description: "Varnish", count: null, cost: 98}, {description: "Varnish & paint brushes", count: null, cost: 105}, {description: "Spittoon", count: null, cost: 100}, {description: "Alcohol", count: null, cost: 510}, {description: "Toweling", count: null, cost: 100}, {description: "Steamy heater", count: null, cost: 50}, {description: "En fare", count: null, cost: 50}], total: 247}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
MOTIONS & RESOLUTIONS (selected)
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@motion_introduction_lecture:document {proposer: @dr_fussell, outcome: "Dr. Garrison to give official introduction lecture", date: @date_1863_10_12}
@motion_treasurer_division:document {proposer: @e_h_cleveland, outcome: "Sum $447 to be divided equally with student fees", date: @date_1863_10_12}
@motion_scholarship_platts:document {proposer: @prof_furnell, outcome: "Miss Platts to receive half-price tickets, remainder payable to treasurer", date: @date_1863_10_28}
@motion_audit_committee:document {proposer: @e_h_cleveland, outcome: "Prof. Temple & Scarlett appointed audit committee", date: @date_1864_02_08}
@motion_donation_fund:document {proposer: @dean, outcome: "Anonymous $5,000 donation to be invested as permanent fund (interest only)", date: @date_1864_02_08}
@motion_commencement_16th:document {proposer: @dr_preston, outcome: "Commencement set for 16th at 10 a.m., venue: larger lecture room or Women’s Hospital jailer", date: @date_1864_02_26}
@motion_ticket_return_putnam:document {proposer: @dr_kerr, outcome: "Ticket of NY Med. Coll. returned to Miss Putnam", date: @date_1864_02_26}
@motion_ticket_investigation_putnam:document {proposer: @dr_heath, outcome: "Investigate ticket history for Miss Putnam", date: @date_1864_02_26}
@motion_advertise_commencement:document {proposer: @dean, outcome: "Dean authorized to advertise commencement at discretion", date: @date_1864_03_18}
@motion_table_vote_recommendation:document {proposer: @dr_sample, outcome: "Teachers with requisite white votes recommended to Corporation for graduation", date: @date_1864_03_12}
@motion_failure_notice_deasumone:document {proposer: @faculty, outcome: "Mrs. Deasumone apprised of failure to satisfy remaining opportunity", date: @date_1864_03_12}
/*--------------------------------------------------------------
ADDITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
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@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_oct12_1863:event
@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_oct28_1863:event
@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_aug11_1863:event
@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_jan4_1864:event
@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_feb8_1864:event
@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_feb26_1864:event
@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_mar12_1864:event
@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_mar18_1864:event
@faculty_meeting_minutes:event -> includes -> @meeting_mar10_1854:event
@womens_medical_college:organization -> employed -> [@e_h_cleveland, @e_w_c_cleveland, @j_w_c_cleveland, @erwin_freuler, @a_preston, @edwin_furree, @edwin_russell, @dr_fussell, @dr_garrison, @prof_sample, @prof_kerr, @prof_preston, @prof_scarlett, @prof_cleveland, @prof_russell, @prof_coates, @prof_furnell, @prof_furnell, @prof_lanlatt, @dr_temple, @dr_fennell, @dr_parsons, @dr_turrell, @dr_boates, @dr_heath, @dr_blackwell, @dr_perry, @dr_lucas, @dr_bruce, @dr_butler, @dr_sample, @dr_kerr, @dr_preston]
@womens_medical_college:organization -> awarded -> @thesis_longfellow
@womens_medical_college:organization -> awarded -> @thesis_tyng
@womens_medical_college:organization -> awarded -> @thesis_bettingill
@womens_medical_college:organization -> awarded -> @thesis_inveray
@womens_medical_college:organization -> awarded -> @thesis_raymond
@womens_medical_college:organization -> awarded -> @thesis_dinsmore
@womens_medical_college:organization -> awarded -> @thesis_dyson
@womens_medical_college:organization -> awarded -> @thesis_putnam
@audit_committee:organization -> produced -> @audit_report_feb8:document {status: "adopted", date: @date_1864_02_08}
@museum_committee:organization -> status -> "continued"
@beneficium_committee:organization -> status -> "continued"
@expenditure_report_1868:document -> settled_with -> @treasurer_of_free_medical_college:person {date: @date_1868_12_01}
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