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• Application for Thomas Payne Govan
  An application for Thomas Payne Govan, Teaching Fellow at Vanderbilt University. He applied for a fellowship to pursue a PhD in southern economic history in the antebellum South, with a concentration on the banking and credit system based on plantation, mercantile, and bank records.
• Application for Viola Blanche Goin
  An application for Viola Blanch Goin to pursue a PhD in Public Health Bacteriology at Yale University.
• Application for Mitchell Franklin
  An application for Mitchell Franklin, Professor of Law at Tulane Law School. He applied for a fellowship to study 18th century French materialism and its influences, particularly in the United States.
• Application for John Hope Franklin
  An application for John Hope Franklin, Instructor in History at Fisk University. He applied for a fellowship to continue his work in the Harvard Department of History with special attention to the field of recent social and Intellectual History of America.
• Application for Janet Helen Fowler
  A 1940 application for Janet Helen Fowler, a graduate student in Anthropology at Columbia University. She applied for a fellowship to pursue research on African customs, particularly in precolonial Africa and the Americas.
• Application for Paul Breck Foreman
  An application for Paul Breck Foreman, associate professor and head of the sociology department at the University of Mississippi. He applied for a fellowship to study population trends in Mississippi from 1880 to 1930.
• Application for James Alfred Ford
  An application for James Alfred Ford, research associate in Archeology at Louisiana State Universitys School of Geology. He applied for a fellowship to attend Columbia University to work toward a PhD in Anthropology to prepare a synthesis of southern archaeology. The document also includes a list of James experiences and publications.
• Application for James Ernest Fleming
  An application for James Ernest Fleming, an Instructor of the department of Sociology University of Georgia. He applied for a fellowship to begin research at the University of North Carolina in september 1939, on a socio historical study of the southern oppostion to industry as revealed in important newspapers, 1865 1900.
• Application for Elijah Horace Fitchett
  An application for Elijah Horace Fitchett, Dean of the College and Professor of Sociology at Claflin University. He applied for a fellowship to study the traditions of the free Negro in Charleston, South Carolina, through personal documents of this group, personal interviews, and historical and legal documents in the city of Charleston and the Library of Congress.
• Application for James Walter Fisher
  An application for James Walter Fisher, an instructor in Social Sciences at Delaware State College for Colored Students. He applied for a fellowship to pursue a PhD in History at the University of Pennsylvania for intensive research on The Slave and Free Negro in Delaware, a problem that examines the origins and development of slavery and the free Negro class in Delaware during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries.
• Application for John Henry Faulk
  An application for John Henry Faulk, a tutor of English at the University of Texas. He applied for a fellowship to gain a PhD in English to record the sermons, morality plays, and other expressions forming the unwritten literature created by the southern Negro, which is disappearing.
• Application for Harold Alfred Darrell
  An application for Harold Alfred Darrell, graduate assistant of the department of English at Ohio State University. He applied for a fellowship to make a study for a PhD in English Language and Literature at Ohio State University of the negro novelist and his theme, and compare his treatment of negro characters with that of white authors.
• Application for Matthew Lawrence Fairfax
  An application for Matthew Lawrence Fairfax, Instructor of Industrial Arts and Mathematics at Milford Junior High School No. 3. He applied for a fellowship to develop a course of study at Cincinnati University for industrial arts departments that meets the needs of Negro children in the light of economic conditions related to their employment.
• Application for James Merton England
  An application for James Merton England, a teaching fellow and grader at Vanderbilt University. He applied for a fellowship to research on The Free Negro in Tennessee before the Civil War and present those findings to Vanderbilt University as his doctoral dissertation.
• Application for Gilbert Franklin Edwards
  A 1938 application for Gilbert Franklin Edwards, a graduate student and research assistant at Fisk University. He applied for a fellowship to pursue a PhD in Sociology to study the functional role of folk songs in negro life, with the position being at the University of Chicago and some parts being spent at some southern university, possibly Fisk University. The documents contain a list of references and a picture of Gilbert.
• Application for Sheppard Randolph Edmonds
  An application for Sheppard Randolph Edmonds, a Professor of Drama at Dillard University. He applied for a fellowship to study for three summers in courses in drama that will aid me in building a dramatic program at Dillard. The document also includes accomplishments and creative works.
• Application for James Harold Easterly
  An application for James Harold Easterby, Professor of History and Director of the Library at the College of Charleston. He applied for a fellowship to pursue work leading to the doctorate in History and to complete his dissertation on the antebellum rice plantation.
• Application for Lyonel Charles Florant
  A 1937 application for Lyonel Charles Florant, a Research Assistant to Dr. Dorothy S. Thomas at The Negro America. He applied for a fellowship to study population movements among negroes in the United States, focusing on the extent of the movements and the mechanics involved. The document includes an application for reappointment towards a PhD in Sociology at the University of Chicago.
• Application for Mrs. Catherine Jeannette Watkins Duncan
  An application document for Catherine Jeannette Watkins Duncan, a teacher in a Rosenwald Experimental School in Georgia. The candidate sought support to study Rural Education at either the University of New Mexico or Columbia University, working toward a Master of Arts degree. The file includes their personal data, a photograph, educational background, and a list of references.
• Application for Edward Peter Dreyer
  An application document for Edward Peter Dreyer, the Assistant State Director of the Federal Writers Project in New Orleans. The candidate applied for a fellowship to prepare a biography of John McDonogh, using manuscripts and other materials in the Howard Memorial Library and archives in Louisiana and Baltimore. The application details their personal history and a list of references.
• Application for John Gibbs Saint Clair Drake
  An application document for John Gibbs Saint Clair Drake, a research assistant in social anthropology and instructor at Dillard University. The candidate requested fellowship aid to complete work for a masters degree in social anthropology at the University of Chicago. The application contains their personal history, educational summary, and a list of references.
• Application for James Dombrowski
  An application file for James Dombrowski, a secretary at Highlander Folk School. The candidate applied for a fellowship to carry out an intensive study of the social and economic life of a typical county in the southern appalachains with, focusing on changes in native mores due to industrialization. The file includes their personal data and a list of references.
• Application for William Henry Dean, Jr.
  An application document for William Henry Dean, Jr., a member of the Department of Economics at Atlanta University. The candidate requested a grant to revise their doctoral thesis on the theory of location of economic activities for publication. The document details their personal history and educational background, and includes a list of references.
• Application for Donald Day
  An application document for Donald Day, a student at the University of Chicago. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study the literary inheritance of Texas before the Civil War as a dissertation requirement for a Ph.D. in English. The application includes their personal history and a list of references.
• Application for John Aubrey Davis
  A fellowship application and renewal request for John Aubrey Davis, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Lincoln University. The candidate requested funding to pursue a doctorate, initially planning for the University of Wisconsin but later changing to Columbia University to study the Negro in politics in New York. The file contains their personal data, educational history, and a list of references.