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• Application for Frank Marshall Davis
  An application document for Frank Marshall Davis. The candidate applied for a fellowship to complete a book of poems, an anthology of Negro verse, and a novel length satire. The document outlines their personal history, including their personal data, educational background, and details of their literary accomplishments.
• Application for Edwin Adams Davis
  An application for Edwin Adams Davis, an Archivist and Assistant Professor of History at Louisiana State University. The candidate applied for a fellowship to edit the twelve volume diary of William T. Johnson, a free Negro who lived in Natchez, Mississippi, from 1830 to 1851. The project involved preparing the diary for publication with footnotes, a bibliography, and an introduction outlining Johnsons life. The application includes their personal data, professional details, and a list of references.
• Application for Charles Twitchell Davis
  An application file for Charles Twitchell Davis, a student in American Culture at the University of Chicago. He submitted a fellowship application and a renewal request. He planned to study the literature of the Negro Renaissance, aiming to combine analytical criticism with cultural history while working toward a Ph.D. The file includes his personal data, a plan of work, budget estimates for the renewal, and a list of references.
• Application for Alonzo Joseph Davis
  An application document for Alonzo Joseph Davis, the Head of the Psychology Department and Secretary of Labor at Tuskegee Institute. The candidate requested funding for an experimental investigation into the factors influencing mechanical ability. His plan involved establishing norms for mechanical ability among Negroes and comparing them with existing norms for whites. The file contains his personal data, details of his education and experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Allison Davis
  Application for Allison Davis, Professor of Anthropology and Head of the Division of Social Studies at Dillard University. They sought funding to complete work for a Doctor of Philosophy degree in anthropology at either the University of Chicago or Harvard University. The file contains their personal data, details of their dependents, and a list of references.
• Application for Marion Vera Cuthbert
  An application document for Marion Vera Cuthbert, a Secretary on the Department of Study staff of the National Board of the Y.W.C.A., who applied for a fellowship. Her plan was to collect and arrange materials on Higher Education and to work toward a Ph.D. at Teachers College, Columbia University. The application includes her professional details, salary information, and a list of references.
• Application for Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell
  An application document for Adelaide McGuinn Cromwell, a graduate student in sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, who applied for a fellowship in 1941 to study the Negro woman in borderline, northern, and southern cities. Her plan included examining the roles of women as mothers, workers, and community participants. The file notes a change in her plans to attend Bryn Mawr College and includes her personal data, educational history, and references.
• Application from Robert Crawford Cotner
  Application for Robert Crawford Cotner, a Professor of History and Political Science and Dean of Men at John B. Stetson University, who requested a grant to complete research on A History of the Florida Citrus Industry. He intended to work under the supervision of faculty at Harvard University. The document includes his personal data, details of his academic and professional background, and a list of references.
• Application for Melville Fort Corbett
  An application for Melville Fort Corbett, a Research Assistant at the Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina, was applied for a fellowship in 1941. Her proposed project, Southern Levels of Life, was a descriptive study of groups and classes in the Southeast aimed at analyzing socio economic standards. The file includes her personal data, a detailed plan of work, and a list of references.
• Application for Lewis Campbell Copeland
  Application from Lewis Campbell Copeland, a Research Assistant in Chicago. The applicant applied for a fellowship to conduct a social anthropological analysis of Negro white relations in Durham, North Carolina. His study aimed to emphasize the influence of race on social structure and the functional relations of classes within racial groups. The application provides his personal data, educational history, and a list of references.
• Application for Anna Margaret Cooke
  This file contains an application and a 1939 renewal request for Anna Margaret Cooke, the Director of Dramatics at Spelman College. She sought funding to pursue graduate work in drama at Yale University’s School of Fine Arts to further develop a School of the Theatre at Atlanta University. The documents include her personal data, educational background, budget summaries, and reference lists.
• Application for Edward Tarleton Collier
  An application document for Edward Tarleton Collier, an independent writer. He applied for a fellowship to complete a documentary novel of the South, exploring the impact of the regions unique economic and social conditions on peoples lives. The document includes his personal history, educational background, professional experience, a budget estimate, and a list of references.
• Application for Robert Coleman Jr.
  An application document for Robert Coleman Jr., an Instructor of Physics at Wilberforce University. He requested funding to do intensive work on his doctoral dissertation and further study in certain areas of Mathematics and Education at Columbia University. The file contains his personal data, details of his education and experience, a budget estimate, and a list of references.
• Application for William Montague Cobb
  An application document for William Montague Cobb, an Associate Professor of Anatomy at Howard University. He applied for a fellowship to prepare standards and an atlas of age changes in the human skeleton, covering the span of adult life with special reference to variations related to sex and race. The application includes his personal history, educational background, professional experience, a budget estimate, and a list of references.
• Plans for Work for W. W. Schieffelin Claytor
  A Plans for Work document submitted by W. W. Schieffelin Claytor for the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. It details his proposed research on the solution of problems concerning conditions characterizing point sets which are topologically embeddable in a given two dimensional manifold. The document also expresses his desire to continue scientific studies at the University of Moscow under Professor Paul Alexandroff.
• Application Review for Dr. William Waldron Schieffelin Claytor
  A document summarizing the application of Dr. William Waldron Schieffelin Claytor, a post doctoral student at the University of Michigan. The summary outlines his plan to investigate general problems of topological embedding and includes notes on his previous study, research, and a strong recommendation from Professor S. Lefschetz regarding a paper presented at the American Mathematical Society.
• Application for Mamie Katherine Phipps Clark
  An application and a renewal application for Mamie Katherine Phipps Clark. She requested funding to investigate early levels in the development of consciousness of self in Negro children and to complete residence requirements for a Ph.D. in Psychology at Columbia University. The documents contain her personal data, educational summary, budget estimates, and lists of references.
• Application for Kenneth Bancroft Clark
  An application document for Kenneth Bancroft Clark, a Research Psychologist for the Carnegie Corporation. He applied for a fellowship to investigate early levels in the development of consciousness of self in Negro children, with special reference to the emergence of racial awareness. The file includes his personal history, educational background, professional experience, and references.
• Application for Miss Vera Adrienne Chandler
  An application document for Miss Vera Adrienne Chandler, Secretary to the President at Virginia State College for Negroes on leave. She applied for a fellowship to make a study of the normal Negro child, intending to work toward a Ph.D. in Sociology and Child Welfare at the University of Minnesota. The application details her personal history, education, experience, budget estimate, and references.
• Application for Jeremiah Certaine
  An application file for Jeremiah Certaine, a graduate student at Temple University and later Harvard University. The file covers an application and a renewal request to continue advanced studies in mathematics leading to a doctorate. The documents include his personal data, educational background, budget estimates for both years, and references.
• Scholarship Application for Wirt Armistead Cate
  A scholarship application for Wirt Armistead Cate, an author. He sought support to edit two manuscript diaries recording Shermans Atlanta campaign from opposing viewpoints and to do further work on an edition of the unpublished letters and papers of Lucius Q. C. Lamar. The application includes his personal history, educational summary, a list of publications, and references.
• Application for Robert Lee Carter
  An application document for Robert Lee Carter, a student at the School of Law, Howard University. He applied for a fellowship to study the increasing constitutional protection of civil liberties for American Negroes, specifically under the 1st and 14th Amendments. The file includes his personal data, his plan to study at Columbia University, and references, including William H. Hastie and James M. Nabrit.
• Application for Albert Edwin Carter
  An application document for Albert Edwin Carter, the Sunday Editor and foreign affairs writer for The Chattanooga Times. He applied for a fellowship to conduct a nine month study across 20 Latin American nations, focusing on the economic and ideological drives of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The application details his professional experience, including a previous trip to Central America, and includes a list of references.
• Scholarship Application for Richard Allen Carroll
  A scholarship application for Richard Allen Carroll, an Instructor of English at Arkansas State College. He sought support to complete residence requirements for a Ph.D. in English at the University of Michigan and to select and begin work on a research problem. The document includes his personal history, educational summary, and references from the University of Michigan and Johnson C. Smith University.
• Application for David Wadsworth Cannon, Jr.
  An application document for David Wadsworth Cannon, Jr., a graduate student. He requested funding to make a comprehensive evaluation and functional survey of student personnel policies and practices in selected Negro Colleges. The file contains his personal history, educational background, a list of research papers and creative work, including poems, and details of his memberships in various academic societies.