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• Application for William Jesse Davis
  A 1940 application document for William Jesse Davis, a Graduate Fellow at Howard University. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study the reaction of the Southern Negro to social, economic, and political pressures as expressed through organizational activities. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. in Social Science at the University of Chicago. The application includes the candidates personal history, educational summary, list of scholarships and fellowships held, a budget estimate, and references.
• Application for Roy Kirklin Davenport
  A 1940 application document for Roy Kirklin Davenport, the Head of the Department of Education and Director of Personnel at South Carolina A. and M. College. The candidate proposed to effect a plan of guidance for students by analyzing entrance exam records and failures in relation to background information. The plan included working toward a Ph.D. at Columbia University. The file details the candidates personal data, education, experience, publications, and references.
• Application for Walter Green Daniel
  A 1940 application document for Walter Green Daniel, a University Librarian and Associate Professor of Education at Howard University. The candidate applied for a fellowship to investigate the reading interests and needs of Negro college freshmen regarding social science materials, working toward a Ph.D. at Teachers College, Columbia University. The document contains the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, list of publications, budget estimate, and references.
• Application for Oreta Adams Curtis
  A 1940 application document for Oreta Adams Curtis, an Instructor of Applied Art at Tuskegee Institute. The candidate requested funding to study interior furnishings and improve arrangements in southern rural homes and low cost housing. The plan involved working toward a Master of Arts degree at Columbia University. The application details the candidates personal data, educational history, teaching experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for Jeanne Muriel Curtis
  A 1940 application document for Jeanne Muriel Curtis, a student at Teachers College, Columbia University. The candidate applied for a fellowship to secure a Master of Education degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, focusing on psychology, measurement, and research. The file includes the candidates personal history, educational background, list of accomplishments including Phi Beta Kappa membership, a budget estimate, and references.
• Application for C. R. A. Cunningham
  A 1940 application document for C. R. A. Cunningham, an Associate Professor of Biology and Animal Husbandry at the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina. The candidate requested a grant to pursue a major study in bacteriology with minors in zoology and plant pathology, specifically investigating dairy bacteriology, while working toward a Ph.D. at Iowa State College. The document contains the candidates personal data, educational summary, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Samuel Albert Countee
  A 1940 application document for Samuel Albert Countee, an artist based in Boston. The candidate applied for a fellowship to complete studies in Fine Arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, with the intention of returning to Texas to teach art at Bishop College. The application includes the candidates personal history, educational background, work experience, list of scholarships held, and references.
• Application for Esther Victoria Cooper
  A 1940 application document for Esther Victoria Cooper, a graduate student at Fisk University. The candidate proposed a study of Negro women in the clothing industry in relation to trade unionism, aiming to understand the role of the Negro woman worker in society. The plan included studying toward a Ph.D. in Economics at Columbia University. The file details the candidates personal data, educational history, research experience, scholarship record, and includes a list of references.
• Application for Gerald Thomas Cook
  A 1940 application document for Gerald Thomas Cook, a student residing in Chicago. The candidate applied for a fellowship to pursue an arts course with special emphasis on music courses such as harmony, counterpoint, composition, and orchestration, working toward a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard University. The document includes the candidates personal history, educational summary, list of accomplishments including published compositions, a budget estimate, and references.
• Application for Eunice Cowen Colley
  A 1940 application document for Eunice Cowen Colley, who was unemployed at the time of application. The candidate requested funding to conduct an occupational survey of white and Negro businesses to form a basis for curriculum construction in Negro business education. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. in Commercial Education at the University of Southern California. The file contains the candidates personal data, educational background, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Virgil Alfred Clift
  A 1940 application document for Virgil Alfred Clift, an Instructor of Education, French, and English at Rust College. The candidate applied for a fellowship to work toward a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and to conduct a comparative study of Negro students in accredited Negro colleges versus those in white accredited colleges. The document contains their personal history, educational background, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Marcus Bruce Christian
  A 1940 application document for Marcus Bruce Christian, the Supervisor of the Dillard University History Group for the Louisiana Writers Project. The candidate requested funding to write a biography of Henry Clay Warmoth, the Republican Governor of Louisiana from 1868 to 1872, utilizing new material and documentation. The file includes their personal data, experience and supervisor, list of publications, and references.
• Application for Walter Richard Chivers
  A 1940 application document for Walter Richard Chivers, a Professor of Sociology at Morehouse College. The candidate applied for a fellowship to write a textbook on the social and vocational problems of southern Negroes, intended for high school students and non school groups. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at New York University. The application details their personal history, education, professional experience, publications, and references.
• Application for James William Butcher, Jr.
  A 1940 application document for James William Butcher, Jr., an Instructor in English at Howard University. The candidate applied for a fellowship to spend one year at New York University developing a plan for a department of drama suitable for adoption at a large Negro college, while working toward a Master of Arts degree. The document contains their personal history, educational summary, experience in theater, and a list of references.
• Application for Rose Louise Burge
  A 1940 application document for Rose Louise Burge, the Director of Music and Assistant Professor of Voice at A. M. and N. State College in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The candidate requested funding to pursue a Master of Science degree with a major in singing and selected academic subjects at the Institute of Musical Art of the Juilliard School of Music. The file includes their personal data, educational background at Howard University and Juilliard, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Vincent J. Browne
  A 1940 application document for Vincent J. Browne. The candidate applied for a fellowship to make a study of the budget process on the level of the national government, focusing on the budget as an instrument of democratic control, while working toward a Ph.D at Harvard University. The file includes their personal data, educational background, research experience, publications, and a list of references.
• Application for Willa B. Brown
  A 1940 application document for Willa B. Brown, a Teacher of Aviation Subjects for the WPA Adult Education Program in Chicago. The candidate applied for a fellowship to continue aviation studies and wishes to attend the Aeronautical University and Coffey Flying School to obtain flight and ground school instructor ratings. The application details their personal history, education, aviation experience and accomplishments, and includes a list of references.
• Application for Samuel Brown
  A 1940 application document for Samuel Brown, a Teacher of Music at Thomas Jefferson High School in Los Angeles. The candidate requested funding to pursue a Ph.D. degree with a major in music and a minor in education at the University of Southern California, with a dissertation requirement met by an orchestral composition. The document includes their personal data, educational summary, experience as an organist and choral director, and a list of references.
• Application for Florence R. Beatty Brown
  A 1940 application document for Florence R. Beatty Brown, an Instructor at State College in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The candidate applied for a fellowship to pursue studies in the fundamental problems of contemporary sociology, working toward a Ph.D. at Columbia University. The file details their personal history, educational background at Fisk and the University of Illinois, professional experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for William Madison Boyd
  A 1940 application document for William Madison Boyd, a graduate student at the University of Michigan. The candidate requested a grant to determine and analyze the criteria set by the United States government for terminating American sovereignty over the Philippines, working toward a Ph.D. in Political Science. The application includes their personal data, educational history, teaching experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Marcus Hanna Boulware
  A 1940 application document for Marcus Hanna Boulware, an Instructor in English and Director of Dramatics at State Teachers College in Montgomery, Alabama. The candidate requested funding to write a speech arts project textbook for students in Negro teacher training institutions, while working toward a Ph.D. at Ohio State University. The file includes their personal data, education, experience, and references.
• Application for Elwood Bernard Boone
  A 1940 application document for Elwood Bernard Boone, the Assistant Dean of Men at Virginia State College for Negroes. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study the health conditions of the Negro slave in Virginia from 1850 to 1865, intending to work toward a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. The application includes their personal history, educational summary, a list of references, and budget details.
• Application for John Percy Bond, Jr.
  A 1940 application document for John Percy Bond, Jr., the State Supervisor of the Division of Negro Affairs for the National Youth Administration in North Carolina. The candidate proposed a study of the reactions on society of environment as it affects the occupational pattern and employment of Negro youth in North Carolina. The file contains their personal data, educational history, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Henry W. Bannarn
  A 1940 application document for Henry W. Bannarn, a sculptor and art instructor. The candidate applied for a fellowship to finish a series of portraits in sculpture of Negro characters who have contributed to American history. The document details their personal history, including apprenticeships and work with the Federal Art Projects, and includes a list of references.
• Application for Lloyd Harding Bailer
  A 1940 application document for Lloyd Harding Bailer, a teacher at the Moore School for Boys in Detroit. The candidate requested funding to complete remaining requirements for a doctoral dissertation in economics and work on The Negro in the Detroit Labor Market at the University of Michigan. The file includes their personal data, educational background, professional experience, and a list of references.