Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes and Records Collection, 1850-1864

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Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes and Records Collection, 1850‑1864

Overview

This collection is a bound minute book of 213 pages (18.5 × 23.2 cm) that records the deliberations of the faculty of the Female (later Woman’s) Medical College of Pennsylvania from its founding on 25 June 1850 through 8 October 1864. The volume is digitized in high‑resolution TIFF and JPEG images and is housed in the Drexel Legacy Collections (Accession ACC‑092).

Background

The college, founded in Philadelphia, was the world’s first institution to regularly train women for the medical profession. Faculty meetings, led by deans such as Nathaniel R. Moseley and later Edwin Fussell, addressed by‑laws, curriculum, finances, and student examinations. The minute book reflects the early administrative history of women’s medical education in the United States and is part of the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania Dean’s Office Records.

Contents

Pages are arranged chronologically and include:
  • By‑laws and regulations (e.g., 4 January 1854, revised 23 March 1860).
  • Curricular decisions and lecture schedules.
  • Faculty appointments, resignations, and committee reports (museum, advertising, financial, and academic committees).
  • Student admissions, examinations, and commencement records (including the first honorary M.D. award).
  • Financial reports (rent, debt settlement, donations, and treasury statements).
  • Insertions such as faculty rosters, procedural notices, and excerpts of correspondence.
Signatures of faculty members—Goadby, J. S. Longshore, C. W. Gleason, M. W. Dickson, A. D. Challoner, S. F. X. McCloskey, and others—appear on each page.

Scope

The collection covers the first fourteen years of the college’s existence, geographically focused on Philadelphia (229 Arch Street). It is limited to faculty deliberations and official resolutions; student records, external correspondence, and broader administrative documents are excluded. The material is in English and subject to Drexel Legacy Collections’ copyright and privacy restrictions; reproduction beyond fair use requires written permission. The collection is a primary resource for scholars of women’s medical history, 19th‑century higher‑education governance, and the institutional development of medical education for women.

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