Granted application for Richard W. Dempsey

Title: Granted application for Richard W. Dempsey
Description: A 1946 fellowship application for Richard W. Dempsey, an engineering draftsman with the Federal Power Commission, granted one thousand five hundred dollars to create a series of paintings. The project focused on interpreting the life of the Negro in government and industry. The file notes his background as a largely self-taught artist and lists references.
Identifier: fisk_rf_ff_fge_376_4_00039
Demographic: Negro
Subject: Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th Century—History, African American history, Dempsey, Richard W., 1909-1987,
Extent: 7 pages
Language: eng
Date: 1940/1948
Format: pdf
Type: Text
Source: Box 376, Julius Rosenwald Fund Archives, 1917-1948, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library.
Publisher: John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library.
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Fellowship Fund Section: Fellowship General