Faculty Regulations and Meetings of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania

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Description

Faculty Regulations and Meetings of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania

Overview

This collection is a digital archive of documents produced by the faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania between 1854 and 1864. It is catalogued in the PINAX repository and held by Drexel University. The material is in English and consists of scanned images (TIFF and JPEG) and text files that together comprise the college’s governing regulations, fee schedules, degree requirements, and a record of faculty meetings and communications during the 1863‑1864 academic session.

Background

The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850, was among the first institutions to train women in medicine. The collection reflects the college’s efforts to formalize governance, financial administration, and academic standards during a formative decade. Key faculty members represented include E.U. Cleveland (secretary), Dr. Sample, Dr. Hance, Rev. Mr. Adams, T. Morris Prentice (president), Dr. Preston, Dr. Frank, Dr. Edwin Russell, Dr. Percy, and Prof. Goulds. The documents were produced primarily in Philadelphia, with occasional references to New York, and capture both administrative and personal matters of the faculty.

Contents

  • Regulations (1854, 1860) – Articles detailing officer roles (Dean, Treasurer, Secretary), meeting procedures, quorum, and financial controls.
  • Fee Schedule – Matriculation, professor, demonstrator, graduation, and beneficiary fees, including exemptions.
  • MD Degree Requirements – Application process, course length, thesis, and examination procedures.
  • Annual Session 1863‑64 Memoranda – Dates, lectures, commencement, and faculty composition.
  • Special Family Meeting (Mar 1 1864) – Chaired by Prof. Goulds, held at Dr. Bushue’s house.
  • Resolutions and Letters – Resignation of Dr. Edwin Russell, letter from Dr. Frank to faculty, joint examination vote granting a second vote to a female student.
  • Donation Record (Mar 13 1864) – $10 contribution to the Chair of Chemistry.
  • High‑resolution TIFF images – 22 pages (a092001182.tif–a092001203.tif) providing visual copies of the original documents.

Scope

The collection covers the college’s institutional governance, financial administration, student admission, and MD degree requirements from 1854 to 1864. It includes all pages of the original regulation texts and related faculty communications for the 1863‑1864 session but excludes later amendments or external commentary. The material is of particular relevance to scholars of women’s medical education, 19th‑century academic administration, and the history of medical institutions in the United States.

Entities

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Raw Cheimarros Data

**1. Create collection‑level entities (new definitions)**  

@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college:document {  
  title: "Faculty Regulations and Meetings of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania",  
  creator: [@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, @e_u_cleveland, @dr_sample, @dr_hance, @rev_mr_adams, @t_morris_prentice, @dr_preston, @dr_frank, @dr_edwin_russell],  
  institution: @final_drexel_university,  
  created_range: {start: @date_1854, end: @date_1864},  
  language: "en",  
  subjects: [@faculty_regulations_concept, @medical_education_concept, @academic_fees_concept, @academic_degrees_concept, @college_administration_concept, @faculty_meetings_concept, @women_in_medicine_concept, @academic_standards_concept, @resignations_concept],  
  place: [@philadelphia, @new_york]  
}  

@faculty_regulations_concept:concept {name: "Faculty regulations"}  
@medical_education_concept:concept {name: "Medical education"}  
@academic_fees_concept:concept {name: "Academic fees"}  
@academic_degrees_concept:concept {name: "Academic degrees"}  
@college_administration_concept:concept {name: "College administration"}  
@faculty_meetings_concept:concept {name: "Faculty meetings"}  
@women_in_medicine_concept:concept {name: "Women in medicine"}  
@academic_standards_concept:concept {name: "Academic standards"}  
@resignations_concept:concept {name: "Resignations"}  

**2. Link the PINAX metadata file to the collection**  

@file_pinax -> documents -> @faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college:document  

**3. Synthesis – connect the collection to the primary source material from the three sub‑directories**  

@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @regulations_1854:event  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @regulations_1860:event  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @fee_schedule:document  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @degree_md:concept  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @annual_session_1863_64:event  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @special_family_meeting_1864:event  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @resolution_resignation_edwin_russell:document  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @letter_frank_to_faculty:document  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @letter_percy_to_dean:document  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @resolution_joint_examination_vote:document  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @memoranda_session_1863_64:document  
@faculty_regulations_and_meetings_female_medical_college -> includes -> @donation_record_1864:document  

**4. Cross‑subdirectory thematic links (synthesis)**  

*Regulations ↔ Fee structure*  
@regulations_1854:event -> defines -> @fee_schedule:document  
@regulations_1860:event -> updates -> @fee_schedule:document  

*Annual meeting concepts*  
@annual_meeting:event -> related to -> @annual_session_1863_64:event  

*Committee on beneficiaries ↔ financial surplus*  
@committee_on_beneficiaries -> manages -> @beneficiary_fund  
@beneficiary_fund -> surplus -> @faculty -> uses surplus of @beneficiary_fund -> "divided equally among @professor"  

*Degree requirements*  
@degree_md -> requires -> @application_process:concept  
@application_process -> requires -> @thesis  

*Faculty officers appearing in both regulatory and meeting records*  
@dean -> appears in -> @regulations_1854:event  
@dean -> appears in -> @letter_percy_to_dean:document (as recipient of correspondence)  

*Resignations*  
@resolution_resignation_edwin_russell:document -> documents -> @dr_edwin_russell:person  
@letter_frank_to_faculty:document -> documents -> @dr_frank:person  

*Women‑in‑medicine subject*  
@women_in_medicine_concept -> exemplified by -> @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization  

**5. Additional relationships for completeness**  

@faculty -> employs -> @professor_of_anatomy  
@faculty -> employs -> @demonstrator_of_anatomy  
@demonstrator_of_anatomy -> supervised by -> @professor_of_anatomy  

@annual_session_1863_64:event -> held at -> @philadelphia  
@commencement_1864:event -> held at -> @woman_hospital:place  

@special_family_meeting_1864:event -> chaired by -> @prof_goulds  

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*The graph above captures the collection’s metadata, ties it to the underlying regulatory documents, fee schedules, degree requirements, and faculty‑meeting records, and highlights recurring entities (officers, committees, concepts) that bridge the three sub‑directories.*

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Additional Components

reorganization-description.txt
# Reorganization Summary

The files were organized into three distinct groups based on their content and file type. The 'Faculty_Regulations' group contains files with detailed rules and policies of the Faculty. The 'Faculty_Meetings_and_Communications' group includes files documenting meetings, communications, and resolutions. The 'TIFF_Images' group consists of high-resolution TIFF files that correspond to the content of the JPEG files. This strategy ensures logical, coherent groupings that accurately represent the content of the files.

## Groups Created

- **Faculty_Regulations**: Files containing regulations, rules, and policies related to the Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.
- **Faculty_Meetings_and_Communications**: Files documenting meetings, communications, and resolutions of the Faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania.
- **TIFF_Images**: High-resolution TIFF image files that correspond to the content of the JPEG files.

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