Application from Daniel Thomas Skinner
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Title
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Application from Daniel Thomas Skinner
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Description
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An application from Daniel Thomas Skinner, requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to study the Louisiana Gombo Dialect and the Negroes who speak it, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Harvard University under Professor J.M. Ford. Mr. Skinner reapplied for another grant beginning September 1947 towards studying the French Canadian Poet-Statesman Louis Frechette, while under Dr. Marcel Frangon.Mr. Skinner reapplied for another grant beginning September 1948 towards doing field work at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. These applications were submitted in 1942, 1947, and 1948, and the chosen fields are Linguistics and Language and Literature. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Skinner in 1947, as well as handwritten notes: good record - but not [illegible] I wasn't for him last year and I'm not now, Brilliant student. IBK and Magna Cum Laude at Harvard. Strong letters. He is very young [illegible], and An unusually brilliant young man. I rated him A three years ago and put him there now [illegible].
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Identifier
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fisk_rf_ff_fge_379_8_00001
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Historical Demographic Term
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Negro
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Subject
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Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th Century—History, African American history, Skinner, Daniel Thomas, 1916-2008,
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Extent
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7 pages
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Language
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eng
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Date
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1939/1948
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Format
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pdf
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Type
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Text
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Source
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Box 379, Julius Rosenwald Fund Archives, 1917-1948, John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library.
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Publisher
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John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library.
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Rights
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Fisk University John Hope and Aurelia E. Franklin Library reasonably believe that the items made available in our digital collections are not restricted by copyright or related rights. However, these materials are publicly accessible, some restrictions on further use may still apply. Permitted uses for those items are limited to research, educational, and scholarly purposes under U.S. Copyright Law Title 17, §108 U.S.C. Besides educational uses, you need to obtain permission from Fisk University Franklin Library. Please contact archives@fisk.edu.
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Fellowship Fund Section
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Fellowship General
