Version: 4 (current) | Updated: 11/14/2025, 5:24:28 AM
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**File‑to‑event links**
@file_a092_001_082_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_15_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_15, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_082_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_19_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_19, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_083_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_20_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_20, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_083_jpg -> documents -> @resolution_feb_21_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_21, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_084_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_feb_26_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_26, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_084_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_mar_01_1855:event {when: @date_1855_03_01, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_085_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_mar_02_1855:event {when: @date_1855_03_02, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_085_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_mar_06_1855:event {when: @date_1855_03_06, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_086_jpg -> documents -> @commencement_mar_10_1855:event {when: @date_1855_03_10, where: @college_building}
@file_a092_001_087_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_apr_24_1855:event {when: @date_1855_04_24, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_088_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_sep_27_1855:event {when: @date_1855_09_27, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_088_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_oct_03_1855:event {when: @date_1855_10_03, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_089_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_oct_05_1855:event {when: @date_1855_10_05, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_090_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_oct_23_1855:event {when: @date_1855_10_23, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_090_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_oct_30_1855:event {when: @date_1855_10_30, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_090_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_nov_08_1855:event {when: @date_1855_11_08, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_091_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_nov_19_1855:event {when: @date_1855_11_19, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_091_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_dec_03_1855:event {when: @date_1855_12_03, where: @philadelphia}
@file_a092_001_092_jpg -> documents -> @meeting_dec_17_1855:event {when: @date_1855_12_17, where: @philadelphia}
---
**Core entities**
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {type: "Medical school", location: @philadelphia}
@philadelphia:place {state: @pennsylvania, country: @united_states}
@college_building:place {description: "College Building of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", location: @philadelphia}
@pennsylvania:place {country: @united_states}
@ellwood_harvey:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey", role: "Dean", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@edwin_fussell:person {full_name: "Edwin Fussell", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@kerry_g_kerr:person {full_name: "Mark G. Kerr", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@kersey_g_thomas:person {full_name: "Kersey G. Thomas", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@ann_preston:person {full_name: "Ann Preston", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@clinton_gillingham:person {full_name: "Clinton Gillingham", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_russell:person {full_name: "Russell", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_birdsell:person {full_name: "Sylvester Birdsell", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dr_turrell:person {full_name: "Turrell", role: "Faculty", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@charles_d_cleveland:person {full_name: "Charles D. Cleveland", role: "President (College)", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@professor_thomas:person {full_name: "Kersey G. Thomas", role: "Professor", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
**Students (selected)**
@emily_a_barney:person {full_name: "Emily A. Barney", role: "Student"}
@phila_o_wilmarth:person {full_name: "Phila O. Wilmarth", role: "Student"}
@miss_nivison:person {full_name: "Miss Nivison", role: "Student"}
@miss_smith:person {full_name: "Miss Smith", role: "Student"}
@mrs_cleveland:person {full_name: "Mrs. Emeline Norton Cleveland", role: "Student"}
@mrs_heala:person {full_name: "Mrs. Jane V. Heala", role: "Student"}
@mrs_arivison:person {full_name: "Mrs. Samantha S. Arivison", role: "Student"}
@mrs_mary_smith:person {full_name: "Mrs. Mary E. Smith", role: "Student"}
@mrs_eliza_thomas:person {full_name: "Mrs. Eliza L.S. Thomas", role: "Student"}
@mrs_emeline_cleveland:person {full_name: "Mrs. Emeline Horton Cleveland", role: "Student"}
@miss_samantha_nivison:person {full_name: "Miss Samantha Sabina Nivison", role: "Student"}
@miss_mary_elizabeth_smith:person {full_name: "Miss Mary Elizabeth Smith", role: "Student"}
@mrs_eliza_lucinda_thomas:person {full_name: "Mrs. Eliza Lucinda Smith Thomas", role: "Student"}
@miss_emily_ann_barney:person {full_name: "Miss Emily Ann Barney", role: "Student"}
@mrs_phila_osgood_welmarth:person {full_name: "Mrs. Phila Osgood Welmarth", role: "Student"}
**Theses (selected)**
@thesis_barney:document {title: "Secreting Glands", author: @emily_a_barney}
@thesis_wilmarth:document {title: "Untitled", author: @phila_o_wilmarth}
@thesis_nivison:document {title: "Untitled", author: @miss_nivison}
@thesis_smith:document {title: "Untitled", author: @miss_smith}
**Committees**
@committee_beneficiaries:organization {type: "Committee", purpose: "Beneficiaries", members: [@edwin_fussell, @kersey_g_thomas, @clinton_gillingham]}
@committee_advertising:organization {type: "Committee", purpose: "Advertising", members: [@kersey_g_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey]}
@committee_preston_retreat:organization {type: "Committee", purpose: "Preston Retreat", members: [@edwin_fussell, @kersey_g_thomas]}
**Events (selected)**
@meeting_feb_15_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_15, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@ellwood_harvey, @edwin_fussell, @kersey_g_thomas, @dr_fussell, @dr_thomas, @dr_harvey]}
@meeting_feb_19_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_19, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@ellwood_harvey, @edwin_fussell, @dr_preston, @kersey_g_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @dr_thomas, @dr_harvey], actions: [{admitted: [@emily_a_barney, @phila_o_wilmarth]}, {reported_favourably: [@thesis_barney, @thesis_wilmarth]}]}
@meeting_feb_20_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_20, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@edwin_fussell, @dr_preston, @kersey_g_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{resolution: "Examinations to commence on 21 Feb"}]}
@resolution_feb_21_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_21, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@edwin_fussell, @dr_preston, @kersey_g_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{payment_order: {to: "Ziegenfus & Carver", amount: 55}}]}
@meeting_feb_26_1855:event {when: @date_1855_02_26, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@edwin_fussell, @kersey_g_kerr, @dr_thomas, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{letter_read: @ellwood_harvey, subject: "Accepting office of Demonstrator of Anatomy"}]}
@meeting_mar_01_1855:event {when: @date_1855_03_01, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_preston, @kersey_g_kerr, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{letter_read: @charles_d_cleveland, subject: "Commencement"}, {admitted: @mrs_jane_neals}, {commencement_scheduled: {date: @date_1855_03_10, time: "11:00", location: @college_building}}]
@meeting_mar_02_1855:event {when: @date_1855_03_02, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_preston, @kersey_g_kerr, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{announcement_adopted: true}]}
@meeting_mar_06_1855:event {when: @date_1855_03_06, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_preston, @kersey_g_kerr, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{ballot_results: [{candidate: @mrs_emeline_norton_cleveland, white: 66, black: 4}, {candidate: @mrs_jane_heala, white: 45, black: 25}, {candidate: @mrs_samantha_arivison, white: 57, black: 13}, {candidate: @mrs_mary_smith, white: 59, black: 11}, {candidate: @mrs_emily_barney, white: 56, black: 14}, {candidate: @phila_o_wilmarth, white: 54, black: 16}, {candidate: @mrs_eliza_thomas, white: 67, black: 3}]}]}
@commencement_mar_10_1855:event {when: @date_1855_03_10, where: @college_building, attendees: [@ellwood_harvey, @charles_d_cleveland, @mrs_emeline_cleveland, @miss_samantha_nivison, @miss_mary_elizabeth_smith, @mrs_eliza_lucinda_thomas, @miss_emily_ann_barney, @mrs_phila_osgood_welmarth], actions: [{degree_conferred: true}, {baledictory_address_delivered_by: @mark_g_kerr}]}
@meeting_apr_24_1855:event {when: @date_1855_04_24, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@edwin_fussell, @kersey_g_kerr, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{committee_appointed: @committee_beneficiaries}, {committee_appointed: @committee_advertising}, {lecture_assigned: [{speaker: @ann_preston, date: @date_1855_10_03, time: "17:00"}]}, {address_assigned: [{speaker: @edwin_fussell, year: 1856}]}]}
@meeting_sep_27_1855:event {when: @date_1855_09_27, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_preston, @dr_turrell, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{intro_lecture_schedule: [{speaker: @dr_turrell, day: "Thursday", time: "16:00"}, {speaker: @dr_thomas, day: "Thursday", time: "17:00"}, {speaker: @kersey_g_kerr, day: "Friday", time: "16:00"}, {speaker: @clinton_gillingham, day: "Friday", time: "17:00"}, {speaker: @dr_preston, day: "Saturday", time: "16:00"}, {speaker: @ellwood_harvey, day: "Saturday", time: "17:00"}]}, {advertisement_assigned: @dr_turrell}]}
@meeting_oct_03_1855:event {when: @date_1855_10_03, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_turrell, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{appointment: {person: @dr_sylvester_birdsell, position: "Corporation member for Chair of Obstetrics & Diseases of Women and Children"}}]}
@meeting_oct_05_1855:event {when: @date_1855_10_05, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_preston, @dr_russell, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @dr_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{payment_made: {to: @ellwood_harvey, amount: 1.5, purpose: "advertising introductory lectures"}}, {lecture_schedule_adopted: true}]}
@meeting_oct_23_1855:event {when: @date_1855_10_23, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@edwin_fussell, @dr_thomas, @dr_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{resignation_received: @kersey_g_thomas}, {discussion: "no action taken"}]}
@meeting_oct_30_1855:event {when: @date_1855_10_30, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_preston, @dr_russell, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{no_business: true}]}
@meeting_nov_08_1855:event {when: @date_1855_11_08, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@edwin_fussell, @dr_thomas, @dr_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{bills_paid: [{payee: "Gas Company", amount: 2.35}, {payee: "Stationery", amount: 2.21}]}]}
@meeting_nov_19_1855:event {when: @date_1855_11_19, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_fussell, @dr_thomas, @dr_preston, @dr_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{resolution: "Rent Preston Retreat (20th & Hamilton Sts., Philadelphia)"}, {resolution: "Form committee (Fussell & Thomas) to apply to Preston Retreat trustees"}]}
@meeting_dec_03_1855:event {when: @date_1855_12_03, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_preston, @edwin_fussell, @kersey_g_kerr, @dr_thomas, @clinton_gillingham, @dr_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{report: "No response from Preston Retreat trustees"} , {resolution: "Suggest to Board of Cooperators"}]}
@meeting_dec_17_1855:event {when: @date_1855_12_17, where: @philadelphia, attendees: [@dr_preston, @kersey_g_kerr, @clinton_gillingham, @dr_birdsell, @ellwood_harvey], actions: [{resolution: "No lectures after 22 Dec until 31 Dec"}, {election_recommendation: [@edwin_fussell, @ellwood_harvey]}, {minutes_correction: {person: @dr_preston, reason: "absence"}}]}
---
**Key relationships (selected)**
@ellwood_harvey -> dean_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
@edwin_fussell -> faculty_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
@kersey_g_thomas -> faculty_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
@ann_preston -> faculty_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
@charles_d_cleveland -> president_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania
@edwin_fussell -> reported_favourably_on -> @thesis_barney {when: @date_1855_02_19}
@ellwood_harvey -> reported_favourably_on -> @thesis_wilmarth {when: @date_1855_02_19}
@ellwood_harvey -> admitted -> @emily_a_barney {when: @date_1855_02_19}
@ellwood_harvey -> admitted -> @phila_o_wilmarth {when: @date_1855_02_19}
@ellwood_harvey -> elected -> @mrs_eliza_thomas:person {position: "Demonstrator of Anatomy", when: @date_1855_02_26}
@charles_d_cleveland -> sent_letter_about -> @commencement_mar_10_1855:event
@mark_g_kerr -> delivered -> @baledictory_address:document {when: @date_1855_03_10}
@committee_beneficiaries -> reported_beneficiaries -> [@annette_buckel, @ruth_m_angel, @catharine_j_underwood, @louisa_d_campbell]
@committee_advertising -> assigned -> @dr_turrell:person {task: "Insert advertisement in Public Ledger"}
@dr_sylvester_birdsell -> appointed_to -> @chair_obstetrics:position {when: @date_1855_10_03}
@edwin_fussell -> paid -> @zigenfuss_and_carver:organization {amount: 55, when: @date_1855_02_20}
@ellwood_harvey -> paid -> @ellwood_harvey:person {amount: 1.5, purpose: "advertising", when: @date_1855_10_05}
@committee_preston_retreat -> applied_to -> @preston_retreat:place {when: @date_1855_11_19}
@preston_retreat:place {address: "20th & Hamilton Sts., Philadelphia"}
@ellwood_harvey -> recommended_for_board -> [@edwin_fussell, @ellwood_harvey] {when: @date_1855_12_17}
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**Notes**
* All dates are auto‑created entities (e.g., @date_1855_02_15).
* Common‑knowledge places such as @philadelphia, @pennsylvania, @united_states are referenced, not defined.
* The file codes are linked to the specific meeting events they contain.
* Only entities that appear uniquely in these minutes are defined; well‑known figures (e.g., @charles_d_cleveland) are referenced as persons without a separate definition. Click to expand and load individual components
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