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• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Robert Claude Singleton
  An application from Robert Claude Singleton, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to make a study of the Methodist Student Movement - paying especial attention to its interracial program - and while attending Columbia University under the supervision of Dr. Harrison S. Elliott. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Religion. Included is a handwritten note: Good record. Good testimony. Strozier restrained and others illegible] he is 'not brilliant' illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from James Daniel Singletary
  An application from James Daniel Singletary, requesting a grant beginning June 1945. The plan of work was to study the Negro child in his various communities as a basis for developing materials for the curriculum of both the Negro elementary school and for teacher training institutions, and to obtain a Master's degree at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Virgil E. Herrick. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note: Remarkable record. He's young, and his thesis is sloppy illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Marian McCamy Sims
  An application from Marian McCamy Sims, requesting a grant towards writing a novel of the Reconstruction Period in South Carolina, with emphasis on social aspects rather than political conflict. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Included is a handwritten note: I don't like women beyond illegible] for our rewards. But Bontemps puts her tops illegible].
• Written Addendum for George L. Simonson
  A handwritten note towards George L. Simonson: A good even brilliant student. I doubt however if we should begin giving fellowship to people who have not yet [not till next June] finished their undergraduate course illegible].
• Written Addendum for William Hays Simpson
  A handwritten note towards William Hays Simpson relating to Political Science: A little over age. Excellent man. Strong letters. It doesn't seem to me that is quite in the meaning of the illegible] purpose of our fellowship illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Walter Augustus Simon
  An application from Walter Augustus Simon, requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to paint a series of twelve oil-paints and fifteen to eighteen drawings to present the structural elements in which Negroes work in the cities of New York and Atlanta, Georgia, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Art Education at New York University under the supervision of Professor Robert Iglehart. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Art-Painting.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Virginia Lee Simmons
  An application from Virginia Lee Simmons, requesting a grant beginning August 1942. The plan of work was to study the teching of languages in Negro schools [French, Spanish, German] with comparisons on the reading and eclectic methods, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin under Dr. F.D. Cheydleur. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Modern Languages-French. Included is a handwritten note: illegible] Good student. But a study of methods of teaching languages in Negro schools is a trivial project illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Leona M. Simmons
  An application from Leona M. Simmons, requesting a grant towards obtaining a Master of Science degree at the New York School of Social Work with emphasis on Psychiatric Social Work. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Social Work. Included is a handwritten note: Nothing to indicate more than a good run of the mill kid after a social work degree.
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Fellowship Reappointment, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from J. Andrew Simmons
  An application from J. Andrew Simmons, requesting a grant beginning July 1945. The plan of work was to develop a suggested program of education for inter-racial understanding on the secondary and adult levels, and to obtain a Doctor's degree at Columbia University under the supervision of Dr. Will French. Mr, Simmons reapplied for another grant beginning July 1946 towards attending Columbia University under the supervision of Professors W.C. Hallenbeck and Morse Cartwright. These applications were submitted in 1945 and 1946, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Simmons in 1945, as well as handwritten notes: I don't know why we gave him a grant in the first place illegible] and His over our age. Fred Wole rates him so high that illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from James Wesley Silver
  An application from James Wesley Silver, requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to investigate The Control of Public Opinion in the Cofideracy: A Study in Civilian Morale. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is History. Included is a handwritten note: Born in Rochester, N.Y., though his study plus teaching largely in South illegible].
• Written Addendum for Delia Loretta Silance
  A handwritten note towards Delia Loretta Silance relating to Sociology: Good record at Purdue. Excellent letters. But she does not seem to me to be quite fellowship timber.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Marlow Foster Shute
  An application from Marlow Foster Shute, requesting a grant towards determining the effect of various addition agents on the stability, freezing point, and foaming properties of proteins and their degradation products, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. J.F. Hazel. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Chemistry. Included is a handwritten note: Only scientific testimony is from Hazel U of Penn illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Arthur C. Shropshire
  An application from Arthur C. Shropshire, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to study unique solutions to educational problems concerning Negro education - an example is the problem which confronted the Negro youth of East Central Missouri before Mr. Shropshire established the Festus Cooperative High School - and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Nebraska under the supervision of Dr. K.O. Broady. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Education.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Lee Calvin Sheppard
  An application from Lee Calvin Sheppard, requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to edit a fairly large volume of expository sermons by progressive Southern Baptist ministers dealing with religions, social, economic, and political questions of particular interest to the South. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Religion. Included is a handwritten note: Nothing here. References all poor to bad illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Edwin Drummond Sheen
  An application from Edwin Drummond Sheen, requesting a grant beginning September 1945. The plan of work was to establish a direct connection between good manners and interracial peace through a series of informal essays, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Mr. Napier Wilt. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Included is a handwritten note: Mild praise from essay. Very adverse criticism by illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from John Reuben Sheeler
  An application from John Reuben Sheeler, requesting a 1-year grant beginning September 1944. The plan of work was to work for development of improved courses in History and Social Sciences in the Negro schools of the South, and to obtain a Ed.D. degree at the University of Michigan under Dr. Clifford Woody. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note: Not a single scholar reference [as for example from U of Mich where he expects to work] No evidence to go on.
• Written Addendum for Anthony Vincent Shea, Jr.
  A handwritten note towards Anthony Vincent Shea, Jr. relating to Public Administration: Excellent record [though all of his work and all of his letters are from the single university - and allied services - of Virginia and therefore are provinicial] illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Spencer Gilbert Shaw
  An application from Spencer Gilbert Shaw, requesting a grant towards studying the use of recordings in Library Work with children and young people - emphasis upon the practicability of such a program, the organization, and administration of the equipment necessary - and to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Library Science at the University of Chicago Library School. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Library Science. Included is a handwritten note: Pretty interesting case. Maybe something beyond routine here illegible].
• Written Addendum for Jasper Berry Shannon
  A handwritten note towards Jasper Berry Shannon relating to Political Science: Excellent record including PhD at Wisconsin illegible] and some study at Harvard Law School. Top letters illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Fellowship Renewal, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Charles Eugene Shannon
  An application from Charles Eugene Shannon, requesting a grant towards painting a living document of the South and its people, especially the Negro. Mr. Sebree reapplied for another grant. These applications were submitted in 1938 and 1939, and the chosen field is Painting. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Shannon across 1938 and 1939, as well as a record of professional career and handwritten notes: Very strong letter from LeRoy Flint of Cleveland illegible] and Very strong recommendations from his professors at Cleveland School illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, List of Publications, and Fellowship Application with Written Notes from Walter Edwin Sewell
  An application from Walter Edwin Sewell, requesting a grant towards studying the effect a greater harmony between the mathematical training in the high schools and colleges of the South, to encourage the study of Higher Mathematics in the South. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Mathematics. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Sewell across 1939 and 1940, as well as a record of professional career and a handwritten note: A top mathematician of the South. Amazing record of As in college and at Harvard illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted and Fellowship Application from Leon Franklin Sensabaugh
  An application from Leon Franklin Sensabaugh, requesting a grant beginning September 1941. The plan of work was to make a study of the diplomatic relations between the United States and Brazil from the viewpoint of the Uruguayan [or Argentinian]. This application was submitted in 1941, and the chosen field is History. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Sensabaugh in 1941, as well as a record of professional career.
• Written Addendum for James William Sells
  A handwritten note towards James William Sells relating to Social and Religious History of Mississippi: Overage. College record at illegible] only fair and he has done only summer study service illegible].
• Written Addendum for Milledge Broadus Seigler
  A handwritten note towards Milledge Broadus Seigler relating to English-American Literature and Elizabethan Drama: Good record. Marks started poor plus improved steadily. Good letters. Right age illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Helen Seel
  An application from Helen Seel, requesting a grant towards curriculum development with special reference to good human relations and analysis of programs in representative city school systems, and to obtain a Master's degree and a Doctorate degree in Education at the Center for Human Relations, New York University under the supervision of Dr. H.H. Giles. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note: Another of the illegible] Corps. Undergraduate record poor illegible].