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• Fellowship Application from Bayard Rustin
  An application from Bayard Rustin, requesting a grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to study with Gandhi in India and make a study of Indian Revolution at the University of Madras, as well as study with Dr. E. Stanley Jones [world missionary[ at his ashram at Lucknow for the deepening of spiritual resources. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Religion.
• Fellowship Application from William Richard Russell
  An application from William Richard Russell, requesting a grant towards revising A Wind Is Rising which deals with the plight of Negro sharecroppers [written and published while serving with the U.S. Army in London[, while attending the Clinic for Professional Writers at New York University under the supervision of Mr. Warren Bower. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Fellowship Application from Maurice Victor Russell
  An application from Maurice Victor Russell, requesting a grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to make a critical case study of the Negro actor and the racial factors in his professional experiences [1916-1947[, and to obtain A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in English at Temple University under the supervision of Professors Kern and Cleveland [with a possible transfer to Columbia or Yale for the Doctorate[. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Drama.
• Fellowship Application from Mary Fair Russell
  An application from Mary Fair Russell, requesting a grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to write a proposed novel of Negro life in the South, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in English at Columbia University under the supervision of Oscar Campbell. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Written Addendum for John Wiley Rozier
  A handwritten note towards John Wiley Rozier: Good record and letters. Not quite tops [even for a junior[.
• Fellowship Application from Jeremiah W. Russell
  An application from Jeremiah W. Russell, requesting a grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to write a novel dealing with the contemporary Northern Urban Negro middle-class [from the point of view of Negroes who are not discriminated against directly[. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Fellowship Application from Dulce Olevia Rowley
  An application from Dulce Olevia Rowley, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Arts degree in English - complemented with electives in Guidance - at the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is English.
• Written Addendum for Ida Madonna Rowland
  A handwritten note towards Ida Madonna Rowland relating to Sociology: Not really distinguished college grades. Very mild letter from [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from James Edward Routh III
  An application from James Edward Routh III, requesting a grant to begin as soon as possible. The plan of work was to paint and draw people and landscape in the South to help promote a better understanding of that part of the country. This application was submitted in 1940, and the chosen field is Fine Arts.
• Written Addendum for Marschal Diaz Rothe
  A handwritten note towards Marschal Diaz Rothe: Interesting versatile. So versatile that different people recommend him for [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from John McLinn Ross
  An application from John McLinn Ross, requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to study dramatic material in the Delta counties of the state of Mississippi, while working under the direction of Allardyce Nicoll of Yale University and Sterling A. Brown of Howard University. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Drama. Included is a handwritten note: Ten year overage [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from David Preston Ross, Jr.
  An application from David Preston Ross, Jr., requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to study new methods of presentationfor the purpose of creating markets for the work of Negro markets and craftsmen, while attending the School of Design, Chicago, Illinois. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Art.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Edward Rosenfeld
  An application from Edward Rosenfeld, requesting a grant beginning May 1944. The plan of work was to paint the surroundings where he worked. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Art. Included is a handwritten note: [illegible] Unless art jury is extravagant, I'm not for an award.
• Written Addendums and Fellowship Application from Samuel Albert Rosenberg
  An application from Samuel Albert Rosenberg, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to continue research in Negro Cooperatives and to study the possibilities and methods of accelerating a cooperative program among Negroes, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of North Carolina under the supervision of Drs. Howard odum and John Woosley. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Economics. Included are handwritten notes: This isn't a Southerner. He is a mass youth working at a Yankee mission school [illegible] and Not particularly distinguished record in scholarship [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Alvin Walcott Rose
  An application from Alvin Walcott Rose, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to make a sociological analysis of industrial social organization - with the objective of isolating and examining relationships and ideological themes which are functions of race - and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Dr. E.C. Hughes. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Race Relations. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Rose in 1946, as well as a handwritten note: Good man. Excellent references [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Harry Josef Romm
  A handwritten note towards Harry Josef Romm relating to Soil Microbiology: He is good -above average - but not brilliant or anything approaching the genius [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Sidney James Romero Jr.
  An application from Sidney James Romero, Jr., requesting a grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to write a dissertation studying the role of religion in the Confederate ranks to be developed through integration of fugitive literature and documentary papers, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in History at Louisiana State University under the supervision of Dr. Bell I. Wiley. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is History. Included is a handwritten note: Evidently a good student [illegible].
• Written Addendum for William Ernest Rogers
  A handwritten note towards William Ernest Rogers relating to Rural Education by Radio: Excellent record + letters. An interesting project [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Mary Ruth Rogers
  A handwritten note towards Mary Ruth Rogers relating to National Institute Public Affairs: Practically straight A right through her college course [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Lewis Henry Rogers
  A handwritten note towards Lewis Henry Rogers relating to Agriculture: Scholastic record good - by no means top [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Elizabeth Frances Rogers
  An application from Elizabeth Frances Rogers, requesting a grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to do graduate work in Sociology, Economics, and Political Science at either the Center for Human Relations Studies in New York University or the New School for Social Research in the University of North Carolina, while writing about the progressive movements in the South and to popularize those movements. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a handwritten note: Not all out statements. Van Til is dawning.
• Fellowship Application from Dorothy Mae Rogers
  An application from Dorothy Mae Rogers, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to find another approach in Social Work, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree at the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Social Work.
• Written Addendum for Clarence Landis Rogers
  A handwritten note towards Clarence Landis Rogers relating to Music-Composition: Coullet of Music Dept [illegible] is very damaging [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Maggie Coleman Rodriguez
  An application from Maggie Coleman Rodriguez, requesting a grant towards publishing literature especially adapted to Negro children and publish feature articles on phases of Southern Negro child life, and to obtain a Master of Science degree in Journalism at Northwestern University under Dr. F.N. Litten. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Included is a handwritten note: Good letters except from Cayton [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Gwendolyn Louise Roddy
  An application from Gwendolyn Louise Roddy, requesting a grant beginning September 1947. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Language and Literature.