Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Appointment Minutes, 1853-1854

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Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Appointment Minutes, 1853‑1854

Overview

This is a bound minute book containing 213 pages of handwritten and printed minutes from faculty meetings of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania. The book records deliberations, appointments, resignations, curriculum changes, and committee activities from February 7, 1853 through February 26, 1854. It is held by Drexel Legacy Collections and is available in English.

Background

The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania, founded in 1850, was the first institution in the world devoted to the medical education of women. The minutes were produced by the faculty and the dean, David I. Johnson, and reflect the college’s early governance and academic organization. The collection is part of the broader Faculty Appointments series and illustrates the college’s efforts to establish a professional curriculum and faculty structure during its formative years.

Contents

The minutes document a series of faculty meetings (e.g., meetings 14–22, 61) and include the following key actions:
  • Appointment of chairs and demonstrators (e.g., Ellwood Harvey to Chair of Obstetrics, Seth Pancoast to Chair of Anatomy).
  • Resignations and vacancies (e.g., Joseph Longshore’s resignation from the Chair of Obstetrics).
  • Committee formations (e.g., Committee of Beneficiaries, Committee to advertise the Fifth Annual Session).
  • Curriculum decisions such as the renaming of the Chair of Physiology and the introduction of lecture series.
  • Administrative matters, including hiring of a janitor and the granting of honorary M.D. degrees to Martha Abowry and Martha Moory.

The collection also contains scanned images of selected pages (e.g., pages 47–61) that provide visual evidence of the original handwritten minutes.

Scope

The collection covers faculty governance activities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the first two years of the college’s existence. It includes all minutes from the specified period, documenting appointments, resignations, committee work, and curriculum changes. The material is limited to the faculty meetings of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania and does not include external correspondence or unrelated administrative records.

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@william_cornell -> appointed to -> @chair_general_therapeutics {when: @date_1853_02_07, meeting: @meeting_14}

@seth_pancoast -> appointed to -> @chair_anatomy {when: @date_1853_02_07, meeting: @meeting_14}

@william_cornell -> recommendation rescinded -> @chair_general_therapeutics {when: @date_1853_02_07, meeting: @meeting_15}

@seth_pancoast -> recommendation withdrawn -> @chair_anatomy {when: @date_1853_02_15, meeting: @meeting_16}

@edwin_russell -> appointed to -> @chair_anatomy {when: @date_1853_02_25, meeting: @meeting_17}

@joseph_longshore -> resignation from -> @chair_obstetrics_children {when: @date_1853_02_25, meeting: @meeting_17}

@augusta_montgomery -> employed as -> @janitor {when: @date_1853_02_25, meeting: @meeting_17, wage_per_week: 6}

@ann_preston -> appointed to -> @chair_physiology_institutes {when: @date_1853_03_11, meeting: @meeting_18}

@almira_fowler -> appointed to -> @demonstrator_anatomy {when: @date_1853_03_11, meeting: @meeting_18}

@abraham_livezey -> vacated -> @chair_principles_practice {when: @date_1853_03_11, meeting: @meeting_18}

@hilbern_darlington -> appointed to -> @chair_surgery {when: @date_1853_03_25, meeting: @meeting_19}

@abraham_sivey -> resignation from -> @chair_principles_practice {when: @date_1853_03_25, meeting: @meeting_19}

@almira_fowler -> elected as -> @demonstrator_anatomy {when: @date_1853_03_25, meeting: @meeting_19}

@hilbern_darlington -> elected as -> @professor_surgery {when: @date_1853_04_23, meeting: @meeting_20}

@ann_preston -> elected as -> @professor_physiology {when: @date_1853_04_23, meeting: @meeting_20}

@ellwood_harvey -> elected as -> @chair_principles_practice {when: @date_1853_05_06, meeting: @meeting_21}

@mark_kerr -> elected as -> @chair_general_therapeutics {when: @date_1853_05_06, meeting: @meeting_21}

@martha_abowry -> conferred honorary degree M.D. {when: @date_1853_05_06, meeting: @meeting_21}

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@edwin_russell -> elected as -> @professor_anatomy {when: @date_1853_05_12, meeting: @meeting_22}

@ellwood_harvey -> resigned from -> @chair_general_therapeutics {when: @date_1853_05_12, meeting: @meeting_22}

@ellwood_harvey -> elected as -> @chair_principles_practice {when: @date_1853_05_12, meeting: @meeting_22}

@mark_kerr -> elected as -> @chair_general_therapeutics {when: @date_1853_05_12, meeting: @meeting_22}

@martha_moory -> conferred honorary degree M.D. {when: @date_1853_05_12, meeting: @meeting_22}

@edwin_russell -> appointed with -> @committee_beneficiaries {when: @date_1854_09_30, meeting: @meeting_61}

@ellwood_harvey -> appointed with -> @committee_advertise_fifth {when: @date_1854_09_30, meeting: @meeting_61}

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