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• Fellowship Application from Blanche Ruth Powell
  An application from Blanche Ruth Powell, requesting a grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to gain experience in the specific area of the care of dependent and neglected children in New York City institutions, and to obtain a Master of Science degree in Psychiatric Social Work at Boston University under the supervision of Dr. Richard K. Conant and Ms. Ruth Lloyd. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Social Work.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Paul Lehman Poston
  An application from Paul Lehman Poston, requesting a grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to make an analysis of past and current investment policies followed by insurance carriers and examine the effect on various groups in our society, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Commercial Science [in the department of Finance] at the Harvard School of Business Administration. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Business. Included is a handwritten note: Good character. No evidence of outstanding ability.
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendums, Fellowship Reappointments, and Fellowship Application from Thomas Edward Posey
  An application from Thomas Edward Posey, requesting a grant towards training Negro and White rank and file union leaders in the economics of their industry, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin under the supervision of Selig Perlman and Ernest Schwarztrauber. Mr. Posey reapplied for another grant beginning September 1946. These applications were submitted in 1945 and 1946, and the chosen field is Labor. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Prothro across 1945 and 1946, as well as handwritten notes: Over age. Bitterman of Ohio State says [illegible], Good man in field we are concerned about [illegible], and I guess we better renew. I'm not too keen about him [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Joseph William Porter
  An application from Joseph William Porter, requesting a grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to obtain a Doctor's degree in Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. J.R. Kline. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Mathematics. Included is a handwritten note: Not in a class with top math applicants [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Horace G. Porter
  A handwritten note towards Horace G. Porter relating to Agricultural Economics: Good record and good letters [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendums, List of Publications, Fellowship Application, and Fellowship Reappointment for Dorothy Burnett Porter
  An application from Dorothy Burnett Porter, requesting a grant beginning September 1944. The plan of work was to prepare a bibliographical essay on the contributions of the Negro to Spanish American and Brazilian poetry and fiction. Mrs. Porter reapplied for another grant beginning September 1945 towards preparing a bibliography of literature on the Negro in Latin America located in American libraries, and she reapplied for another grant beginning September 1948. These applications were submitted in 1944, 1945, and 1948, and the chosen field is Library Science. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mrs. Porter across 1930, 1931, and 1944, as well as a record of professional career and handwritten notes: An excellent scholar with a fine record [illegible], We cannot carry her anymore, and She has had three grants 1930, 31, 44. That is a stint. This is really a project [not a fellowship] [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application with Written Notes for Doris Mae Porter
  An application from Doris Mae Porter, requesting a grant towards working with the Committee rehabilitating Welsh and other stranded mining families. This application was submitted in 1938, and the chosen field is Rural Sociology. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ms. Porter in 1938, as well as a record of professional career and a handwritten note: An amazing record in every way by a person who is absolutely tops [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Liston Pope
  An application from Liston Pope, requesting a grant beginning February 1949. The plan of work was to do first-hand observation and study in the Union of South Africa, Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, and Nyasaland of the interplay of racial patterns with economic practices and problems, etc. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Pope in 1942, as well as a handwritten note: A splendid man and splendid project [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted and Fellowship Application from James Soule Pope
  An application from James Soule Pope, requesting a grant towards studying the position and politics of nespapers in England and several western European countries. This application was submitted in 1937, and the chosen field is Journalism. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Pope in 1942, as well as a record of professional career.
• Written Addendum for Bob Lem Pool
  A handwritten note towards Bob Lem Pool relating to Religion-Church Administration: Letters so mild as she [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Elaine Ursula Pollard
  An application from Elaine Ursula Pollard, requesting a grant towards preparing a manual [working title - Theater Wise] which dramatizes selected representative American songs, and to obtain an M.F.A degree at Yale University under Frank McMulian or obtain a Ph.D. degree under Oscar Campbell at Columbia University or Orville Hitchcock at the University of Iowa. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Drama.
• Record of Fellowships Granted and Fellowship Application from Odessa Marie Polk
  An application from Odessa Marie Polk, requesting a grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to do research in Physical Education in regards to its use in schools for handicapped children, and to obtain a Master of Science degree at Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Physical Education. Included is a memorandum from 1942.
• Written Addendum for Thomas Edward Poag
  A handwritten note towards Thomas Edward Poag relating to Dramatic Art and Speech: Only testimony from Ohio State is from Ketchem who says [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Doris Troutman Plenn
  An application from Doris Troutman Plenn, requesting a grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to write a story of the semi-legendary Negro hero: John Henry. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Included is a handwritten note: Interesting theme: John Henry for children [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Raymond Jackson Pitts
  An application from Raymond Jackson Pitts, requesting a grant beginning July 1945. The plan of work was to obtain a Doctor's degree in Mathematics at the University of Michigan under the supervision of Professor G.Y. Rainich. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is Mathematics. Included is a handwritten note: A fine young teacher, but no evidence that he is a top mathematician. Very mild statements from Michigan.
• Fellowship Application with Written Notes from Henry M. Pitts
  An application from M. Henry Pitts, requesting a grant beginning September 1947. The plan of work was to study how attitudes influence the development of Negro infiltration into 3 selected communities in Chicago, while attending University of Chicago under Dr. Mandel Sherman. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Sociology.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Nathan Alvin Pitts
  An application from Nathan Alvin Pitts, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to study the influence of the cooperative movement on the community life of the Negroes of North Carolina and the rural educational program being developed around this movement, while attending Catholic University, Washington D.C. under the supervision of Dr. Paul H. Furfey. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a handwritten note: Nothing here. i gave him B- in 1941 [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Merle Nance Pittman
  An application from Merle Nance Pittman, requesting a grant beginning May 1945. The plan of work was to do a historical analysis of interrelations between Negro and White culture, specifically with relation to the contributions of Negro writers to American literature. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is English. Included is a handwritten note: A good well educated person. Her outline sounds pretty [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Joseph A. Pittman
  An application from Joseph Avery Pittman, requesting a grant beginning June 1942. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D.d egree at Columbia University under the supervision of Dr. Helen Walker. Mr. Pittman reapplied for another grant beginning June 1945 towards doing a study of the collection, interpretation, and utilization of information about students by Negro colleges, while working under Dr. Helen Walker and Dr. Irving Lorge. These applications were submitted in 1942 and 1945, and the chosen fields are Sociology and Education. Included are handwritten notes: No evidence of anything out of the ordinary [illegible] and Nothing here. We've turned him down with a C twice before.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application with Written Notes from Jean Y. Pique
  An application from Yudhisthira Jean Pique, requesting a grant towards researching with Antoinette Gordon in Oriental Department of Natural History Museum, for illustrations to her Tibetian translations. Mr. Pique reapplied for another grant beginning June 1946 towards doing a series of paintings to illustrate the stories of Kate Choppin. These applications were submitted in 1945 and 1946, and the chosen field is Painting. Included is a handwritten note: F rating by Art jury.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from William Harrison Pipes
  An application from William Harrison Pipes, requesting a grant beginning June 1943. The plan of work was to make a study of the modern Negro Holiness Church in the South - the folk Negro's attempt to adjust his religious tradition to modern problems - while attending the University of Michigan. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Folklore. Included is a handwritten note: Good record and good letters but nothing distinguished.
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Application, and Reappointment Letter for Rose Theodora Sams Piper
  An application from Rose Theodora Sams Piper, requesting a grant beginning June 1945. The plan of work was to continue to study with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Art Students League of New York. Mrs. Piper reapplied for another grant beginning June 1946 towards doing a series of paintings depicting the folk Negro as he comments on himself in his blues and work songs. Mrs. Piper reapplied for another grant beginning June 1947 towards doing creative painting under the supervision of Vaclav Vytlacil at the Art Students League. These applications were submitted in 1945 through 1947, and the chosen field is Painting. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mrs. Piper across 1946 and 1947, as well as handwritten notes: Very critical letters from Barthe [illegible] and A by Art Jury rating.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Harold Thomas Pinkett
  An application from Harold Thomas Pinkett, requesting a two-year grant towards studying the causes, extent, and significance of Negro participation in the Populist movement, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Columbia University under Professor Allan Nevins. Mr. Pinkett reapplied for another grant beginning September 1948 towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree in History - special attention to the history and administration of archives in the United States - at the American university under the supervision of Dr. Ernst Posner. These applications were submitted in 1942 and 1948, and the chosen field is History. Included are handwritten notes: I don't see anything here [illegible] and I rated him C last year which seems to me where he still belongs.
• Fellowship Application from Charlotte Beckley Pinkett
  An application from Charlotte Beckley Pinkett, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to do graduate study with emphasis on the development of the program on an instutional church, while attending New York School of Social Work. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Social Work.
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Howard Douglas Pindell
  An application from Howard Douglas Pindell, requesting a ten-month grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to study the Boys Club movement and to reveal its implications for the improvement of society [giving thorough attention to the work among Negroes] and to obtain an Ed.D. degree at Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note: Nothing here [illegible].