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An OCR‑extracted page from the collection also references a meeting held on August 27, 1855, indicating that the minute book may include subsequent sessions beyond the initial August 1850 meeting.
@female_medical_college_faculty_meeting_minutes:collection {title: "Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes, August 1850", creator: [@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania, @james_f_x_mccloskey, @j_l_longshore, @a_d_challoner, @c_w_gleason, @n_r_mosely, @m_w_dickson], institution: @drexel_legacy_collections, created: @date_1850_08_27, language: "en", subjects: ["minutes","faculty meetings","college administration","medical education","Women in medicine","Women physicians","Women medical students","Medical colleges--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia","Medical colleges--Faculty","Medical colleges--Committees","Medical colleges--By-laws","Curriculum changes"]}
@female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania:organization {founded: @date_1850, description: "First college in the world regularly organized for the education of women for the medical profession"}
@james_f_x_mccloskey:person {full_name: "James F.X. McCloskey"}
@j_l_longshore:person {full_name: "J.L. Longshore"}
@a_d_challoner:person {full_name: "A.D. Challoner"}
@c_w_gleason:person {full_name: "C.W. Gleason"}
@n_r_mosely:person {full_name: "N.R. Mosely"}
@m_w_dickson:person {full_name: "M.W. Dickson"}
@drexel_legacy_collections:organization {location: @philadelphia}
@august_1855_faculty_meeting:event {date: @date_1855_08_27, location: @philadelphia, description: "Faculty meeting of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania"}
@board_of_trustees:organization {affiliation: @female_medical_college_of_pennsylvania}
@dean:person {role: "Dean"}
@r_burr:person {full_name: "R. Burr"}
@dr_dickinson:person {full_name: "Dr. Dickinson"}
@william_s_butler:person {full_name: "William S. Butler", title: "Esq."}
@college_building:place {description: "College building of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania"}
@exchange:place {location: @philadelphia}
@chairman_role:concept {title: "Chairman"}
@committee_building_alterations:organization {purpose: "Confer with trustees on building alterations"}
@august_1855_faculty_meeting -> held at -> @exchange
@august_1855_faculty_meeting -> attended by -> [@j_l_longshore, @a_d_challoner, @c_w_gleason, @n_r_mosely, @m_w_dickson]
@j_l_longshore -> appointed as -> @chairman_role
@dean -> absent, @j_l_longshore -> acted as -> @chairman_role
@dean -> communicated resignation of -> @r_burr {to: @board_of_trustees}
@board_of_trustees -> elected -> @dr_dickinson {position: "Chair of Materia Medica"}
@a_d_challoner -> moved to appoint -> @committee_building_alterations
@committee_building_alterations -> tasked with -> @college_building {aspect: "building alterations"}
@resolution_plan_first_story -> referred to -> [@c_w_gleason, @n_r_mosely]
@resolution_support_room -> referred to -> [@dr_dickinson, @a_d_challoner, @j_l_longshore]
@william_s_butler -> provided security for -> @college_building {purpose: "rent"}
@file_pinax:file -> documents -> @female_medical_college_faculty_meeting_minutes
@file_a092_001_004_jpg:file -> contains OCR -> @august_1855_faculty_meeting
@file_a092_001_004_tif:file -> image of -> @august_1855_faculty_meetingboard of Trustees. On motion it was resolved that the Dean communicate to the board of trustees the resignation of Dr. R. Burr & request them to fill the vacancy. On motion it was resolved that the announcement of the college be published (to the number of 5000 copies) as soon as the faculty was completed. Adjourned, Dr. Dickinson having been nominated for the chair of Materia Medica the Trustees were pleased to elect that gentleman to the vacancy. Philadelphia Augt 27th 1855 A meeting of the Faculty of the Female Medical College of Penna was held at the Exchange, at 7 1/2 o'clock. Prof. Longshore was appointed chairman, in the absence of the Dean Prof. McHeskey. Prof. Chaloner moved that a committee be appointed to confer with the Trustees in regard to the necessary alterations in the College building. Resolved that the plan submitted for the first story be referred to Professors Gleason & Moseley. Resolved that the putting up of the support room be referred to Prof. Dickinson, Chaloner and Longshore in connection with the board of Trustees—accepted. Resolved that as William S. Butler Esq. the president of this college has become security for the rent of the college building, he is hereby
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