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Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Application, and Fellowship Reappointment for James Pipes Register An application from James Pipes Register, requesting a grant beginning May 1944. The plan of work was to do a thorough investigation of being Negro as a workman on Mississippi River Levee System. Mr. Register reapplied for another grant beginning May 1945. These applications were submitted in 1944 and 1945, and the chosen fields are Creative Writing and History. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Register in 1944, as well as a handwritten note: Not interested in this man again. We have nothing to base any judgement on as to what he has done or can do further.
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Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Elizabeth Walker Reeves An application from Elizabeth Walker Reeves, requesting a grant beginning July 1948. The plan of work was to prepare for introduction of a course of study at Howard University in the teaching of Speech, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in the Department of Speech at Columbia University under the supervision of Dr. Magdalene E. Kramer. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Speech. Included is a handwritten note: Interesting. But I don't see likelihood of producing much more than a PhD.
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Written Addendum for William Thomas Reed A handwritten note towards William Thomas Reed relating to Education: I rated him C last year and he's one year older - with nothing else to add to his former qualifiications.
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Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Joycelyn Bertrice Reed An application from Joycelyn Bertrice Reed, requesting a grant beginning June 1945. The plan of work was to obtain a Master's degree in Social Work - emphasis on Psychiatry in preparation to work among Negroes in the South - at Smith College School for Social Work under the supervision of Florence R. Day [Director]. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is Social Service. Included is a handwritten note: A promising girl but [illegible].
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Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Jesse A. Reed, Jr. An application from Jesse A. Reed, Jr., requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to do a thesis The Labor Policies of the States, A Study of State Legislation and Court Decisions Pertaining to organized Labor and to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Public Administration at Northwestern University under the supervision of Dr. Rollin Posey. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Politician Science. Included is a handwritten note: Nothing above good [illegible].
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Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Application, and Fellowship Reappointment from George Warren Reed, Jr. An application from George Warren Reed, Jr., requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Physical-organic Chemistry - emphasis on Nuclear Chemisty correlated with and applied to Organic Chemistry - at the University of Chicago. Mr. Reed reapplied for another grant beginning June 1948. These applications were submitted in 1946 and 1948, and the chosen field is Chemistry. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Reed in 1946, as well as handwritten notes: Young, sound, maybe brilliant. Top references [illegible] and Neither of his professors at Chicago seem all out. I see no call to give him a sound grant [He had one in 1946-47].
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Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Margaret Reed An application from Margaret Reed, requesting a grant beginning July 1945. The plan of work was to study and outline materials and methods to give inservice and preservice teachers a broad background of knowledge - especially on principles healthy living is based - and to obtain either an Ed.D. degree at the University of Michigan or a Ph.D. degree at Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note: Good person, but no evidence of distinction [illegible].
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Fellowship Application, Record of Fellowships Granted, and Written Addendum for Dorothy Margarette Reed An application from Dorothy Margarette Reed, requesting a grant beginning October 1944. The plan of work was to do postgraduate work in the field of Orthodontics at Columbia University under Professor L.M. Waugh. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Dentistry. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ms. Reed in 1944, as well as a handwritten note: Certainly a good top record in her professional dentistry course [illegible].
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Written Addendums and Fellowship Application from Bernice Anita Reed An application from Bernice Anita Reed, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to conduct a study of the Nature of Accomodation experienced by Mexican, Caucasian, and Negro Americans in a specific industrial plant in Chicago. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included are handwritten notes: Just another teacher wanting an MA at Columbia and Top letter from Frazier. Seems top candidate [illegible].
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Record of Fellowships Granted, Career Since Tenure of Fellowship, Written Addendums, and Fellowship Application from Jacob Lorenzo Reddix An application from Jacob Lorenzo Reddix, requesting a grant towards doing a study Possibilities of Cooperative Societies Among Negroes at the University of Chicago, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree under Dr. Paul H. Douglas. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Economics. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Ms. Reddix across 1939 and 1940, as well as a record of professional career and handwritten notes: Top man in Negro coops. Excellent personality - clearly a leader [illegible] and I'm for giving this man anything he wants [illegible].
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Fellowship Application from Mary Logan Reddick An application from Mary Logan Reddick, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to study the behavior of the Central Nervous System in chorio-allantoic grafts, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Radcliffe College under the supervision of Dr. Leigh Hoadley. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Biology.
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Record of Fellowships Granted, Career Since Tenure of Fellowship, List of Publications, Written Addendums, and Fellowship Application from Lawrence Dunbar Reddick An application from Lawrence Dunbar Reddick, requesting a grant towards studying the description and measurement of news and opinion relative to the Negro which appeared in the ante-bellum New Orleans press. Mr. Reddick reapplied for another 8-month grant beginning May 1945 towards collecting and editing the writings of Frederick Douglass. These applications were submitted in 1939 and 1945, and the chosen field is History. Included are memoranda summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Ramsey across 1939 and 1945, as well as a record of professional career and handwritten notes: Top man. [illegible] of the best of the younger faculty gathered at Dillard [illegible] and Top man. He should have anything he wants that is reasonable.
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Written Addendums and Fellowship Application from Jay Saunders Redding An application from Jay Saunders Redding, requesting a grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to obtain a Doctorate degree in English Literature - specifically in 16th and 17th century dramatic literature - at the University of Pennsylvania under Professors Black and Shaaber. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is English Language and Literature. Included are handwritten notes: This is the author of 'To make a Poet Black' [illegible] and I rated this man A two years ago when he wanted to go in creative writing [illegible].
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Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendums, and Fellowship Application with Written Notes from Cy Wilson Record An application from Cy Wilson Record, requesting a grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to do a study of three possible situations involving efforts to organize Negro and White workers into unions, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Philosophy and Economics at the university of Chicago under T.V. Smith. Mr. Record reapplied for another grant beginning June 1946 towards investigating the racial factor in industrial relations and policies in the shipbuilding industry in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina during the period 1940-1945. These applications were submitted in 1942 and 1946, and the chosen fields are Economics and Race Relations. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Record in 1946, as well as handwritten notes: Good interesting chap, interested in Negro labor [illegible] and Top man. Excellent references. Excellent academic record [including Chicago Central YMCA College].
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Record of Fellowship Application for Sydney Chandler Reagan Jr. An application from Sydney Chandler Reagan, Jr., requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to qualify further for public service on economic and social problems related to the South - particularly the problems relating to low-income farmers - and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Economics at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Harvard University under the supervision of Professor John D. Black. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Economics. Included is a handwritten note: Top man with top project. Moddox + Mrs. Haygood all out for him.
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Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Julian Lee Rayford An application from Julian Lee Rayford, requesting a grant beginning May 1943. The plan of work was to do research in American History and Mythology [folklore] to choose the most representative heroes of our nation. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Art. Included is a handwritten note: This is the chap - I understand [illegible].
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Fellowship Application from David Tobias Ray An application from David Tobias Ray, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to make an investigation of mutations occuring in Habrobacon juglandis [a parasitic wasp] due to exposing eggs during their oogenesis to the X-ray, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Penssylvania under the supervision of Dr. P.W. Whiting. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Biology.
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Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Application from Ellene Ransom An application from Ellene Ransom, requesting a grant towards making a definitive study of Utopian fiction in America [particularly before 1900], and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Vanderbilt University under Mr. Richmond C. Beatty. This application was submitted in 1940, and the chosen field is American Literature. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ms. Ransom in 1940, as well as a handwritten note: Very over age. Phi Beta Kappa - but that was a long time ago [illegible].
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Written Addendum for William Edgar Allen Range A handwritten note towards William Edgar Allen Range relating to History: Not a Southerner? [illegible].
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Written Addendums for Stacy Boyce Randle Handwritten notes towards Stacy Boyce Randle relating to Agricultural Chemistry and Nutrition-Biochemistry: Excellent record. Good pratical scientific problems. Good letters and I rated this man A last year. I do not think he is any better candidate this year [illegible].
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Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Application, and Fellowship Reappointment for Robert Ramsey An application from Robert Ramsey, requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to write a novel about a White tenant farmer family in Eastern Arkansas. Mr. Ramsey reapplied for another grant beginning May 1943 towards writing a novel of the cotton country of Eastern Arkansas. These applications were submitted in 1942 and 1943, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Ramsey in 1942, as well as handwritten notes: In spite of Strode's high praise, I'm [illegible] about continuing this grant [illegible] and Excellent candidate. Especially good letters from Hudson Strode + Jack Conroy. His application is very sloppy typewriting. Bontemps puts him The top.
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Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Edward W. Ramsey An application from Edward W. Ramsey, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Business Administration degree in Restaurant Administration at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Mr. Charles Rovetta. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Dietetics. Included is a handwritten note: I don't see what formal courses at U of Chicago will do [illegible].
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Record of Fellowships Granted and Fellowship Application from Glenn Weddington Rainey An application from Glenn Weddington Rainey, requesting a grant beginning June 1941. The plan of work was to complete a thesis The Negro as a Factor in the Georgia Independent Movement, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Northwestern University under thr supervision of Dr. A.R. Hatton. This application was submitted in 1941, and the chosen field is Political Science. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Rainey in 1941.
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Written Addendum for Thomas Joseph Ragusa A handwritten note towards Thomas Joseph Ragusa relating to Social Psychology: Not Southern born [illegible].
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Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Joseph Arthur Rabun An application from Joseph Arthur Rabun, requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to write a book, partly experiential, autobiographical, with practical Christian approach to assist and lead progression in religions and political realm in the South. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Religion. Included is a handwritten note: Pretty well along. If creative writing jury doesn't praise his stuff, what else have we to go on?.