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• Application of Grace Josephine Blank
  An application from Grace Josephine Blank, requesting a one-year grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to obtain a D.P.H. degree at the University of Michigan School of Public Health under Dr. John Sundwall. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Public Health. Included is a handwritten note.
• Application of Waldo Emerson Blanchet
  An application from Waldo Emerson Blanchet, requesting a one-year grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan under the supervision of Mr. Francis Day Curtis and write a dissertation, A Basis for the Selection of Course Content in Survey Courses in the Natural Sciences.
• Application of Caesar Robert Blake
  An application from Caesar Robert Blake, requesting a grant towards studying the sophomore literature programs in Negro colleges and suggest a literature program geared to the reading needs and reading experiences of college sophomores. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. degree in English at the University of Michigan under the supervision of Professor C.D. Thorpe. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Language and Literature. Also included is a handwritten note.
• Application of David Harold Blackwell
  An application from David Harold Blackwell, applying for a one-year grant beginning June 1941. The plan of work was to investigate the properties of non-temporally homogeneous Markoff chains, while working under Dr. J.L. Doob at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Blackwell, as well as his record of professional career.
• Document Containing Correspondence Between Mrs. Vandi V. Haygood (Mrs. William C Haygood) And Various Others Regarding Their Applications
  Letters of correspondence between Vandi V. Haygood, wife of Mr. William V. Haygood, Mr. frank McCallister, Dr. Marion C. Pruitt, Mr. George L-P Weaver, Mr. George W. Crockett, Jr., Mr. W. E. Inmon, Mr. Earl W. Davis, Mr. Oscar Thomas, Mr. A. A. Reid, Ms. Viola Jensen, and Ms. Mary L. Blackston, regarding her application for a scholarship to Antioch College under the CIO scholarship program. Including psychological and medical examination, classification test, and Ms. Blackstones picture.
• Application of John Hathaway Blacklidge
  An application from John Hathaway Blacklidge, requesting a sixteen month grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to do Race Relations Church Survey project at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University for Ph.D. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Race Relations. Also included is a handwritten note.
• Application of Robert Hamilton Blackburn
  An application from Robert Hamilton Blackburn, requesting a one-year grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to execute a series of lithographs, produce a folio of lithographic prints, do experimental work in etching and wood block, continue creative painting, and participate in production of a film. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Art-Illustration.
• Application of Willa Valeria Black
  An application from Willa Valeria Black, requesting a grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Sociology and Social Work at the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Social Work. Also included is a portrait picture of Ms. Black.
• Application of Cleo Walter Blackburn
  An application from Cleo Walter Blackburn, requesting a one-year grant towards a hypothesis that the high incidence of social disorganization found among Negroes in the North is due to the impact of the cultural patterns of urban industrial communities upon the relatively simple sultural patterns of village and rural life brought from the South. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. at Indinia University under Dr. E.H. Sutherland. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Sociology. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Blackburn in 1941, as well as record of professional career and a handwritten note.
• Application of Louise Marion Black
  A memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Louise Marion Black across 1930 and 1931. The plan of work was to study at Atlanta School of Social Work for one year. The chosen field is Social Work.
• Application of John David Black
  An application from John David Black, requesting a 1-to-2-year grant beginning June 1938. The plan of work was to study the life histores of certain forage fishes common in the streams of Arkansas, while obtaining a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. This application was submitted in 1938, and the chosen field is Zoology. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Black across 1938 and 1939, as well as his publications and a handwritten note: "Good sound man on project of great practical and scientific interest [illegible]".
• Application of Beatrice Yvonne Black
  An application from Beatrice Yvonne Black, requesting an 11-month grant beginning September 1940. The plan of work was to do advanced studies in Mathematics at Brown University under Dr. J.D. Tamarkin, leading to the Doctorate in 1942. The year 1940-1941 is to be spent in preparation for the preliminary examinations. This application was submitted in 1940, and the chosen field is Mathematics. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ms. Black in 1940, as well as a handwritten note: "Very young. Excellent [illegible] This is fine but far from good enough for a fellowship. [illegible] ".
• Application of Mildred Agnes Birchette
  An application from Mildred Agnes Birchette, requesting a 1-year grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Science degree at the University of Michigan. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Mathematics.
• Application of Richard Henry Bjurberg
  An application from Richard Henry Bjurberg, requesting a 1-year grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to expand a study on the politicians in the state of Alabama during the period 1831-1861 and to study the relationships between the politicians' economic and social status and correlate such a study with their political views. This was to obtain a Ph.D. degree in History at either Duke University or Vandebilt University or North Carolina University while under the supervision of Dr. Frank Owsley or Dr. Fletcher Green. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is History. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Bjurberg in 1948, as well as a handwritten note: "Clearly a top scholar + teacher. Born in Pennsylvania but [illegible]".
• Document Containing Addendum Concerning Harold Hench Bixler
  A handwritten note towards Harold Hench Bixler relating to Education: "[illegible] He isn't a Southerner; just happens to be working in the South".
• Application of Julian Gary Bishop
  An application from Julian Gary Bishop, requesting a 1-year grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to attend either Columbia University or Northwestern University to study Psychology and Business Administration, hoping to enter into the industry. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Personnel Administration. Also included is a portrait picture of Mr. Bishop.
• Application of John Thomas Biggers
  An application from John Thomas Biggers, requesting an 8-month grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to paint two murals in the Education Building of Pennsylvania State College and to continue graduate work in order to do college teaching. This was to obtain a Master of Science degree in the Department of Art Education at Pennsylvania State College under the supervision of Dr. Viktor Lowenfeld. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Art-Painting.
• Application of Eloise Bishop (Mrs. Fiorillo)
  An application from Eloise Bishop (Mrs. Fiorillo), requesting a 1-year grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to work at full capacity in the field and to execute at least one stone carving of a subject and site appropriate for use in public places. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Art-Sculpture.
• Application of Walter Bingham
  An application from Walter Bingham, requesting a 9-month grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to study in the specific area of the New Testament and obtain a Ph.D. degree at Harvard University Divinity School under the supervision of Dr. H.J. Cadbury. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Religion. Also included is a handwritten note: "Amazingly good scholastic record at Talledega + Howard (and in school) [illegible]".
• Application of Herbert Jonas Bingham
  An application from Herbert Jonas Bingham, requesting a 1-year grant beginning October 1940. The plan of work was to secure a Ph.D. studying Public Finance and Public Administration under Dr. Leonard D. White in the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1940, and the chosen field is Political Science. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Bingham in 1940, as well as a handwritten note: "Excellent word. Very [illegible] letters. No doubt the chap [illegible]".
• Application of Carroll Vincent Bing
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Carroll Vincent Bing in 1930. The plan of work was to study Agriculture at the University of Minnesota. The chosen field is Agriculture.
• Application of Julien Binford
  An application from Julien Binford, requesting a 1-year grant beginning May 1943. The plan of work was to do creative work in painting, using Negro subjects, in various towns of the South. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Art Painting. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Binford in 1943, as well as his accomplishments and a handwritten note: "I leave this to [illegible]".
• Application of Kenneth Brown Billups
  An application from Kenneth Brown Billups, requesting a 1-year grant beginning June 1946. The plan of work was to prepare study courses on Negro music suitable for school curriculums and to organize interracial choirs, while studying at Northwestern University under the supervision of George Howerton, Anne Pierce, and John W. Beattie. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Music-Education. Also included is a handwritten note: "I heard Bellups conduct has interracial choir in St. Louis [illegible]".
• Application of Ethel M. Bigham
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ethel M. Bigham in 1930. The plan of work was to study for a period of four months beginning in October in Hospital Administration at Provident Hospital. The chosen field is Hospital Administration.
• Fellowship application for Velena Betts
  A memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Velena Betts in 1931. The plan of work was to study Library Science at Hampton Institute. The chosen field is Library Science.