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Application from Thomas Edward Bell An application from Thomas Edward Bell, a technician on the state Fed. Writers project requesting a grant from June 1942 to June 1943 to tell the true story of how one man took some land that had been almost completely ruined by erosion and built it into a fine, profitable farm where the tenants are paid year round and live in homes as good as the landlords.
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Application from Charles Wilbert White An application from Charles Wilbert White, Mural and Easel painter, requesting a grant for a five month study of mural techniques in Mexico, and other works.
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Application for Renewal of Fellowship from Jacob Armstead Lawrence An application from Jacob Armstead Lawrence, requesting a renewal of fellowship for one year to do a study of Harlem in a number of paintings about 30 or 50 since the negro migration north during World War.
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Application from Lamar Baker An application from Lamar Baker, an artist and student at the Art Students League of New York, requesting a grant for creative work, especially on subject matter dealing with life in the South and the Negro.
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Application from Richard Edwin Yates An application from Richard Edwin Yates, assistant professor of political science at Hendrix College, requesting a grant to develop a course, on the junior college level, which will integrate the social sciences in such a manner that the student will become acquainted with some of the more important problems with which he must deal after graduation.
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Application from Stanton Lawrence Wormley An application from Stanton Lawrence Wormley, head of the department of foreign languages and assistant professor of German and English Literature at Virginia State College, requesting a grant to finish a dissertation and other works.
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Application from Margaret Just Wounley An application from Margaret Just Wounley, a teacher of English, requesting a grant from September 1941 to September 1942 to work to show the negro influences on the Modern.
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Application from Nancy Bullock Woolridge An application from Nancy Bullock Woolridge, an assistant Professor of English, Louisville Municipal College, Louisville, Kentucky, requesting a grant for the school year 1940 to 1941 to conclude investigations concerning the literary depiction of the Negro religious character with special reference to the Negro Preacher.
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Application from C. Vann Woodward An application from C. Vann Woodward.
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Application from Clyde Julian Winkfield An application from Clyde Julian Winkfield, a professional piano student, requesting a grant from January 1941 through December 1942 to continue serious piano study under select instructors, and other works.
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Application from Wilson, Henry Spence An application from Wilson, Henry Spence, an instructor in Chemistry, requesting a grant for studies in the Plasticities of Lime and other works.
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Application from Eric Williams An application from Eric Williams, an assistant professor of Social Science at Howard University, requesting a grant to study Capitalism in Europe and America and the Institution of slavery.
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Application from Gordon Randolph Willey An application from Gordon Randolph Willey, an assistant in Anthropology and graduae student at Columbia University, requesting grant from October 1, 1941 to October 1, 1942 to write, and eventually publish, an Introduction to Florida Archeology which will be based upon previous literature, personally conducted field research, and an analysis of all of the major collections of Floridian archeological materials.
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Application from Bell Irvin Wiley An application from Bell Irvin Wiley, head of the history department and professor of history at the University of Mississippi, requesting a grant from September 1st, 1941, to September 1st, 1942, for study on the Everyday Life of Confederate Soldier.
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Application from Goodrich Cook White An application from Goodrich Cook White, a professor of Psychology, requesting a grant to travel, visiting university centers in America and Europe, studying university organization with special reference to co operative undertakings.
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Application from Samuel Z. Westerfield Jr. An application from Samuel Z. Westerfield Jr., a graduate student at Howard University, requesting a grant from Sept 1941 and June 1942 to complete the final requirements for the Ph D degree.
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Application from Charles Edward Wein An application from Charles Edward Wein, an assistant in Chemistry, requesting a scholarship for a proposed plan of work.
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Application from Leroy Wilbur Watson Jr. An application from Leroy Wilbur Watson Jr., an instructor of Forest Economics, requesting a grant from August 1941 to August 1942 for an economic study of forest resources of Latin America with the view of increased trade in Forest Products between Latin America and the Southern United States.
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Application from Mark Hanna Watkins An application from Mark Hanna Watkins, an assistant professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Fisk University, requesting a grant for a trip to Liberia, West Africa, for the purpose of making an extensive study of the Vai language by use of materials collected from native informants.
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Application from James Aaron Washington, Jr. An application from James Aaron Washington, Jr. , a teaching fellow at Howard University Law School, to examine further the background of Labor law in the United States, with the view in mind of seeing just how far legislation favorable to the working men and their organization can be realized and effectively put into operation.
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Application from Robert Petrie Walton An application from Robert Petrie Walton, a professor of pharmacology, requesting a grant to complete a program of training which will constitute full qualification for teaching and research work in the field of Pharmacology.
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Application from Harry Joseph Walker An application from Harry Joseph Walker, a research assistant and Instructor in Sociology, requesting a grant for graduate study at the University of Chicago for two quarters, and other works.
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Application from Dan Rutledge Vining An application from Dan Rutledge Vining, an Instructor of Statistics and Economics, requesting a grant for a study of the nature and sources of the fluctuation of employment and income in a select region and other works.
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Application from Preston Valien An application from Preston Valien, a Director of Research of the Federal Project of the Training and Employment of White Collar and Skilled Negro Workers, requesting a grant to pursue courses in sociology at the University of Wisconsin, leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, offering as a doctoral dissertation.
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Application for Renewal of Fellowship from Preston Valien An application from Preston Valien, special departmental fellow at the Department of Social Science at Fisk University, requesting a renewal of a grant for a study of the Negro Labor Problems and Negro occupational Maladjustment in terms of Occupational Status and Distribution.