**1. EXTRACTION – new entities & direct file‑metadata links**

```cheimarr
# Collection‑level entity (new)
@faculty_meetings_collection:collection {title: "Faculty Meetings and Records of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", 
                                        span: "1850‑1861", 
                                        places: [@philadelphia, @ohio, @albany_ny, @washington_dc],
                                        subjects: ["Faculty meetings","Medical education","College administration",
                                                   "Academic appointments","Surgery","Medical lectures",
                                                   "Academic regulations","By‑laws","Degree conferral",
                                                   "Beneficiary privileges","Hospital proposals","Commencement",
                                                   "Ceremonies","Student Admissions","Graduation"]}

# File‑to‑collection relationships (new)
@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_meetings_collection
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @edwin_russell_dean
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @edwin_birdsell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @t_fawcett
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @edwin_furness
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @edwin_finsell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @g_farrell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @edwin_furrell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @edwin_fennell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @edwin_fussell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @b_h_cleveland
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @e_h_sheldon
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @edwin_fursell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @a_preston
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @dr_birdsell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @dr_coates
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @dr_fussell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @dr_kerr
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @dr_preston
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @dr_russell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @dr_temple
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @prof_cleveland
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @prof_birdsell
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @prof_preston
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @dr_reynell_coates
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @cleveland_evans
@file_pinax -> creator_of -> @faculty_of_medical_college:organization

# Image asset (new)
@file_a092_001_121_tif:document {type: "image", format: "tif", ocr: false, description: "Scanned page from the PINAX collection (no OCR text available)"}
@file_a092_001_121_tif -> part_of -> @faculty_meetings_collection
```

**2. SYNTHESIS – cross‑subdirectory connections & patterns**

```cheimarr
# Core institution
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization -> holds -> @faculty_meetings_collection

# Continuity of leadership (Dean role)
@edwin_russell_dean:person -> served_as -> @dean:position {when: @date_1859, note: "Dean during 1859 ceremonies"}
@edwin_furness:person -> served_as -> @dean:position {when: @date_1860, note: "Dean in 1860 minutes"}
@edwin_fursell:person -> served_as -> @dean:position {when: @date_1850, note: "Dean elected 1850"}
@edwin_fussell:person -> served_as -> @dean:position {when: @date_1861, vote: "unanimous"}

# Re‑occurring committee memberships
@dr_temple:person -> member_of -> @committee_beneficiaries:organization
@dr_temple:person -> member_of -> @committee_museums:organization
@dr_temple:person -> member_of -> @committee_museum:organization   # 1861
@dr_fussell:person -> member_of -> @committee_beneficiaries:organization
@dr_fussell:person -> member_of -> @committee_museums:organization
@dr_fussell:person -> member_of -> @committee_museum:organization   # 1861

# Dr. Reynell Coates – election, authorship, and later correspondence
@dr_reynell_coates:person -> elected_as -> @dr_reynell_coates:person {position: "Professor of Surgery", when: @date_1859_10_15}
@dr_reynell_coates:person -> author_of -> @letter_coates_excuse:document
@dr_reynell_coates:person -> motion -> @reynell_coates {action: "recommended for Chair of Surgery", when: @date_1859_10_15}

# Voting‑rule change (1859) → later election dynamics
@voting_rule_change:event -> influenced -> @meeting_oct_15_1859:event {note: "New voting thresholds applied to motion recommending Coates"}

# Consistent “Beneficiary” process across years
@committee_on_beneficiaries:event -> reported_admissions -> [@hilda, @francis_l_evans, @mrs_m_c_redmond]
@committee_beneficiaries:organization -> reported_admissions -> [@hilda, @francis_l_evans, @mrs_m_c_redmond]   # 1860
@beneficiary_committee_report:document -> authored_by -> @preston
@beneficiary_privileges:concept -> applied_by -> @committee_beneficiaries:organization
@letter_sarah_mc:document -> presented_at -> @meeting_may_16_1860:event
@letter_glasson:document -> presented_at -> @meeting_may_16_1860:event
@letter_miss_richards:document -> presented_at -> @meeting_may_16_1860:event
@note_birchard:document -> presented_at -> @meeting_may_16_1860:event

# Academic appointments – pattern of internal promotion
@dr_fussell:person -> elected_as -> @dean:position {when: @date_1861_01_07, vote: "unanimous"}
@dr_temple:person -> appointed_as -> @treasurer:position {when: @date_1861_01_07}
@a_preston:person -> appointed_as -> @secretary:position {when: @date_1861_01_07}
@dr_fussell:person -> scheduled_to_give -> @valedictory:concept {when: @date_1861_03, scheduled_meeting: @date_1861_01_12}

# Financial stewardship – recurring fund reports
@faculty_fund:concept -> balance_reported -> {amount: "$21.46", when: @date_1860_01_04, reported_by: @edwin_furness}
@faculty_fund:concept -> allocated -> {amount: "$2.00", recipient: @secretary, purpose: "correspondence fund", when: @date_1850_03_15}
@faculty_fund:concept -> discussed -> @faculty_fund {topic: "state of the Faculty fund", when: @date_1859_12_07, discussed_by: @edwin_russell_dean}

# Publication & advertising cycle (1860)
@committee_publication:organization -> produced -> @circular_announcement:document {date: @date_1860_05_16}
@donation_gussell:document -> donated_by -> @dr_gussell
@allocation_advertising:document -> allocated_by -> @preston
@circular_announcement:document -> approved_by -> @committee_publication

# Thesis submissions (1861) – link to faculty reviewers
@miss_paine:person -> submitted_thesis -> @miss_paine:person {title: "Woman as Physician", referee: @dr_temple, when: @date_1861_02_20}
@miss_kleckner:person -> submitted_thesis -> @miss_kleckner:person {title: "Apoplecty", referee: @dr_birdsell, when: @date_1861_02_20}
@mrs_reynolds:person -> submitted_thesis -> @mrs_reynolds:person {title: "Duties & Responsibilities of the Physician", referee: @dr_kerr, when: @date_1861_02_20}
@miss_paul:person -> submitted_thesis -> @miss_paul:person {title: "Treatment of Infants", referee: @dr_russell, when: @date_1861_02_20}
@joan_miss_davis:person -> submitted_thesis -> @joan_miss_davis:person {title: "Pneumonia", referee: @dr_birdsell, when: @date_1861_02_20}
@miss_r_speakman:person -> submitted_thesis -> @miss_r_speakman:person {title: "Physiology", referee: @a_preston, when: @date_1861_02_20}

# Cross‑year event chain – from 1859 commencement to 1861 faculty reports
@eighth_annual_commencement:event -> produced -> @annual_report_1861:document {note: "Historical context referenced in 1861 annual report"}
@annual_report_1861:document -> cites -> @eighth_annual_commencement:event

# Consistent “Committee on Beneficiaries” identity across decades
@committee_on_beneficiaries:organization -> same_as -> @committee_beneficiaries:organization   # 1859 ↔ 1860
@committee_on_beneficiaries:organization -> same_as -> @committee_beneficiaries:organization   # 1860 ↔ 1861 (renamed)

# Geographic spread of meetings
@meeting_jan_4_1860:event -> held_at -> @ohio
@meeting_oct_15_1859:event -> held_at -> @albany_ny
@eighth_annual_commencement:event -> held_at -> @concert_hall   # Philadelphia
@faculty_meetings_collection -> includes_meetings_at -> [@philadelphia, @ohio, @albany_ny, @washington_dc]

# File‑level mentions (synthesised from multiple subdirectories)
@file_a092_001_125_jpg -> mentions -> [@birdsell, @reynell_coates, @hilda, @francis_l_evans, @mrs_m_c_redmond,
                                      @cleveland_evans, @preston, @edwin_russell_dean]
@file_a092_001_134_jpg -> mentions -> [@reynell_coates, @b_h_cleveland, @c_h_cleveland, @sarah_mc]
@file_a092_001_135_jpg -> mentions -> [@glasson, @miss_richards, @f_a_birchard, @minna_elliger_peasol,
                                      @gussell, @simple_cleveland, @mary_ann_h, @preston]
@file_a092_001_141_jpg -> mentions -> [@mrs_taylor, @miss_paine, @miss_kleckner, @mrs_reynolds, @miss_paul,
                                      @joan_miss_davis, @miss_r_speakman, @dr_temple, @dr_birdsell,
                                      @dr_kerr, @dr_russell, @preston]

# Synthesis of “annual financial authorizations” across years
@edwin_russell_dean:person -> authorized -> @skeleton_purchase:document {amount: 35, when: @date_1859_11_15}
@edwin_russell_dean:person -> authorized -> @budget_for_surgery_articles {max_amount: 10, when: @date_1859_12_07}
@edwin_furness:person -> authorized -> @budget_for_surgery_articles {max_amount: 10, when: @date_1860}
@edwin_fursell:person -> authorized -> @skeleton_purchase:document {when: @date_1850, amount: 35}
```

**Explanation of synthesis**

* The collection `@faculty_meetings_collection` aggregates all meetings, ceremonies, and administrative actions from 1850‑1861, linking the PINAX metadata file and the image asset.
* Leadership shows a clear succession: Dean Edwin Russell (1859) → Dean Edwin Furness (1860) → Dean Edwin Fussell (1861), with each dean authoring or authorising key financial documents.
* Committee memberships are stable across years; Dr Temple and Dr Fussell serve on the Beneficiaries and Museums committees in 1859, 1860, and 1861, illustrating institutional continuity.
* The 1859 voting‑rule change directly influences later elections (e.g., the 1859 motion to recommend Coates for Chair of Surgery).
* Beneficiary admissions, thesis submissions, and financial reporting follow a repeating pattern: a committee reports admissions, a document is produced, and the faculty fund is discussed in subsequent meetings.
* Financial stewardship is recurrent: the faculty fund balance is reported each year, and expenditures (skeleton purchase, surgery article budget, advertising fund) are repeatedly authorised by the dean or dean‑equivalent.
* Academic appointments often arise from internal promotion: Dr Fussell moves from faculty member to dean; Dr Temple from faculty to treasurer; A Preston from secretary to multiple committee roles.
* Geographic distribution of meetings spans Philadelphia, Ohio, Albany, and Washington DC, reflecting the college’s regional reach.
* The image asset `@file_a092_001_121_tif` is part of the collection but contains no OCR text; it is linked to the collection for completeness.