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• Application from Raymond Kermit Smith
  An application from Raymond Kermit Smith, requesting a grant towards obtaining a Master 's degree in Education - emphasis on Elementary Education - at Northwestern University. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Education.
• Application from Morgan Smith
  An application from Morgan Smith, requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to complete 2 major works that have been started prior: The Best Family a novel dealing with the Negro Family as an institution; and To The Fallen Chief a poem about the late President Roosevelt. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Application from Lillian Eugenia Smith
  An application from Lillian Eugenia Smith, requesting a grant towards attending University of North Carolina. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Research in Southern Literature. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Ms. Smith across 1939 and 1940, as well as a record of professional career and a handwritten note: [jointly with Miss Paula Snelling].
• Application from Julia Christine Smith
  A handwritten note towards Julia Christine Smith relating to Political Science: Good scholastic record. She is really at a pretty early stage of graduate work for a person thirty years old. Still seeking MA [illegible].
• Application from Jose Jaime Smith
  An application from Jose Jaime Smith, requesting a grant towards rewriting and expanding the firsr draft of a realistic novel depicting deplorable socio-economic conditions affecting negroes in general on the Panama Canal Zone. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Application from James Lloyd Smith
  An application from James Lloyd Smith, requesting a grant towards studying the Theoretical and Physical Phases of Music with a major in Voice, while studying at the Juilliard School of Music. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Music-Singing. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Smith in 1948.
• Application from Jacquetta Violet Smith
  A memorandum from 1944 relating to Jacquetta Violet Smith. The plan of work was to do graduate study at tulane University. The chosen field is Psychology.
• Application from J. Shepard Smith
  An application from J. Shepard Smith, requesting a grant beginning October 1945. The plan of work was to take one year's work in Opthamology at the University of Pennsylvania, then spend one year in a hospital as a resident to pick up the surgical aspect of the field. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is Medicine. Included is a handwritten note: Sounds like an excellent man. he would be preparing, of course, for higher speciality + higher income but need for Negro medical specialists is great [illegible].
• Application from Hughie Lee-Smith
  An application from Hughie Lee-Smith, requesting a grant beginning August 1946. The plan of work was to do a series of paintings [oils] on contemporary Negro life in America in an attempt to express the dignity of the colored people in the country. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Art. Included is a handwritten note: F by Art jury rating.
• Application from Howard R. Smith
  An application from Howard R. Smith, requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to do a study of the economic function of transportation in a dynamic society, with reference to the development of the American Southwest, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Louisiana State University under Dr. H.L. McCracken. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Economics. Included is a handwritten note: Born + college educated outside the South [Iowa] [illegible].
• Application from Harold Sherburn Smith
  An application from Harold Sherburn Smith, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to make an intensive and comprehensive historical study of the Negro press since 1900 - to determine as exactly as possible the character, growth, and influence of these newspapers - while attending the University of Wisconsin under the supervision of Dr. Merle Curti. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is History. Included is a handwritten note: Top student by Wisconsin record. Good project - study of hist of development of Negro press [illegible].
• Application from Emerald Allan Smith
  A handwritten note towards Emerald Allan Smith relating to Physics: A fine record at Purdue. Evidently good base in Math [and Piano!] as well as Physics [illegible].
• Application from Daniel Webster Smith
  An application from Daniel Webster Smith, requesting a grant towards writing a novel and have an opera, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree at the Juilliard School of Music. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Application from Charlotte Margaret Smith
  An application from Charlotte Margaret Smith, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Arts degree at the University of South California. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Social Work. Included is a memorandum from 1943.
• Application from Clarence McKittrick Smith, Jr.
  A handwritten note towards Clarence McKittrick Smith, Jr. relating to History: Pretty young. Really [illegible] us to help him get his PhD. Good references but [with exception of Syoluor] not resounding with unusual praise.
• Application from Charles Magill Smith
  An application from Charles Magill Smith, requesting a grant towards a dissertation on the subject The Outlook for the Family Farm in the Southeast, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of North Carolina under Dr. Roy M. Brown. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a handwritten note: My understanding is this chap is drafted. He is a top man otherwise.
• Application from Barbara Gosline Smith
  An application from Barbara Gosline Smith, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to make a study of the vocational and educational rehabilitation of the physically handicapped Negro in the United States - based on a survey of the 51 Offices of Rehabilitation in the United States [including Atlanta, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico - and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Southern California under the supervision of Dr. D.W. Lefever. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Race Relations. Included is a handwritten note: Nothing outstanding here. Highly specialized field [illegible].
• Application from Arthur George Smith
  An application from Arthur George Smith, requesting a grant beginning July 1948. The plan of work was to study with designers, craftmen, authorities, and industrial designers. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Art-Fashion Design. Included is a handwritten note: Top recommendation. Where could he get the training + experience he needs + wants? [illegible].
• Application from Anna Greene Smith
  An application from Anna Greene Smith, requesting a grant beginning September 1944. The plan of work was to do research on Southern Leadership, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of North Carolina under Dr. Howard W. Odum. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ms. Smith in 1944, as well as a handwritten note: Fletcher Green says 'not outstanding in any way' [illegible].
• Application from Wendell Wayne Smiley
  An application from Wendell Wayne Smiley, requesting a grant beginning July 1943. The plan of work was to do a study to trace the development of libraries in North Carolina from the earliest period of the state down to the present, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of North Carolina under the supervision of Dr. Edgar W. Knight. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Library Science. Included is a handwritten note: Strong letter from Destler. Looks like a very performatory subject - and like his real desire is simply for a PhD [illegible].
• Application from William Henry Smallwood
  An application from William Henry Smallwood, requesting a grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to collect, assemble, and edit comprehensive facts with photographs, programs, notes, etc., on the Contribution of the American Negro to Dance. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Application from Osborn T. Smallwood
  A handwritten note towards Osborn T. Smallwood relating to English Literature: [illegible] No letter from a person distinguished in English literature giving appraisal of his talents.
• Application from Ottis Clark Skipper
  A handwritten note towards Ottis Clark Skipper relating to American History: Over age. Very poor record at Univ of Texas. Mild letters [illegible].
• Application from Daniel Thomas Skinner
  An application from Daniel Thomas Skinner, requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to study the Louisiana Gombo Dialect and the Negroes who speak it, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Harvard University under Professor J.M. Ford. Mr. Skinner reapplied for another grant beginning September 1947 towards studying the French Canadian Poet-Statesman Louis Frechette, while under Dr. Marcel Frangon.Mr. Skinner reapplied for another grant beginning September 1948 towards doing field work at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. These applications were submitted in 1942, 1947, and 1948, and the chosen fields are Linguistics and Language and Literature. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Skinner in 1947, as well as handwritten notes: good record - but not [illegible] I wasn't for him last year and I'm not now, Brilliant student. IBK and Magna Cum Laude at Harvard. Strong letters. He is very young [illegible], and An unusually brilliant young man. I rated him A three years ago and put him there now [illegible].
• Written Addendums, Record of Fellowships Granted, List of Publications, and Fellowship Application from Joseph Carlyle Sitterson
  An application from Joseph Carlyle Sitterson, requesting a grant beginning September 1940. The plan of work was to research the history of the sugar industry in the South, using research materials in libraries at Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana. This application was submitted in 1940, and the chosen field is History. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Sitterson in 1940, as well as a record of professional career and handwritten notes: A very interesting case illegible] How does this man compare in promise with Dean at Harvard? illegible] and Excellent record. I had him high last year. He is higher now illegible].