Letter Regarding Signing Awards List Sent to Charles S. Johnson

Item

Title
Letter Regarding Signing Awards List Sent to Charles S. Johnson
Description
A letter sent to Dr. Charles S. Johnson from Mrs. Ruby F. Lane on May 8, 1947 requesting his signature to approve an enclosed list of fellows awarded in 1947. The letter was also sent to Mr. Edwin R. Embree, Mr. Will W. Alexander, Mr. Arna Bontemps, Mr. Gould Beech, Mr. Charles H. Thompson, and Mr. Robert C. Weaver. Negro candidates include Mr. Clyde Ruffin Dillard, Mr. Frank Harriott, Mr. Robert E. Hayden, Mr. Edward Warner Brice, and others. White Southern candidates include Mr. Martin Lionel Dibner, Mr. Thomas Hal Phillips, Mr. Lloyd P. Williams, Mr. James Allen Tower, Mr. Thomas O. Zuber, and others.
Identifier
fisk_rf_ff_fge_387_2_00005
Subject
Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th Century—History, African American history, Bennett, Lowell Howard, 1913-, Boromé, Joseph Alfred, 1919-2002, Granville, Evelyn Boyd, 1924-2023, Clark, Louis P. (Louis Phillip), 1913-2007, Hayden, Robert Earl, 1913-1980, O'Higgins, Myron, 1918-, Rhaney, Mahlon Clifton, 1916-, Yerby, Alonzo Smythe, 1921-1944, Jackson, Blyden, 1910-2000, Haygood, William Converse, 1910-1985, Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950, Alexander, Will Winton, 1884-1956, Bontemps, Arna Wendell, 1902-1973, Thompson, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1895-1980, Weaver, Robert C. (Robert Clifton), 1907-1997, Johnson, Charles Spurgeon, 1893-1956, Beech, Gould, 1913-2000, Artis, William Ellisworth, 1914-1977, Burge, R. Louise, 1908-1986, Edwards, Gilbert Franklin, 1915-1995, Hamilton, Grace Towns, 1907-1992, James, Ullmont Lenhardt , 1914-1998, Kay, Ulysses Simpson, 1917-1995, Weddington, Rachel Thomas, 1917-, Burford, Byron Leslie, 1920-2011, Griffin, John A. (John Ansley), 1912-1997, Phillips, Thomas Hal, 1922-2007, Sancton, Thomas, Sr., 1915-2012, Stoney, George Cashel, 1916-2012, Sutker, Solomon, 1918-2000, Prothro, James Warren, 1922-1986, Tower, James Allen, 1905-1961, Skinner, Daniel T. (Daniel Thomas), 1916-2008,
Extent
2 pages
Language
eng
Date
1947
Format
pdf
Type
Text
Source
Lists, Box 387, 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