-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Hilda Weiss An application from Hilda Weiss in 1945, requesting a twelve month grant for Interracial and intercultural relations and other works. Included is a handwritten evaluative note on the application.
-
Fellowship Application from Charles Edward Weir The documents contain fellowship applications from Charles Edward Weir, dated 1937 and 1938, requesting a grant to study quantum mechanics and chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, as well as other works towards a Ph.D. degree, under the supervision of Drs. Linus Pauling and R. A. Millikan in 1937. He applied for a renewal in 1938.
-
Record of Fellowships Granted to Charles Edward Weir A memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Weir Charles Edwards in 1937, 1938, and 1939 to study quantum mechanics and chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, as well as other works towards a Ph.D. degree, under the guidance of Drs. Linus Pauling and R. A. Millikan. He was given 1,500 dollars in 1937, 1,300 dollars in 1938 as a renewal, then 300 dollars for the summer of 1939.
-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Doris Weinkle An application from Doris Weinkle in 1945, requesting a one year grant for a project set up for the purpose of reducing illiteracy among the ranks of organized labor in the South, and thus to enable southern unionists to participate more fully in the democratic functioning of their organization and community. Wishes to attend the School for Workers. Included is a handwritten evaluative note on the application. It assigns a grade of A minus.
-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Amelia Weinberg An application from Amelia Weinberg in 1945, requesting a ten month grant beginning in September for a study entitled The Southern Teacher to be written at the University of North Carolina, investigating the whys and wherefores of her status with suggestions for the improvement thereof. Wishes to work toward a Masters at the University of North Carolina under the supervision of Dr. Edgar W. Knight. The file Includes a handwritten evaluative note on the application.
-
Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Rachel Thomas Weddington The documents contain fellowship applications from Willis Duke Weatherford for 1945 and 1946. He was given 1500 dollars beginning in June 1946 to construct and standardize a group instrument for measuring intergroup attitudes, combining the techniques of social psychology with the techniques of social anthropology. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded and two handwritten notes evaluating the applications.
-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Thomas Anderson Webster An application from Allen Easter Weatherford in 1942, requesting a one year grant beginning in the fall for an examination of the leadership and philosophy of Negro mass movements and the development of racial and class solidarity. Wishes to work in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago.
-
Written Addendum for Elizabeth Anne Webb A handwritten evaluative note on Elizabeth Anne Webbs application stating, “I see nothing very exciting here.
-
Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Willis Duke Weatherford, Jr. The documents contain 1943 and 1946 fellowship applications from Willis Duke Weatherford to write a thesis, Organizability of Labor in the South with Special Reference to the Negro. This is a topic of great importance to a South which is in transition from an agricultural economy to one which is more industrial. He was given 1600 dollars in 1943 but refused it to enter war work. In 1946, he was given 1615 dollars, but it was released to accept one from the General Education Board. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded and two handwritten notes, evaluating the applications.
-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Allen Easter Weatherford An application from Allen Easter Weatherford in 1946, requesting a one year grant beginning in June for A study of Professional Health and Physical Education in Teacher Training Institutions for Negroes by means of quantitative presentation by charts, graphs, tabular summaries, paragraph epitomes of major findings, and other similar means. Wishes to attend the Pennsylvania State College, under the supervision of Dr. Lloyd M. Jones. The file Includes a handwritten evaluative note on the application. It assigns a grade of A minus or B plus.
-
Written Addendum for Elizabeth Utterback A handwritten evaluative note on Elizabeth Utterback. The note assigns a grade of B- and contains a brief written assessment on the application.
-
Written Addendum for Campbell Leon Upthegrove A handwritten evaluative note on Campbell Leon Upthegrove. The note assigns a grade of B and contains a brief written assessment, including the phrase “but nothing of absolutely top quality.” Other portions of the note are present but are not fully legible.
-
Record of Scholarship Granted and Scholarship Aid Application from Bertha Mae Watts The documents contain two copies of a 1942 application from Bertha Mae Watts requesting a scholarship-aid grant to aid in concentrating on some of the problems facing the Elementary School. Included are a memorandum and an evaluative note, but they dont include the committees action or an assessment of the applicant.
-
Fellowship Application from William Henry Watson An application from William Henry Watson, a High School Principal, in 1947, requesting a grant beginning in June to spend the academic year 1947-48 conducting research on rural guidance problems in Negro high schools of eastern North Carolina. Wishes to work for the Ed . D. degree at New York University under Professor Glenn S. Thompson in the Department of Secondary Education.
-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Lucille Watson An application from Lucille Watson, in 1946, requesting a one-year grant beginning in September to study Farm Security work and Cooperatives in Denmark, Sweden, and England. Included is a handwritten evaluative note that assigns a grade of C and a brief assessment of the application.
-
Record of Fellowship granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from LeRoy Wilbur Watson, Jr The documents contain a 1941 application from LeRoy Wilbur Watson, Jr. The applicant was awarded 2,500 dollars to study in Liberia, West Africa, for an economic study of forest resources in Latin America, focusing especially on the possibilities of increased trade in forest products between Latin America and the southern states. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded.
-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Jewell Evangelyn Watson An application from Ann Elizabeth Watson in 1944 requesting a one-year grant to become as thoroughly trained as possible in the Field of architecture toward a Masters degree at the University of Southern California. Included is a handwritten evaluative note that assigns a grade of B- and a brief assessment of the application.
-
Scholarship Aid Application for Dorothy Watson A Scholarship aid application from Mary Virginia Watkins in 1943, requesting a scholarship to study southern speech problems for the purpose of developing and applying a program of speech re-education through teaching in southern schools and colleges. Wishes to attend Northwestern University for one year beginning September 1943, to work for a M.A. degree.
-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Ann Elizabeth Watson An application from Ann Elizabeth Watson, a teacher of Vocational Home Economics, in 1940, requesting a grant to develop well-styled designs for clothing suitable for women and children in low-income families in the southern region, toward an M.A. at the University of Alabama, where she has been admitted under the supervision of Miss Henrietta M. Thompson. Included is a handwritten evaluative note that assigns a grade of C and a brief assessment of the application.
-
Addendum and Scholarship Aid Application from Mary Virginia Watkins An application from Mary Virginia Watkins in 1946, requesting scholarship aid to continue studying economics at Radcliffe College from September 1942 to June 1943, in order to acquire a broad and sound basis for analyzing economic problems, towards a Master of Arts degree. Included is an evaluative note that contains no assessment.
-
Fellowship Application from Martin Abraham Watkins An application from Martin Abraham Watkins, a graduate fellow in English, in 1948, requesting a one-year grant beginning in June to write a novel reflecting the impact of the new Southern labor movement upon Southern Negro industrial workers, as I have known them while serving as a CIO organizer in Tennessee before and after the war. Wishes to work toward the Ph.D degree in English at the University of North Carolina.
-
Record of Fellowship granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Mark Hanna Watkins The documents contain a 1940 application from Mark Hanna Watkins. The applicant was awarded 2,600 dollars to study in Liberia, West Africa, for the purpose of conducting an extensive study of the Vai language using materials collected from native informants. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded, a handwritten evaluative note assigning a grade of A minus, and a brief assessment of the application.
-
Record of Fellowship granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from James Aaron Washington, Jr. The documents contain a 1940 application from James Aaron Washington, Jr. The applicant was awarded 1,600 dollars. To examine the background of labor law in the United States with the view in mind of seeing just how far legislation favorable to the working man and his organization can be realized and effectively put into operation at Harvard University Law School, towards an LL. M. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded, as well as a handwritten evaluative note that assigns a grade of A and a brief assessment on the application.
-
Fellowship Application from Bennetta Bullock Washington An application from Bennetta Bullock Washington, a Guidance Counselor, in 1941, requesting a grant beginning in June to study 200 June, 1941 graduates of the Armstrong High School, Washington, D. C. as a basis for suggesting possible guidance and placement programs for Negro secondary schools. Wishes to secure a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of America, where the applicant has been admitted under the supervision of Dr. Eugenie Leonard.
-
Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Ray Warwick An application from Ray Warwick, a Director of public relations, in 1947, requesting a one-year grant to do research on and to write a novel about a Southern urban middle-class family in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Included is a handwritten evaluative note that assigns a grade of B and a brief assessment of the application.