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• Fellowship application of Walter Franklin Anderson
  An application from Walter Franklin Anderson for a fellowship in Music Composition. Mr. Anderson was the Director of Music at Antioch College at the time of this application. His plan of work was to set the D day Prayer by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt to music in large choral form with orchestral and piano accompaniment and baritone solo, and to develop a plan for the establishment of a Community Music School at Antioch College. The grant was sought from June 1948 through June 1949 .
• Fellowship application of Haywood Rivers
  An application from Haywood Rivers for a fellowship in Creative Painting. Mr. Rivers was a Student of Fine Arts at the Art Students League at the time of this application. His plan of work was to travel in the Southeastern portion of the United States for 3 months, then to paint in a studio in New York City for 9 months. The grant was sought from June 1948 through June 1949 .
• Fellowship application of Pearl Eileene Primus
  An application from Pearl Eileene Primus for a fellowship in Dancing. Ms. Primus was a Dancer at the time of this application. Her plan of work was to interpret James Weldon Johnsons Gods Trombones through the medium of the dance, and to express the poem Go Down Death as adynamic and hypnotic story of people in search of comfort for their grief. The grant was sought from June 1948 through June 1949 . The training in Anthropology would be done under the supervision of Ms. Gene Weltfish at Columbia University.
• Fellowship application of Marion Perkins
  An application from Marion Perkins for a fellowship in Art Sculpture. Mr. Perkins was a Junior Laborer for the Custodial Department, Chicago Post Office at the time of this application. His plan of work was to do a series of portrait heads of children from the various nationality and racial groups in Chicago. The grant was sought from March 1948 through March 1949 . The training would be done at Chicago School of Design.
• Fellowship application of Ronald Joseph
  An application from Ronald Joseph for a fellowship in Art Painting. His plan of work was to continue work in Painting. The grant was needed as soon as possible .
• Fellowship application of Claude Flynn Howell
  An application from Claude Flynn Howell for a fellowship in Art Painting. Mr. Howell was a Stereographer in Freight Traffic Department for the Atlantic Coast Line RR at the time of this application. His plan of work was to gather materials along the Atlantic Coast, to be worked up later into canvasses. The grant was needed as soon as possible . Also included is a document where Mr. Howell listed the exhibits he had been involved in from 1937 through 1947.
• Fellowship application of James Arthur Baldwin
  An application from James Arthur Baldwin for a fellowship in Creative Writing. Mr. Baldwin was a Freelance writer at the time of this application. His plan of work was to study the religion for the Negro in Harlem, the cultural and social structure, the psychological need, and the position of the Negro in the nation. The grant was needed as soon as possible . Also included is a document where Mr. Baldwin detailed a better breakdown of his budget estimate.
• Fellowship application of Thomas Osburn Zuber
  An application from Thomas Osburn Zuber for a fellowship in Creative Writing. Mr. Zuber was an Independent writer at the time of this application. His plan of work was to write a book about Southern politics and politicians, designed to give a balanced well rounded account of public affairs. The grant was sought from March 1947 through December 1947 .
• Fellowship application of Alonzo Smythe Yerby
  An application from Alonzo Smythe Yerby for a fellowship in Public Health. Mr. Yerby was an Intern for Coney Island Hospital at the time of this application. His plan of work was to obtain a Master of Public Health degree. The grant was sought from September 1947 through September 1948 . The training in Public Health would be done under the supervision of Dr. H.F. Vaughan at the University of Michigan.
• Fellowship application of Lloyd Pyron Williams
  An application from Lloyd Pyron Williams for a fellowship in Education. Mr. Williams was a Part time instructor for the Department of the History and Philosophy of Education, University of Texas at the time of this application. His plan of work was to study Philosophy and Educational Philosophy at Columbia University and/or New York University, and to study the significance of a democratic philosophy of education for the bi racial South and to complete a dissertation Freedom and Authority in the Educational Philosophy of John Dewey. The grant was sought from September 1947 through June 1948 . The training in Education and Philosophy would be done under the supervision of the Departments of Education and Philosophy at New York University and/or Columbia University.
• Fellowship application of Rachel Thomas Weddington
  An application from Rachel Thomas Weddington for a fellowship in Education. Her plan of work was to develop an instrument for analysis of attitudes held by members within a group towards members of other groups, and to formulate a theory of attitude development with the use of insights and techniques of Social Anthropology, Field Psychology, and Psycho analytic Theory. The grant was sought from June 1947 through June 1948 . The training would be done under the supervisions of Drs. Allison Davis and Robert J. Havighurst at the University of Chicago. Also included is a Ms. Weddingtons breakdown of her budget estimate.
• Fellowship application of James Allen Tower
  An application from James Allen Tower for a fellowship in Geography. Mr. Tower was an Associate professor of Geography for Birmingham Southern College at the time of this application. His plan of work was to complete the statistical analysis and mapping of Census data, to complete the library research on economic developments in the State, to make field studies in each of Alabamas 13 regions, and to write a geography of Alabama. The grant was sought from September 1947 through September 1948 .
• Fellowship application of Pauline Byrd Taylor
  An application from Pauline Byrd Taylor for a fellowship in Education. Mrs. Taylor was a Literature teacher . The training in Education would be done under the supervision of Mr. Roland Faunce at Wayne University.
• Fellowship application of Solomon Sutker
  An application from Solomon Sutker for a fellowship in Sociology. Mr. Sutker was a Research assistant for the Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at the time of this application. His plan of work was to continue study that would involve, library research, analysis of data based on library research, field work, and documentation of study. The grant was sought from August 1947 through August 1948 . The training in Sociology would be done under the supervision of Dr. John P. Gillin at the University of North Carolina.
• Fellowship application of George Cashel Stoney
  An application from George Cashel Stoney for a fellowship in Motion Pictures. Mr. Stoney was a Writer director for Southern Educational Film Production .
• Fellowship application of Daniel Thomas Skinner
  An application from Daniel Thomas Skinner for a fellowship in Language and Literature. Mr. Skinner was an Assistant professor of Modern Languages for Morgan State College at the time of this application. His plan of work was to write a thesis on Louis Fréchette, poet in public life. The grant was sought from September 1947 through September 1948 . The training in Romance Languages would be done under the supervision of Professor Marcel Françon at Harvard University.
• Fellowship application of Thomas Sancton
  An application from Thomas Sancton for a fellowship in Creative Writing. Mr. Sancton was a Freelance writer and researcher and a Part time editor of the County Weekly at the time of this application. His plan of work was to complete a study of Southern culture and the influence of Southern patterns upon the nation, and to continue a 3 volume novel that would deal with the social and psychological components of Southern life in the period betwen the 2 World Wars. The grant was sought from March 1947 through March 1948 .
• Fellowship application of Mary Estella Robbs
  An application from Mary Estella Robbs for a fellowship in Music Singing. Her plan of work was to do private study with competent voice instructor. The grant was sought from 1947 1948 .
• Fellowship application of James Warren Prothro
  An application from James Warren Prothro for a fellowship in Political Science. Mr. Prothro was a Graduate student and Assistant in Government department at Louisiana State University at the time of this application. His plan of work was to study the Southern political theory and write a dissertation on the use of religion by demagogues as a technique to manipulate public opinion. The grant was sought from September 1947 through September 1950 . The training in Politics would be done under the supervisions of Mr. Harwood L. Childs and Mr. Alpheus T. Mason at Princeton University.
• Fellowship application of Thomas Hal Phillips
  An application from Thomas Hal Phillips for a fellowship in Creative Writing. Mr. Phillips was a Graduate student in English at the University of Alabama at the time of this application. His plan of work was to write a novel about a Southerner of good will who would attempt to rectify his wrongs he had committed after he had reflected on his 62 years in the last weeks of his life. The grant was sought from June 1947 through June 1948 . The training in English would be done under the supervision of Professor Hudson Strode at the University of Alabama.
• Fellowship application of Pauline Edna Phelps
  An application from Pauline Edna Phelps for a fellowship in Music Singing. Ms. Phelps was a Clerk typist for the Bureau of Public Welfare at the time of this application. Her plan of work was to complete B.M. degree with major in Voice and do graduate work in Voice and Vocal teaching methods. The grant was sought from 1947 . The training would be done at Juilliard School of Music, N.Y.C.
• Fellowship application of John William Lipscomb
  An application from John William Lipscomb for a fellowship in Labor. Mr. Lipscomb was a News editor for the Nashville Tennessean at the time of this application. His plan of work was to prepare a detailed description and analysis of resistance (organized and unorganized) to the spread of labor unions in Southern states. The grant was sought from June 1947.
• Fellowship application of Edith Levy
  An application from Edith Levy for a fellowship in Photography. Ms. Levy was a Graduate student and Faculty assistant at Tulane University at the time of this application. Her plan of work was to continue and expand a photographic documentation of the activities and environment of the Negro group in New Orleans, Louisiana, which would consist a series of photographs accompanied by explanatory text. The grant was sought from June 1947 through June 1948 . The training in Art would be done under the supervision of Mr. Robert D. Field at Tulane University, Louisiana.
• Fellowship application of David Calvin Kytle
  An application from David Calvin Kytle for a fellowship in Creative Writing. Mr. Kytle was a Writer editor for PACE, South Associates, Inc. at the time of this application. His plan of work was to write a novel that would explore the peculiar problem of the liberal middle class Southerner. The grant was sought from June 1947 .
• Fellowship application of Violet Helen King
  An application from Violet Helen King for a fellowship in Education. Ms. King was the Chairman of the Division of Education for Dillard University at the time of this application. Her plan of work was to evaluate the Teacher training program in selected Liberal Arts colleges for Negroes. The grant was sought from August 1947 . The training in Education would be done under the supervision of Dr. Louie Webb at Northwestern University.