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Title
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Fellowship Application, Chess Abernathy Jr., 1939-1947
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Description
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Correspondence between Chess Abernathy and Rosenwald Fund staff, including William C. Haygood, George M. Reynolds, Margaret L. Utley, Edwin R. Embree, and Dorothy A. Elvidge. This comprehensive file documents the entire fellowship history of Chess Abernathy, beginning with his 1938 request for an application and the subsequent submission of his plan to study U.S.-Latin American relations. The file details the strong support for his application through recommendation letters from R.L. Vansant, Russell Grove, Raymond Nixon, James Pope, and W.L. Downs, leading to the official Statement of Offer for a 2,500 dollar grant. A significant portion of the record covers the planning and execution of his study trip to South America, including extensive correspondence about his itinerary, study plans, payment schedules, and multiple payment vouchers. The file is rich with post-fellowship materials that showcase the project's impact, including numerous articles Abernathy wrote on his travels in Brazil and South America, the cotton industry, foreign policy, and the growing threat of Nazi Germany, as well as a transcript of his speech titled, South America, Danger Spot of the Western Hemisphere. The collection also documents his later career as Alumni Secretary at Emory University, from which he corresponded with the Fund to recommend future fellowship candidates.
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Identifier
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fisk_rf_ff_fgr_388_00001
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Historical Demographic Term
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White Southerner
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Field of Study or Work
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Journalisim
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Subject
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Julius Rosenwald Fund, 20th century—History, African American history, Embree, Edwin R. (Edwin Rogers), 1883-1950, Elvidge, Dorothy A., 1906-1994, Haygood, William Converse, 1910-1985, Shea, Edmund Burke, 1892-1969, White, Goodrich C. (Goodrich Cook), 1889-1979, Carter, A. C. R. (Albert Charles Robinson), 1864-1957, Grove, Russell S. (Russell Sinclair), 1902-1990, Nixon, Raymond B. (Raymond Blalock), 1903-, Pope, James S. (James Soule), 1900-1985, Burke, James, 1915-1964, Reynolds, George M. (George Millar), 1910-2005, McGill, Ralph Emerson, 1898-1969, Sibley, Samuel Hale, 1873-1958, Cox, Harvey Warren, 1875-1944, Whitaker, Robert F. (Robert Fleming), 1904-, Abernathy, Chess, 1915-1993,
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Extent
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197 pages
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Language
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eng
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Date
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1939/1947
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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 388, 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 Granted
