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• Fellowship application for Elaine M. Taitt Bettis
  An application from Elaine M. Taitt Bettis, requesting a 9-month grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to change the conceptions of the Negro at the time through humorous but pointed articles, while studying at Columbia University to obtain a Master of Arts degree. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Included is a handwritten note.
• Fellowship application for Clarence J. Best
  An application from Clarence J. Best, requesting an eight-month grant beginning in May 1943. The plan of work was of a critical suvery of housing the vocal and instrumental music program in secondary schools, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Peabody College for Teachers under the supervision of Drs. Wolfe, Roemer, and Hamon. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Music. Also included is a handwritten note.
• Fellowship application for Otis Holley Berry
  An application from Otis Holley Berry, requesting a six-month grant towards completing the work started in voice, French and German, and repertoire, at Fontainebleau School of Music for teachers diploma. This application was submitted in 1937, and the chosen field is Music. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mrs. Berry in 1937.
• Fellowship application for James Berry Brewton
  An application from James Brewton Berry, requesting a one-year grant beginning 1943. the plan of work was to study Brass Ankles of South Carolina. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Berry in 1943, as well as his record of professional career and a handwritten note stating that it was an Interesting project.
• Fellowship application for Frances Hight Berry
  An application from Frances Hight Berry, requesting a one-year grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a M.S.S. degree at Howard University so as to do rehabilitation work among the blind. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Social Work.
• Fellowship application for Edwin Carlos Berry
  An application from Edwin Carlos Berry, requesting a 1-year grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Social Work, while doing original work in developing and refining techniques of Public Education and Social Action, at the School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Pittsburgh under the supervision of Dean Wilbur T. Newsletter. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Social Work. Included is a handwritten note.
• Document Containing 'Vivian Bernard'
  A handwritten note with the name Vivian Bernard, Negro Health, and the year 1942.
• Fellowship application for George Robert Bentley
  An application from George Robert Bentley, requesting a one-year grant beginning August 1947. The plan of work was to write a dissertation on the Freedmen's Bureau, and obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Winconsin while studying under Dr. W.B. Hesseltine. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is History. in addition, there is a handwritten note included.
• Fellowship application for Samuel LeRoy Benskin
  An application from Samuel LeRoy Benskin, requesting a one-year grant beginning from June 1947. The plan of work was the creation of historical music albums that will demonstrate the jazz contribution of the Negro to western culture. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Music-Instumental.
• Document Containing Addendum Concerning William T. Bennett
  A handwritten note towards William T. Bennett relating to Religious Education.
• Fellowship application for Raymond S. Bennett
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Raymond S. Bennett in 1930. The plan of work was to study Social Service at the University of Chicago. The chosen field is Social Science.
• Document Containing Addendum Concerning John Boyce Bennett
  A handwritten note towards John Boyce Bennett relating to Religious Education.
• Fellowship application for Lowell Howard Bennett
  Applications from Lowell Howard Bennett, requesting a one-year grant towards preparing for public service. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Arts degree in the Social sciences, Political Science, Sociology, and Economics, and later study Administrative Law in a law school. The graduate study would be under the supervision of Professor Leonard D. White at the University of Chicago. Mr. Bennett reapplied for another nine-month grant beginning September 1946. These applications were submitted in 1939 and 1946, and the chosen field is Public Administration and Administrative Law. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Bennett across 1939, 1940, and 1946, as well as his record of professional career and handwritten notes.
• Fellowship application for George Henry Bennett
  An application from George Henry Bennett, requesting a one-year grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to study the nature of the student personnel problems faced by five of the leading Negro higher institutions of the Eastern seaboard. This was to obtain a Ph.D. degree at New York University under the supervision of Dr. Robert Hoppock. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Education. Also included are handwritten notes.
• Fellowship application for Carl Douglas Bennett
  An application from Carl Douglas Bennett, requesting a one-year grant beginning September 1947. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Princeton University, alongside private research on Booth Tarkington. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Language and Literature. Also included is a handwritten note.
• Fellowship application for Moses S. Belton
  An application from Moses S. Belton, requesting a one-year grant beginning July 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Arts degree through Columbia University, concentrating in courses dealing with the work of the dean of men on the college level. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Guidance and Personnel.
• Document Containing Addendum Concerning James Edward Belton
  A handwritten note towards James Edward Belton relating to Education.
• Document Containing Addendum Concerning William McNeil Bell
  A handwritten note towards William McNeil Bell relating to Health Education and Public Health Routine.
• Fellowship application for Thomas Henry Bembry
  Applications from Thomas Henry Bembry, requesting a 5-month grant beginning May 1941. The plan of work was to obtain Ph.D. through Columbia University while studying under Dr. Garfield Powell, aimed at the synthesis of compounds possessing marihuana activity with the view of ascertaining the nature of the active psychologically active natural product. Mr. Bembry reapplied for another 5-month grant beginning May 1942. These applications were submitted in 1941 and 1942, and the chosen field is Chemistry. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Bembry in 1941, as well as his record of professional career and handwritten notes: "Elderfield's comments absolutely damn him" and "I guess it worth while to see [illegible]".
• Fellowship application for Thomas Edward Bell
  An application from Thomas Edward Bell, requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to publish a book describing the redemption of a soil-eroded Tennessee farm. The study would take 12 months, and Farrar & Rinehart agreed to publish the work. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Bell, as well as record of professional career and handwritten notes: "[illegible]" and "820 East State St., Murfreesboro, Tenn".
• Fellowship application for Velma Bell
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Velma Bell in 1929. The plan of work was for studies at Beloit College. Also included is a handwritten note: "Bennett College for [illegible]".
• Fellowship application for Thelma Dumas Bell
  An application from Thelma Dumas Bell, requesting a 1-year grant towards surveying and evaluating the food consumption practices among fram facilities in White County, Arkansas. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. at University of Chicago under Dr. Lydia J. Roberts and Dr. Hazel Kyrk. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Nutrition. Also included is a handwritten note: "[illegible] Ph.D. in nutrition by a good-average-student".
• Fellowship application for Jasper Ralph Bell
  An application from Jasper Ralph Bell, requesting a 1-year grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to continue professional study of voice under Richard B. DeYoung and song literature and interpretation under Hans Rosenwald. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Music-Singing. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Bell in 1948.
• Fellowship application for Eleanor Septima Bell
  An application from Eleanor Septima Bell, requesting a 1-year grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was obtaining a Master of Arts degree in French through Columbia University or Middlebury College. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Modern Languages. Also included is a portrait picture of Ms. Bell.
• Fellowship application for Gould Beech
  Application documents from Gould Means Beech, requesting a grant towards a 9-month study at the University of North Carolina in the Department of Sociology and Economics, and an additional 3-month study with the same institution or towards another field work in the South. The application was submitted in 1937, and the chosen field is Journalism. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Beech in 1937, as well as his record of professional career and handwritten notes: "[illegible] Montgomery, Alabama" and "[illegible] Present proposal to simplify 'some more of the same' maybe [illegible]".