Female Medical College of Pennsylvania Faculty Meeting Minutes, October 1850

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October 1850 Faculty Meeting Minutes, Female Medical College of Pennsylvania

Overview

This collection comprises the bound minute book of the faculty of the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania (later the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania) for the month of October 1850. The book contains 213 pages of handwritten minutes, resolutions, and committee reports, scanned as TIFF and JPEG images with accompanying OCR text. The material is housed in the Drexel College of Medicine Legacy Center Archives (Accession ACC‑092) and is available in digital form through the archive’s online portal.

Background

The college, founded on 25 June 1850, was the first institution in the world organized to train women in medicine. The faculty, composed of professors such as Nathaniel R. Moseley, James F.X. McCloskey, J.L. Longshore, C.W. Gleason, M.W. Dickson, and A.D. Challoner, met regularly to govern the school’s operations, curriculum, and finances. The October 1850 meetings occurred at various locations—229 Arch St., the College Building, and individual faculty offices—reflecting the nascent administrative structure.

Contents

The collection documents a series of faculty meetings held on 1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 20, and 24 October 1850. Key subjects include:
  • Personnel appointments: resignation of Dean McCloskey, election of Museler as Dean, appointments of intern, consulting, and visiting physicians, and the creation of a resident accouche committee.
  • Property and finances: leasing of 229 Arch St., rent arrangements for lecture rooms, advance payment of rent, and the establishment of an advertising fund.
  • Academic matters: lecture schedules, ticket pricing and resale policies, and the regulation of speaking privileges.
  • Committee work: formation of museum, lying‑in, drug donation, and boarding committees, along with resolutions concerning the Lying‑in Asylum and the College dispensary.
  • Administrative policies: debt liability, stock redemption, and the cessation of lecturing after the first bell.

Each meeting’s minutes are accompanied by the resolutions adopted, providing a comprehensive view of the college’s early governance.

Scope

The collection covers the period from 1 October 1850 to 24 October 1850, encompassing all faculty meetings held during that month. It is geographically focused on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specifically the college’s premises at 229 Arch St. and the College Building. The material is relevant to scholars of women’s medical education, institutional governance, and 19th‑century professional practice.

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@mosely:person {full_name: "Nathaniel R. Moseley", role: "Professor"}

@mccloskey:person {full_name: "James F.X. McCloskey", role: "Professor"}

@longshore:person {full_name: "J.L. Longshore", role: "Professor"}

@gleason:person {full_name: "C.W. Gleason", role: "Professor"}

@dickson:person {full_name: "M.W. Dickson", role: "Professor"}

@challoner:person {full_name: "A.D. Challoner", role: "Professor"}

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@bimbaum:person {full_name: "Dr R. Bimbaum"}

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@pease:person {full_name: "Mr Pease"}

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@bullock_crenshaw:organization {type: "Druggists", address: "corner of 6th & Arch"}

@dickinson:person {full_name: "Dr Dickinson"}

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@mccluskey:person {full_name: "Dr McCluskey"}

@mcglassy:person {full_name: "Dr McGlassy"}

@mccleary:person {full_name: "Dr McCleary"}

@chalader:person {full_name: "Dr Chalader"}

@chaloner:person {full_name: "Dr Chaloner"}

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@resident_accouche:position {title: "Resident Accouche"}

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@meeting_oct_24_1850:event {date: @date_1850_10_24, location: @college_building, type: "faculty meeting"}

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@file_a092_001_014_jpg:file {description: "OCR of meeting minutes (Oct 24 1850) – cease lecturing after first bell, advance rent, gas oil charge, fixture payment refusal, disposal of stones and pipe"}

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@meeting_oct_1850_01 -> produced -> @resolution_museum_committee:document {description: "Committee of three appointed to superintend arrangement of the museum"} {when: @date_1850_10}

@meeting_oct_1850_01 -> produced -> @resolution_resident_accouche:document {description: "Prof Longshore moved that Mrs W Gleason be appointed resident accouche for three months"} {when: @date_1850_10}

@meeting_oct_1850_01 -> produced -> @resolution_intern_physician:document {description: "Prof Mosely appointed Intern Physician"} {when: @date_1850_10}

@meeting_oct_1850_01 -> produced -> @resolution_consulting_physician:document {description: "Prof Longshore appointed Consulting Physician"} {when: @date_1850_10}

@meeting_oct_1850_01 -> produced -> @resolution_visiting_physicians:document {description: "Prof Dickson and Prof McKibben elected Visiting Physicians"} {when: @date_1850_10}

@meeting_oct_1850_01 -> produced -> @resolution_boarding_committee:document {description: "Committee of three appointed to arrange boarding patients with Dr R. Bimbaum"} {when: @date_1850_10}

@meeting_oct_9_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_certificate_notes:document {description: "Dean to issue certificates to students who pay by notes or checks; notes to be laid before next meeting"} {when: @date_1850_10_09}

@meeting_oct_9_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_lecture_permit:document {description: "Any faculty member may issue a permit for attendance at occasional lectures"} {when: @date_1850_10_09}

@meeting_oct_9_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_dean_resignation:document {description: "Prof McCloskey resigned as Dean; Prof Museler elected to fill vacancy"} {when: @date_1850_10_09}

@meeting_oct_9_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_lease_229_arch:document {description: "President requested to act with Dean to lease and rent House No 229 Arch St"} {when: @date_1850_10_09}

@meeting_oct_10_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_rent_lower_front_room:document {description: "Dean received three dollars for weekly rent of lower front‑room of Building No 229 Arch St"} {when: @date_1850_10_10}

@meeting_oct_11_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_thank_dean:document {description: "Faculty thanks to Dr J.F.X. McCloshkey for satisfactory service as Dean"} {when: @date_1850_10_11}

@meeting_oct_11_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_speaking_privilege:document {description: "No faculty member may speak twice on the same subject without Dean's permission"} {when: @date_1850_10_11}

@meeting_oct_11_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_lecture_room_rent:document {description: "Lecture rooms rented at two dollars each per night"} {when: @date_1850_10_11}

@meeting_oct_11_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_lying_in_asylum:document {description: "Managers of Lying‑in Asylum may admit persons they deem worthy"} {when: @date_1850_10_11}

@meeting_oct_12_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_pay_book_bease:document {description: "Pay book with Mr Bease for Faculty expenses to be continued"} {when: @date_1850_10_12}

@meeting_oct_12_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_ticket_pricing:document {description: "New tickets sold for less than ten dollars unless Faculty consents; ticket holders not allowed to attend"} {when: @date_1850_10_12}

@meeting_oct_12_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_ticket_resale:document {description: "Professors may not sell their tickets without first exhibiting the matriculating ticket"} {when: @date_1850_10_12}

@meeting_oct_17_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_drug_donation:document {description: "Committee on Drugs thanks Messrs Bullock & Crenshaw for donation of articles"} {when: @date_1850_10_17}

@meeting_oct_17_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_lecture_hour_schedule:document {description: "Arrangement of lecture hour scheduled"} {when: @date_1850_10_17}

@meeting_oct_20_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_stock_redemption:document {description: "No stock may be redeemed within twelve months of its issue"} {when: @date_1850_10_20}

@meeting_oct_20_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_rent_front_room:document {description: "Dean authorized to rent front room on first floor of No 229 Arch St for $150 per annum"} {when: @date_1850_10_20}

@meeting_oct_24_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_debt_liability:document {description: "Faculty not responsible for debts contracted in its name without Faculty vote"} {when: @date_1850_10_24}

@meeting_oct_24_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_advertising_fund:document {description: "$5 per member to create common fund for advertising in city newspaper"} {when: @date_1850_10_24}

@meeting_oct_24_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_account_pease:document {description: "Account with Mr Pease settled and closed"} {when: @date_1850_10_24}

@meeting_oct_24_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_cease_lecturing:document {description: "Faculty to cease lecturing as soon as first bell rings"} {when: @date_1850_10_24}

@meeting_oct_24_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_advance_rent:document {description: "Rent of rooms to be paid in advance"} {when: @date_1850_10_24}

@meeting_oct_24_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_gas_oil_charge:document {description: "$1 charged each student for gas oil during session"} {when: @date_1850_10_24}

@meeting_oct_24_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_fixture_refusal:document {description: "Faculty refuses to pay for any fixtures in upper lecture room unauthorized by Committee on fitting up the Room"} {when: @date_1850_10_24}

@meeting_oct_24_1850 -> produced -> @resolution_stones_pipe_disposal:document {description: "Stones and pipe not in use to be cleaned, sold, and returned to Committee on newspaper"} {when: @date_1850_10_24}

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