Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1852

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Faculty Meeting Minutes, 1852, Female Medical College of Pennsylvania

Overview

This bound minute book contains 213 pages of handwritten and printed records of faculty meetings held by the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania during the calendar year 1852. The volume measures 18.5 × 23.2 cm and is preserved in the Drexel College of Medicine Legacy Center Archives. It is part of the broader “Dean’s Office Records” series (ACC‑092) and was originally cataloged as a92min18501864.

Background

The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850 at 229 Arch Street, Philadelphia, was the world’s first institution regularly organized to educate women in medicine. The faculty, composed of physicians such as Nathaniel R. Moseley, David J. Johnson, James F. X. McCloskey, Ellwood Harvey, Edwin Fussell, Emeline H. Cleveland, and Ann Preston, governed the college’s academic and administrative affairs. The 1852 minutes document the early years of the college’s operation, reflecting its evolving governance, curriculum, and financial stewardship.

Contents

The collection records 14 faculty meetings held between March 3 and October 25, 1852, in Boston and Philadelphia. Key items include:
  • Resignation of Dr. Moseley as Dean (April 23) and subsequent appointment of Dr. Johnson (April 23).
  • Adoption of faculty regulations and by‑laws (September 4, 11, 17, 25).
  • Resolutions concerning faculty appointments, including the election of Dr. Harvey to the Chair of Materia Medica and General Therapeutics (August 19) and the appointment of Dr. Longshore and Dr. Moseley to a committee investigating the former Dean’s accounts (September 4).
  • Financial matters such as the purchase of a showcase, the settlement of the former Dean’s account, and the allocation of funds for printing and advertising.
  • Student admissions, beneficiary applications, and regulations governing tuition, examinations, and graduation requirements.

The minutes are accompanied by letters, resolutions, and copies of regulations, many of which are reproduced in the scanned images and OCR text.

Scope

The collection covers the calendar year 1852, focusing on faculty deliberations at the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (and a single meeting in Boston). It documents institutional governance, faculty appointments, student admissions, curricular regulations, and financial oversight. The materials are relevant to scholars of women’s medical education, institutional history, and 19th‑century higher‑education governance.

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