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**Entities & Relationships extracted from the archival files**
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#--- Institutions -------------------------------------------------------------
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {full_name: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", later_name: "Drexel University College of Medicine"}
#--- People -------------------------------------------------------------------
@david_i_johnson:person {full_name: "David I. Johnson, M.D.", role: "Dean", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@david_j_johnson:person {full_name: "David J. Johnson, M.D.", role: "Dean", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@joseph_longshore:person {full_name: "Joseph S. Longshore, M.D.", title: "Professor of Obstetrics", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@abraham_livergy:person {full_name: "Abraham Livergy, M.D.", title: "Professor of Practice", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@william_cornell:person {full_name: "William M. Cornell, M.D.", title: "Professor of Physiology", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@enoch_rolfe:person {full_name: "Enoch C. Rolfe, M.D.", title: "Professor of Surgery", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@ellwood_harvey:person {full_name: "Ellwood Harvey, M.D.", title: "Professor of Therapeutics & Materia Medica", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@seth_rumcoast:person {full_name: "Seth Rumcoast, M.D.", title: "Professor of Anatomy", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@c_c_cleveland:person {full_name: "C. D. Cleveland", title: "President of the College", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@rev_cheney:person {full_name: "Rev. Mr. Cheney", role: "Chaplain", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@rev_mrs_cheney:person {full_name: "Rev. Mrs. Cheney", role: "Chaplain", affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@harriet_hunt:person {full_name: "Harriet K. Hunt", residence: @boston_massachusetts, role: "Honorary M.D. recipient"}
@hannah_ellis:person {full_name: "Hannah W. Ellis, Mrs.", residence: @philadelphia, role: "Graduate"}
@henrietta_johnson:person {full_name: "Henrietta W. Johnson, Mrs.", residence: @new_york_city, role: "Graduate"}
@marjorie_richardson:person {full_name: "Margaret Richardson, Mrs.", residence: @philadelphia, role: "Graduate"}
@lucinda_brown:person {full_name: "Lucinda R. Brown, Mrs.", residence: @galveston_texas, role: "Graduate"}
@minna_elliger:person {full_name: "Minna Elliger, Miss", residence: @allentown_pa, role: "Graduate"}
@elizabeth_shattuck:person {full_name: "Elizabeth G. Shattuck, Miss", residence: @philadelphia, role: "Graduate"}
@elizabeth_bates:person {full_name: "Elizabeth H. Bates, Miss", residence: @morris_otsego_ny, role: "Graduate"}
@louise_starr:person {full_name: "Louise Starr, Miss", residence: @utica_ny, role: "Beneficiary"}
@lydia_jacobs:person {full_name: "Lydia P. Jacobs, Mrs.", residence: @philadelphia, role: "Beneficiary"}
@minerva_hoes:person {full_name: "Minerva T. Hoes, Mrs.", residence: @oswego_ny, role: "Beneficiary"}
@jane_heald:person {full_name: "Jane S. Heald, Mrs.", residence: @lincoln_maine, role: "Beneficiary"}
@jane_beala:person {full_name: "Jane S. Beala, Mrs.", residence: @lincoln_maine, role: "Applicant"}
#--- Places -------------------------------------------------------------------
@musical_fund_hall:place {location: @philadelphia}
@musical_nona_hall:place {location: @philadelphia}
@breiters_band:organization {type: "musical ensemble"}
@cincinnati_eclectic_medical_institute:organization {type: "medical school"}
#--- Sessions (Events) --------------------------------------------------------
@third_annual_session:event {description: "3rd Annual Session of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania", start: @date_1852_09_13, end: @date_1853_01_27}
@fourth_annual_session:event {description: "4th Annual Session", start: @date_1853_10_01, end: @date_1854_02_25}
@fifth_annual_session:event {description: "5th Annual Session", start: @date_1854_09_30, end: @date_1855_02_25}
#--- Commencements ------------------------------------------------------------
@second_annual_commencement:event {description: "2nd Annual Commencement", date: @date_1853_01_27, location: @musical_fund_hall, time: "11:00 AM"}
@third_annual_commencement:event {description: "3rd Annual Commencement (originally scheduled)", date: @date_1854_03_02, location: @musical_fund_hall, time: "11:00 AM"}
@third_annual_commencement_rescheduled:event {description: "3rd Annual Commencement (rescheduled)", date: @date_1854_02_25, location: @musical_fund_hall, time: "11:00 AM"}
@fourth_annual_commencement:event {description: "4th Annual Commencement", date: @date_1855_02_26, location: @musical_nona_hall, time: "11:00 AM"}
#--- Documents ----------------------------------------------------------------
@commencement_details:document {title: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Commencement Details", source: @file_pinax}
@minutes_44:document {title: "Minutes – No. 13 (Jan. 26‑27 1853)", source: @file_a092_001_044_jpg}
@minutes_45:document {title: "Minutes – No. 14 (Sept 13 1852 – Jan 27 1853)", source: @file_a092_001_045_jpg}
@graduates_46:document {title: "Graduates List – No. 15 (Jan 27 1853)", source: @file_a092_001_046_jpg}
@session_plan_52:document {title: "Session Plan – No. 16 (Oct 1 1853 – Feb 25 1854)", source: @file_a092_001_052_jpg}
@committee_report_53:document {title: "Committee Report – No. 17 (May 27 1853)", source: @file_a092_001_053_jpg}
@financial_report_54:document {title: "Financial Report – No. 18 (Oct 1 1853)", source: @file_a092_001_054_jpg}
@beneficiary_report_55:document {title: "Beneficiary Report – No. 19 (Oct 17 1853)", source: @file_a092_001_055_jpg}
@hall_selection_56:document {title: "Hall Selection – No. 20 (Oct 28 1853)", source: @file_a092_001_056_jpg}
@demonstrator_resolution_57:document {title: "Demonstrator Resolution – No. 21 (Jan 2 1854)", source: @file_a092_001_057_jpg}
@commencement_preparation_58:document {title: "Commencement Preparation – No. 22 (Mar 2 1854)", source: @file_a092_001_058_jpg}
@honorary_degree_request_59:document {title: "Honorary Degree Request – No. 23 (Feb 25 1854)", source: @file_a092_001_059_jpg}
@candidates_ballot_60:document {title: "Candidates Ballot – No. 24 (Feb 13 1854)", source: @file_a092_001_060_jpg}
@candidates_ballot_61:document {title: "Candidates Ballot – No. 25 (Feb 21 1854)", source: @file_a092_001_061_jpg}
#--- Relationships ------------------------------------------------------------
# Files documenting the college and its events
@file_pinax -> documents -> @commencement_details
@file_a092_001_044_jpg -> documents -> @minutes_44
@file_a092_001_045_jpg -> documents -> @minutes_45
@file_a092_001_046_jpg -> documents -> @graduates_46
@file_a092_001_052_jpg -> documents -> @session_plan_52
@file_a092_001_053_jpg -> documents -> @committee_report_53
@file_a092_001_054_jpg -> documents -> @financial_report_54
@file_a092_001_055_jpg -> documents -> @beneficiary_report_55
@file_a092_001_056_jpg -> documents -> @hall_selection_56
@file_a092_001_057_jpg -> documents -> @demonstrator_resolution_57
@file_a092_001_058_jpg -> documents -> @commencement_preparation_58
@file_a092_001_059_jpg -> documents -> @honorary_degree_request_59
@file_a092_001_060_jpg -> documents -> @candidates_ballot_60
@file_a092_001_061_jpg -> documents -> @candidates_ballot_61
# Dean actions
@david_i_johnson -> authorized -> @second_annual_commencement {role: "Dean"}
@david_j_johnson -> authorized -> @third_annual_commencement {role: "Dean"}
@david_j_johnson -> authorized -> @third_annual_commencement_rescheduled {role: "Dean"}
@david_j_johnson -> authorized -> @fourth_annual_commencement {role: "Dean"}
# Session timelines
@third_annual_session -> includes -> @second_annual_commencement
@fourth_annual_session -> includes -> @third_annual_commencement_rescheduled
@fifth_annual_session -> includes -> @fourth_annual_commencement
# Faculty composition (3rd Annual Session)
@third_annual_session -> faculty -> [@joseph_longshore, @abraham_livergy, @david_j_johnson, @william_cornell, @enoch_rolfe, @ellwood_harvey, @seth_rumcoast]
# Commencement details
@second_annual_commencement -> held at -> @musical_fund_hall
@second_annual_commencement -> time -> "11:00 AM"
@second_annual_commencement -> opened with prayer by -> @rev_cheney
@second_annual_commencement -> degrees conferred by -> @c_c_cleveland
@second_annual_commencement -> music provided by -> @breiters_band
@third_annual_commencement -> held at -> @musical_fund_hall
@third_annual_commencement -> opened with prayer by -> @rev_mrs_cheney
@third_annual_commencement -> degrees conferred by -> @c_c_cleveland
@third_annual_commencement -> music provided by -> @breiters_band
@third_annual_commencement_rescheduled -> held at -> @musical_fund_hall
@third_annual_commencement_rescheduled -> music provided by -> @breiters_band
@fourth_annual_commencement -> held at -> @musical_nona_hall
@fourth_annual_commencement -> music provided by -> @breiters_band
# Graduates (from @graduates_46)
@graduates_46 -> lists graduate -> @hannah_ellis {thesis: "Parturition"}
@graduates_46 -> lists graduate -> @henrietta_johnson {thesis: "Functions of the Skin"}
@graduates_46 -> lists graduate -> @marjorie_richardson {thesis: "Phthisis Pulmonalis"}
@graduates_46 -> lists graduate -> @lucinda_brown {thesis: "Medical Jurisprudence"}
@graduates_46 -> lists graduate -> @minna_elliger {thesis: "Medical Education of Women"}
@graduates_46 -> lists graduate -> @elizabeth_shattuck {thesis: "Relations of Body and Mind"}
@graduates_46 -> lists graduate -> @elizabeth_bates {thesis: "De effectis lactationis mimiae"}
# Honorary degree recipients
@second_annual_commencement -> honorary degree awarded to -> @harriet_hunt
@third_annual_commencement -> honorary degree awarded to -> @harriet_hunt
# Committees (selected from various minutes)
@committee_audit_accounts:organization {purpose: "Audit Dean's accounts"}
@committee_audit_accounts -> members -> [@ellwood_harvey, @david_j_johnson, @joseph_longshore]
@committee_announcement:organization {purpose: "Prepare Fourth Annual Announcement"}
@committee_announcement -> members -> [@david_j_johnson, @ellwood_harvey, @fussell, @preston]
@committee_beneficiaries:organization {purpose: "Admit Beneficiaries"}
@committee_beneficiaries -> members -> [@ellwood_harvey, @david_j_johnson]
@committee_dissecting_room:organization {purpose: "Fit up Dissecting Room and Anatomical Museum"}
@committee_dissecting_room -> members -> [@fussell, @darlington]
@committee_dispensary:organization {purpose: "Fit up College Dispensary"}
@committee_dispensary -> members -> [@kerr, @harvey]
# Beneficiaries admitted (from @beneficiary_report_55)
@beneficiary_report_55 -> admits beneficiary -> @lydia_jacobs
@beneficiary_report_55 -> admits beneficiary -> @minerva_hoes
@beneficiary_report_55 -> admits beneficiary -> @jane_heald
@beneficiary_report_55 -> admits beneficiary -> @louise_starr
# Resolutions (Demonstrator of Anatomy – female only)
@demonstrator_resolution_57 -> resolves -> "Demonstrator of Anatomy shall be a female, elected by the Corporators, with sole control of the Dissecting Room and receipt of ticket proceeds"
# Hall selection (Feb 25 1854 change)
@hall_selection_56 -> resolves -> "Select alternative hall for Commencement; Musical Fund Hall deemed unsuitable"
@hall_selection_56 -> selected hall -> @musical_nona_hall
# Financial figures (from @financial_report_54)
@financial_report_54 -> records expense {item: "Printing Announcements", amount: 100, currency: "USD"}
@financial_report_54 -> records expense {item: "Advertising 4th Annual Session", amount: 500}
@financial_report_54 -> records expense {item: "Fitting Dissecting Room & Museum", amount: 60}
@financial_report_54 -> records expense {item: "Fitting Dispensary", amount: 100}
@financial_report_54 -> records expense {item: "Repayment to Dr. Harvey", amount: 79}
@financial_report_54 -> records expense {item: "Payment to Miss Montgomery", amount: 66}
@financial_report_54 -> records expense {item: "Purchase of apparatus & preparations", amount: 100}
@financial_report_54 -> total expense {amount: 1005}
# Candidate ballot results (from @candidates_ballot_60)
@candidates_ballot_60 -> ballot result {candidate: @lucinda_brown, white: 5, black: 2, passed: true}
@candidates_ballot_60 -> ballot result {candidate: @minna_elliger, white: 7, black: 0, passed: true}
@candidates_ballot_60 -> ballot result {candidate: @elizabeth_bates, white: 6, black: 1, passed: true}
@candidates_ballot_60 -> ballot result {candidate: @elizabeth_shattuck, white: 6, black: 1, passed: true}
# Fees (from @candidates_ballot_61)
@candidates_ballot_61 -> fee schedule {matriculation: 5, professor: 10, demonstrator: 5, graduation: 20, currency: "USD"}
# Session plans (from @session_plan_52)
@session_plan_52 -> schedule -> {
start: @date_1853_10_01,
end: @date_1854_02_25,
lectures: [
{day: "Monday", time: "10-11", subject: "Surgery"},
{day: "Monday", time: "11-12", subject: "Practice"},
{day: "Monday", time: "12-1", subject: "Physiology"},
{day: "Monday", time: "1-2", subject: "Mat. Med."},
{day: "Monday", time: "4-5", subject: "Anatomy"},
{day: "Monday", time: "5-6", subject: "Chemistry"}
/* (similar entries for other weekdays omitted for brevity) */
]
}
@session_plan_52 -> resolves -> "Front room on first floor to be used as College Dispensary" {by: @dr_kerr}
@session_plan_52 -> resolves -> "Committee to prepare Fourth Annual Announcement" {members: [@david_j_johnson, @ellwood_harvey, @fussell, @preston]}
# General notes ---------------------------------------------------------------
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> located in -> @philadelphia
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> offered -> "M.D. degree to women"
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania -> held sessions annually from 1852 onward
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