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• Fellowship Application of Elsie Mae Lewis
  An application from Elsie Mae Lewis for a fellowship in Southern History. Ms. Lewis was a Graduate student at the time of this application. Her plan of work was to present a critical analysis of the Political History of Arkansas, 18501860, an analysis of the Populist Movement in Arkansas, and the role the farmers of Arkansas played in the farm revolt. The grant was sought from Summer 1945 through Summer 1946 . The History training would be conducted under the supervision of Professor Avery O. Craven at the University of Chicago.
• Fellowship Application of Robert Caldwell Lasseter, Jr.
  An application from Robert Caldwell Lasseter, Jr. for a fellowship in Race Relations. Mr. Lasseter was an Editor for the Rutherford Courier at the time of this application. His plan of work was to survey and study The Southern Press and Race Relations and to write a monograph on the subject. The grant was sought from 1945 through 1946 .
• Fellowship Application of Pearl L. Byrd Larsen
  An application from Pearl L. Byrd Larsen for a fellowship in Elementary Education. Ms. Larsen was a Supervisor of Elementary Education for the Department of the Interior at the time of this application, and eventually she became the Superintendent of Education of St. Crow. Her plan of work was to reorganize the curriculum from 1922 and write a Course of Study for Grades 16 with the cooperation of teachers and community leaders. The grant was sought from 1945 through 1947 . The training in Elementary Education would probably be done under the supervision of Professor Roma Gans at Columbia University, N.Y.C.
• Fellowship Application of Moses Carl Holman
  An application from Moses Carl Holman for a fellowship in Creative Writing. Mr. Holman was an Instructor at Hampton Institutes Communications Center at the time of this application. His plan of work was to complete stories, poems, and plays which were in rough drafts at the time and to gather additional materials of contemporary life in the Midwest. The grant was sought from September 1945 through September 1946 .
• Fellowship Application of James Lewis Henderson
  An application from James Lewis Henderson for a fellowship in Economics. Mr. Henderson was a Regional Information Specialist for Farm Security Adm., U.S.D.A. at the time of this application. His plan of work was to study the Exploitation of lowincome farmers and to write a booklength manuscript to expose those forces that exploit the Souths common man in Agriculture and rob him of the benefits of democratic processes, then publish it. The grant was sought from April 1945 through April 1946 .
• Fellowship Application of Wayland Jackson Hayes
  An application from Wayland Jackson Hayes for a fellowship in Sociology. Mr. Hayes was a Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University at the time of this application. The grant was sought from September 1945 through September 1946 .
• Fellowship Application of Robert Harris
  An application from Robert Harris for a fellowship in Music. Mr. Harris was a Concert pianist and Teacher at the time of this application. His plan of work was to do intensive piano study technique, interpretation, style, and repertoire building. The grant was sought from June 1945 through June 1946 .
• Fellowship Application of Abram Lincoln Harris
  An application from Abram Lincoln Harris for a fellowship in Economics. Mr. Harris was a Professor of Economics at Howard University at the time of this application. His plan of work was to complete a book, Ideology and Economy, that would summarize the results of research carried out for the past 78 years. The grant was sought from June 1945 through January 1946. Also included are a document listing the publications Mr. Harris published from 1931 through 1943 and a breakdown of his budget estimate.
• Fellowship Application of Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick
  An application from Elizabeth Bruce Hardwick for a fellowship in Fiction. Her plan of work was to write a novel about two soldiers set in Central Kentucky, an eccentric veteran from the last war and a younger brother just released after service in the present war, who despises his older veteran brother. The grant was sought from 1945 through 1946 .
• Fellowship Application of Richard Sylvester Hamme
  An application from Richard Sylvester Hamme for a fellowship in Labor. Mr. Hamme was the Chairman of the New England Regional Council, U.T.S.E.A.C.I.O., as well as the General Chairman of the New YorkNew Haven + Hartford Adjustment Board at the time of this application. His plan of work was to study the economics of the railway industry and to improve his ability as an Administrator in labor relations. The grant was sought from 1945 through 1946 . The training in Business Administration would be done under the supervision of Dr. Sumner H. Slichter in the Trade Union Fellowship Project at Harvard University.
• Fellowship Application of Charles Dean Dixon
  An application from Charles Dean Dixon for a fellowship in Symphony Conducting. Mr. Dixon was a Private music teacher at the time of this application. His plan of work was to develop and guide the American Youth Orchestra . Also included is a portrait of Mr. Dixon.
• Fellowship Application of Carroll Fleming Cumbee
  An application from Ms. Carroll Fleming Cumbee for a fellowship in teacher education with emphasis on child growth and development. Ms. Cumbee was a research associate at the Bureau of Educational Research in the College of Education at the time, and her plan of work was to study the age levels at which racial prejudice appears by examining a Southern Negro school, a Southern White school, and a Northern school. The grant was requested from June 1945 through June 1946, with training in human development under the supervision of Dr. Robert J. Havighurst at the University of Chicago.
• Fellowship Application of Eldzier Cortor
  An application from Eldzier Cortor for a fellowship in Art Painting. His plan of work was to complete a series of paintings that reveal characteristic aspects of the life of the Sea Island folk. The grant was sought from 1945 through 1946. Also included is Mr. Cortor breakdown of his budget estimate.
• Fellowship Application of Edna Catherine Cooper
  An application from Edna Catherine Cooper for a fellowship in Sociology. Ms. Cooper was a Graduate student and Junior research assistant for the Institute for Research in Social Science at the time of this application. Her plan of work was to inquire into the nature and range of Southern distinction outside the Southeast, why selected leaders emigrated, their attitudes toward their region and race problem, and suggestions for the future of the South to be completed by August 31. The grant was sought from September 1945 through September 1946. The training in Sociology would be done under the supervision of Mr. Howard W. Odum at the University of North Carolina.
• Fellowship Application of Janet Fay Collins
  An application from Janet Fay Collins for a fellowship in Concert Dancing. Ms. Collins was a Portrait painter at the time of this application. The grant was sought from 1945 through 1947. Also included is a document where Ms. Collins listed the creative works she had been involved in.
• Fellowship Application of Nancy Evelyn Brandon
  An application from Ms. Nancy Evelyn Brandon for a fellowship in human growth and development. Her plan of work was to conduct a study titled An Investigation of Possible Changes in Personal Social Adjustment Among School Children after Three Months of Participation in Activities Designed to Change Their Conception of the Role of the Teacher and to obtain a PhD degree at the University of Chicago. The grant was requested from September 1945 through September 1946, with training to be carried out under the supervision of Dr. Robert Havighurst, Dr. Helen Koch, or Dr. Allison Davis at the University of Chicago.
• Fellowship application of John Harrison Becker, Jr.
  An application from John Harrison Becker, Jr. for a fellowship in Race Relations Field Work. His plan of work was to work with the American Council on Race Relations and the CIO National Committee to Abolish Racial Discrimination to gain a basic understanding of methods of handling race relations problems.
• Fellowship Application of Belle Boone Beard
  An application from Belle Boone Beard for a fellowship in Sociology. Ms. Beard was a Professor of Sociology at Sweet Briar College at the time of this application. Her plan of work was to discover and test sociological materials for the training of professional personnel, which would lead to experimentation and the integration of such materials. The grant was sought from June 1945 through June 1946.
• Fellowship Application of Charles Everett Sebree
  An application from Charles Everett Sebree for a fellowship in Painting. Mr. Sebree was a Freelance illustrator and Costume designer at the time of this application. His plan of work was to paint a series of twenty illustrations for the poems of American Negro poets, oil and tempra. The grant was sought from June 1945 through June 1946.
• Fellowship Application of Winifred Mason
  An application from Winifred Mason for a fellowship in Jewelry. Mr. Mason was a Designer and Metal worker Jewelry with his own business at the time of this application. His plan of work was to gather material and basic art patterns used by the West Indian Negro and express them in jewelry. The grant was sought from Spring 1945 through Spring 1946. Also included is a document detailing Mr. Mason plan of work under the fellowship.
• Fellowship Application of Ralph Waldo Ellison
  An application from Ralph Waldo Ellison for a fellowship in Writing. Mr. Ellison was a Freelance writer at the time of this application. His plan of work was to write a full length novel, intended as an imaginative probing of the kind of democratic relationship necessary for a highly conscious Negro to function with White men and to exercise the fullest potential of his humanity at the same time. The grant was sought from September 1944 through September 1945. Also included is a list of works Mr. Ellison had published from 1937 through 1945.
• Fellowship application of Woodrow Wilson Crumbo
  An application from Woodrow Wilson Crumbo for a fellowship in American Indian ArtPainting. Mr. Crumbo worked at the Tooling Division of Douglas Aircraft at the time of this application. His plan of work was to paint pictures that depict the art, music, religion, ceremonials, etc. of American Indian authentically as possible, and to have them exhibited nationally and internationally. The grant was sought from September 1945.
• Fellowship Application of Frances Leo Chandler
  An application from Mr. Frances Leo Chandler for a fellowship in commercial illustration. Mr. Chandler was working as a freelance artist at the time, and his plan of work was to fund tuition and related expenses at Pratt Institute for a complete course in illustration. The grant was requested for the period from 1945 through 1947, with training to be carried out under the supervision of Mr. Boudreau at Pratt Institute.
• Fellowship Application of Alice Elizabeth Catlett
  An application from Ms. Alice Elizabeth Catlett for a fellowship in painting and sculpture. Ms. Catlett was an administrative assistant and art instructor at the Carver School in New York City at the time, and her plan of work was to produce a series of lithographs, paintings, and sculptures on the role of the Negro woman in the fight for democratic rights in American history. The work was intended for exhibition in Southern colleges, with some pieces to be distributed to schools by the Rosenwald Fund. The grant was requested from June 1945 through June 1946. The file also includes a document listing awards received, collections made, and exhibitions in which Ms. Catlett participated from 1935 through 1944.
• Fellowship Application of Conrad Alfred Albrizio
  An application from Mr. Conrad Alfred Albrizio for a fellowship in easel painting. Mr. Albrizio was a drawing and painting instructor at Louisiana State University at the time, and his plan of work was to produce creative paintings in oil and mixed media, including oil and tempera. The grant was requested beginning in June 1945 for an indefinite period.