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• Record of Fellowships Granted and Fellowship Application from James Warren Rabun
  An application from James Warren Rabun, requesting a grant beginning August 1941. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. degree doing a dissertation on the Georgia politician Alexander H. Stephens and of the sectional and national interests he represented. This application was submitted in 1941, and the chosen field is History. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Rabun in 1941, as well as a handwritten note: Absolutely top man [illegible].
• Written ADdendum and Fellowship Application with Written Notes from George Irving Quimby, Jr.
  An application from George Irving Quimby, Jr., requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Anthropology [with special emphasis on Southeastern Archeology] at the University of Chicago under Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Anthropology. Included is a handwritten note: Not a Southerner [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Record of Career Since Tenure of Fellowship, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from William Fletcher Quillian, Jr.
  An application from William Fletcher Quillian, Jr., requesting a grant beginning September 1940. The plan of work was to explore the relationship between morality and religion by a critical examination of the work of various writers on this subject, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Yale University under Dr. H. Richard Niebuhr. This application was submitted in 1940, and the chosen field is Religion. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Quillian in 1940, as well as a record of professional career and a handwritten note: Excellent record at Emory + Yale. Very unusually strong letters [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Record of Career Since Tenure of Fellowship, List of Publications, Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Benjamin Arthur Quarles
  An application from Benjamin Arthur Quarles, requesting a grant towards doing a full length study of Frederick Douglass under the supervision of the Department of United States History at the University of Wisconsin, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin. This application was submitted in 1937, and the chosen field is History. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Quarles in 1937 and 1945, as well as a record of professional career and a handwritten note: He had a fellowship a year ago. i am loath to keep repeating on these grants [illegible].
• Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from James William Quander
  An application from James William Quander, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to do graduate work in Labor Economics as preparation to engage in workers' education among Negroes, while attending the University of Wisconsin under the supervision of Dr. Selig Perlman [Department of Economics]. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Labor. Included is a handwritten note: More favorable comment on his project than in the man himself [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Reappointment Application, and Fellowship Application from Youra Thelma Qualls
  An application from Youra Thelma Qualls, requesting a grant towards obtaining a Master of Arts degree at Radcliffe College. Ms. Qualls reapplied for another grant towards pursuing graduate courses at Radcliffe College and Harvard University leading to a Master of Arts degree. Ms. Qualls reapplied for another grant towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree in History of American Civilization at Radcliffe College under the supervision of Professor Kempton. Ms. Qualls reapplied for another grant beginning September 1943 towards studying the sociological concepts of regionalism leading to a doctoral thesis Local Color of the Nineteenth Century and Regionalism of Today, while working under Mr. K.B. Murdock. These applications were submitted in 1939 through 1941 and 1943, and the chosen field is English Language and Literature. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Ms. Qualls across 1939, 1940, 1941, and 1942, as well as handwritten notes: Splendid candidate. Excellent record [illegible] and Is asking for only $375 to complete work for her MA. This would be an extension rather than a renewal.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Sarah Frances Puryear
  An application from Sarah Frances Puryear, requesting a grant beginning June 1943. The plan of work was to create an annotated bibliography of children's books dealing with life in the South and determine the suitability of such books, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is English Language and Literature. Included is a handwritten note: Good project. Good slightly above average person. But I feel no flair.
• Written Addendums for James Slicer Purcell Jr.
  Handwritten notes towards James Slicer Purcell, Jr. relating to Language and Literature: Just another graduate student [illegible] and This man made an impression on me when he applied two years ago, but he has grown greatly since then [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Roderick Wellington Pugh
  An application from Roderick Wellington Pugh, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to do research that would lead to a textbook of mental hygiene for the Negro adolescent, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Psychology at Ohio State University under the supervision of Dr. Carl R. Rogers. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Psychology.
• Fellowship Application from Charles Howard Pugh
  An application from Charles Howard Pugh, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Mathematics [emphasis on Industrial Statistics] at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of Mr. H.B. Phillips and Mr. George P. Wadsworth. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Mathematics.
• Written Addendum for Haskell Pruett
  A handwritten note towards Haskell Pruett relating to Visual Education: Over age. Good record and good project. But I see nothing [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendums, Fellowship Application, Fellowship Reappointment for James Warren Prothro
  An application from James Warren Prothro, requesting a grant beginning September 1947. The plan of work was to do specialized study of Southern political theory and write a dissertation on the use of religion by demagogues as a technique of manipulating public opinion, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Princeton University under the supervision of Harwood L.Childs and Alpheus T. Mason. Mr. Prothro reapplied for another grant beginning September 1948. These applications were submitted in 1947 and 1948, and the chosen field is Political Science. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Prothro across 1947 and 1948, as well as handwritten notes: This is clearly one of our best fellows [illegible] and [illegible] Top man. So Princeton the best place for him?.
• Fellowship Application from Nathaniel Kipling Proctor
  An application from Nathaniel Kipling Proctor, requesting a grant beginning October 1947. The plan of work was to obtain a Doctor's degree in Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Dr. L.V. Heilbrunn. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Biology.
• Fellowship Application from Robert Starling Pritchard Jr.
  An application from Robert Starling Pritchard, Jr., requesting a grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to study at the Julliard School of Music under the eminent Bach interpreter, James Friskin, in preparation for a debut. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Music-Instrumental.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from James Carson Pritchard
  An application from James Carson Pritchard, requesting a grant beginning October 1948. The plan of work was to improve ways for communicating ideas in the fields of Human Relations and Religion, and to obtain either a Ph.D. degree or a Master of Arts degree at New York University under the supervision of Dr. H.H. Giles and F. Wale. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note: Good person in the village of Carrollton. Pretty hard for me to get [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Pearl Eileene Primus
  An application from Pearl Eileene Primus, requesting a grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to express the history and culture of the Negro people through dance, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Anthropology at Columbia University under Gene Weltfish. Ms. Primus reapplied for another grant beginning June 1948 towards interpreting James Welson Johnson's Gods Trombones [a collection of Negro sermons in verse] through dance. These applications were submitted in 1947 and 1948, and the chosen field is Dancing. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ms. Primus in 1948, as well as a handwritten note: No doubt that this is one of the finest of current dancers [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Hertha Annelle Priest
  An application from Hertha Annelle Priest, requesting a grant beginning June 1944. The plan of work was to do a study via school records and contacts of the guidance needs of Negro school children who have migrated to Detroit from rural or semi-rural areas since January 1940, while attending the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Guidance and Personnel. Included is a handwritten note: Good looking - keen looking [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Armistead Scott Pride
  An application from Armistead Scott Pride, requesting a grant beginning September 1947. The plan of work was to make a historical and technical description of Negro newspapers 1827-1947, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Northwestern University under Dr. Melville J. Herskovitz and Dean Kenneth Olson. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Journalism.
• Fellowships Granted and Fellowship Application from Margaret Nell Price
  An application from Margaret Nell Price, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to study courses in Sociology and Social Work, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree at the University of North Carolina. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a memorandum from 1943.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Paul Hurvey Price
  An application from Paul Hurvey Price, requesting a grant beginning August 1948. The plan of work was to do a study of Polish immigrants and their assimilation and acculturation in Brazil, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Sociology at Vanderbilt University under the supervision of Dr. T. Lynn Smith. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a handwritten note: If we're going to support these Brazilian studies, this seems the top man [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Joseph B. Price
  A handwritten note towards Joseph B. Price relating to Chemistry: Slightly over age. Only fair record in scholarship [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Gerda Prevost
  An application from Gerda Prevost, requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to make an experimental study of the effects of racial attitudes in juding the logical validity of syllogisms, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Psychology at Columbia University under the supervision of Professor Henry E. Garrett. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Psychology. Included is a handwritten note: Good record for two years at Columbia [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Richard Harold Preece
  An application from Richard Harold Preece, requesting a grant beginning May 1942. The plan of work was to do research at Institute of Social Research, University of North Carolina and examine the racial attitudes in Southern labour unions. Mr. Preece reapplied for another grant beginning June 1947 towards writing a book emphasizing the positive changes being made in the South by citizens of both races. These applications were submitted in 1942 and 1947, and the chosen fields are Economics and Creative Writing. Included are handwritten notes: This man is already set as a writer. He's asking not a fellowship [illegible] and An interesting project. He doesn't seem to be either scholarship, journalism, or labor [illegible].
• Written Addendum for William B. Pratt
  A handwritten note towards William B. Pratt relating to Romance Languages: I'm [illegible] against this field. The Negro high schools don't need letter [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Mayo America Powell
  An application from Mayo America Powell, requesting a grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to write a play that will deal with the veterans of World War II, with special attention to the Negro veteran's integration into that American way of life which he so valiantly fought to preserve, while attending Yale University. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Creative Writing [Drama].