**1. DEFINE THE OVERALL COLLECTION (new entity)**  

@faculty_meeting_collection_1856_1859:collection {title: "Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1856‑1859", institution: @final_drexel_university, created: @date_1856_1859, language: "en", subjects: ["Faculty meetings","Medical education","College administration","Thesis evaluations","Medical degrees","Women in Medicine"], places: [@chester_pa, @philadelphia, @musical_fund_hall]}

**2. LINK THE PINAX METADATA FILE TO THE COLLECTION**  

@file_pinax:document -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_collection_1856_1859:collection {access_url: "PLACEHOLDER", rights: "Unknown"}

**3. CONNECT YEAR‑LEVEL EVENT GROUPS TO THE COLLECTION**  

@faculty_meeting_collection_1856_1859 -> includes -> @faculty_meetings_1856:event  
@faculty_meeting_collection_1856_1859 -> includes -> @faculty_meetings_1857:event  
@faculty_meeting_collection_1856_1859 -> includes -> @faculty_meetings_1858:event  
@faculty_meeting_collection_1856_1859 -> includes -> @faculty_meeting_february_1859:event  

**4. SYNTHESIS – CONTINUITY OF PERSONNEL (across 1856‑1859)**  

*Core faculty who appear in every year*  

@ellwood_harvey:person -> present at -> @faculty_meeting_may_28_1856:event  
@ellwood_harvey:person -> present at -> @meeting_feb_6_1857:event  
@ellwood_harvey:person -> present at -> @meeting_feb_9_1858:event  
@ellwood_harvey:person -> present at -> @meeting_feb_10_1859  

@dr_kerr:person -> elected -> @dr_russell {position: @dean, replacing: @dr_harvey} {when: @date_1856_05_28}  
@dr_kerr:person -> present at -> @meeting_feb_6_1857:event  
@dr_kerr:person -> present at -> @meeting_feb_9_1858:event  

@dr_russell:person -> unauthorized proxy for -> @dr_birdsell {authorized: false} {when: @date_1856_05_28}  
@dr_russell:person -> present at -> @meeting_feb_6_1857:event  

@g_furrell:person -> present at -> @meeting_feb_6_1857:event  
@g_furrell:person -> present at -> @meeting_oct_??_1857:event  
@g_furrell:person -> present at -> @meeting_oct_2_1857:event  
@g_furrell:person -> present at -> @meeting_oct_16_1857:event  
@g_furrell:person -> present at -> @meeting_oct_13_1852:event (historical reference)  

*Deans (changing but linked)*  

@t_furrell:person -> role “Dean” (1856) → succeeded by @dr_kerr (1856) → succeeded by @e_f_russell (1857) → succeeded by @e_furrell (1859)  

**5. SYNTHESIS – POLICY EVOLUTION (fees, lecture schedules, women’s participation)**  

| Policy | 1856 | 1857 | 1858 | 1859 |
|--------|------|------|------|------|
| **Free education proposal** | @board_of_corporators → proposition → @free_education {status: "unanimously agreed"} (Dept. Bed 1656) | – | – | – |
| **Matriculation fee** | @faculty_meeting_oct_27_1856:event → resolved → @matriculation_fee {status: "abolished"} | – | – | – |
| **Graduation fee set** | @faculty_meeting_oct_27_1856:event → set → @graduation_fee {amount: 25, currency: "USD"} | – | – | – |
| **Lecture suspension (Christmas‑New Year)** | @faculty_meeting_dec_11_1856:event → voted → @lecture_series {suspended: true, period: "Christmas to New Year's Day"} | @meeting_dec_20_1857:event → resolved → "no lectures from Christmas to New Year inclusive" | – | – |
| **General lecture postponement** | – | – | @meeting_sep_22_1857:event → resolved → "suspend lectures for remainder of week" (death of Dr. Guthrie) | – |
| **Women’s thesis evaluations & admissions** | – | 1857: essay submissions, thesis evaluations, admission vote (L A Cohen rejected) | 1858: faculty vote on thesis candidates (e.g., @susan_parry elected) | 1859: series of meetings reviewing women candidates, voting, awarding M.P. degrees to six women |

**6. SYNTHESIS – WOMEN IN MEDICINE (candidates, essays, theses, degrees)**  

*1857* – Essay submissions linked to faculty reviewers (e.g., @elizabeth_dh_cohen → essay on @palate_interi → referred_to @pickett). Thesis evaluations by faculty (e.g., @r_moon → evaluated by @harvey). Admission vote for @l_a_cohen rejected.

*1858* – Theses received at @meeting_feb_9_1858 (Susan Parry, Henrietta Buckel, Hannah Jones, Rebecca Finselle) and referred to faculty members (e.g., @thesis_susan_parry → referred to @preston). Election of all four candidates at @meeting_feb_20_1858.

*1859* – Series of February meetings reviewing women candidates, culminating in voting on 6 candidates and awarding the M.P. degree (e.g., @sutnamine_underwood → awarded → @mp_degree {by: @e_furrell, when: @date_1859_02_25}). Recommendation for clinical experience at @ny_woman_infirmary.

**7. SYNTHESIS – GEOGRAPHIC SHIFT (Chester PA → Philadelphia PA)**  

@faculty_meeting_may_28_1856:event, @faculty_meeting_sept_11_1856:event, etc. → where: @chester_pa  
All 1857 meetings (e.g., @meeting_feb_6_1857:event, @meeting_oct_10_1857:event) → where: @philadelphia  
All 1858 & 1859 meetings → where: @musical_fund_hall (Philadelphia)  

**8. SYNTHESIS – DOCUMENT‑TO‑EVENT MAPPINGS (file assets)**  

@file_a092_001_101_tif -> (no OCR text) – placeholder for image of a 1856‑1859 meeting document.  

@file_a092_001_102_jpg -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_may_28_1856:event  
@file_a092_001_103_jpg -> documents -> @faculty_meeting_dept_bed_1656:event  
@file_a092_001_104_jpg -> documents -> [@faculty_meeting_sept_11_1856:event, @faculty_meeting_sept_27_1856:event]  
@file_a092_001_105_jpg -> documents -> [@faculty_meeting_oct_27_1856:event, @faculty_meeting_dec_11_1856:event]  
@file_a092_001_106_jpg -> documents -> @minutes_feb_6_1857:document  
@file_a092_001_107_jpg -> documents -> @minutes_dec_16_1857:document  
@file_a092_001_108_jpg -> documents -> @minutes_feb_17_1857:document  
@file_a092_001_109_jpg -> documents -> [@minutes_feb_19_1857:document, @minutes_feb_23_1857:document]  
@file_a092_001_110_jpg -> documents -> @minutes_apr_24_1857:document  
@file_a092_001_111_jpg -> documents -> [@minutes_sep_22_1857:document, @minutes_sep_25_1857:document]  
@file_a092_001_112_jpg -> documents -> [@minutes_oct_??_1857:document, @minutes_oct_10_1857:document]  
@file_a092_001_113_jpg -> documents -> [@minutes_oct_25_1857:document, @minutes_dec_20_1857:document]  
@file_a092_001_114_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_feb_9_1858, @meeting_feb_20_1858]  
@file_a092_001_115_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_june_20_1858, @meeting_sep_15_1858]  
@file_a092_001_116_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_oct_2_1857, @meeting_oct_16_1857]  
@file_a092_001_117_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_oct_13_1852, @meeting_oct_15_1852]  
@file_a092_001_118_jpg -> documents -> [@meeting_dec_27_1858, @meeting_feb_3_1859]  

**9. SYNTHESIS – OVERALL NARRATIVE**  

The @faculty_meeting_collection_1856_1859 aggregates a continuous record of governance, academic policy, and the progressive inclusion of women in medical education at the University Medical College of Pennsylvania. Core faculty such as @ellwood_harvey, @dr_kerr, @dr_russell, and @g_furrell provide institutional memory across the four‑year span, while the shift from @chester_pa to @philadelphia’s @musical_fund_hall reflects the college’s expanding urban presence. Policy threads—free education proposals, fee abolition, and recurring lecture suspensions—illustrate evolving administrative priorities. Most notably, the collection documents the systematic evaluation, election, and awarding of the M.P. degree to women candidates (e.g., @sutnamine_underwood, @mary_malin_bailey), culminating in a formal recommendation for clinical training at the @ny_woman_infirmary. All of these elements are linked through the metadata file @file_pinax, which serves as the digital anchor for the entire corpus.