Fellowship application for Thomas Henry Bembry

Item

Title
Fellowship application for Thomas Henry Bembry
Description
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]".
Identifier
fisk_rf_ff_fge_375_1_00018
Historical Demographic Term
Negro
Subject
Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th Century—History, African American history, Bembry, Thomas Henry, 1907-,
Extent
8 pages
Language
eng
Date
1939/1942
Format
pdf
Type
Text
Source
Box 375, Julius Rosenwald Fund Archives, 1917-1948, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library.
Publisher
John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library.
Rights
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Fellowship Fund Section
Fellowship General
Item sets
Fellowship Fund