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• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Reappointment, and Fellowship Application from Marion Palfi
  An application from Marion Palfi, requesting a grant beginning June 1946. The plan of work was to make three extensive picture series - The Problems of Youth, The Great 'Unknown' Negro, and Know Thy Neighbor - for possible book publication; was on an assignment for the American Missionary Association to publish a book Ups and Down in collaboration with Langston Hughes and L.B. Fischer. Ms. Palfi reapplied for another 7-month grant towards completing a photographic study of socio-economics conditions among American youth, with special reference to metropolitan New York City and selected localities in the South. These applications were submitted in 1946 and 1947, and the chosen fields are Race relations and Photography. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ms. Palfi in 1946, as well as handwritten notes: Good person: seems to me above [illegible] and A good person. But we're out of this field now [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Robert Nelson Page
  A handwritten note towards Robert Nelson Page relating to Sociology: Highly recommended. Top Southern [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Naida Willette Page
  An application from Naida Willette Page, requesting a grant towards studying in Department of Art as applied to Medicine at Johns Hopkins University, as well as continuation of preparation of plates for a new type of anatomical atlas by Dr. W. Montague Cobb [Professor of Anatomy in Howard University], while studying under the supervision of Ms. Ranice W. Birch [Director of the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine]. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Art-Anatomical. Included is a handwritten note: Young, no demonstration of talent. Grades avergae C.
• Written Addendum for James Lewis Page
  A handwritten note towards James Lewis Page relating to Natural Sciences: Good but not top record at Talladega and T.C. [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Henry Allison Page III
  An application from Henry Allison Page III, requesting a nine-month grant beginning September 1940. The plan of work was to do a study of the problems gving rise to the Farm Security Administration, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Harvard University under Drs. Arthur Holcombe and Carle Zimmerman. This application was submitted in 1940, and the chosen field is Political Science. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Page III in 1940, as well as a handwritten note: A brilliant young Southerner with a distinguished record at Princeton, Oxford, and Harvard [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Hortense Virginia Pace
  An application from Hortense Virginia Pace, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Master's degree in Music Education at Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Music-Education.
• Fellowship Application from Virginia Paccassi
  An application from Virginia Paccassi, requesting a grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to make an artistic comparison of the environmental differences between the Northern and Southern Negro. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Art-Painting.
• A newspaper article covering Roi Ottley's trip around the world
  A newspaper article covering Roi Ottley's eighteen-month trip around the world: six months in Africa, six months in India, and six months in China.
• Fellowship Application from Roi Ottley
  An application from Roi Ottley, requesting a grant towards investigating the reportorial account of the colored people who are fighting for democracy on the far-flung fronts of the world, including America's Negro soldiers in India, China, Africa, South America, and the West Indies. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Harriet Chappell Owsley [Mrs.]
  An application from Harriet Chappell Owsley, requesting a grant beginning May 1943. The plan of work was to construct from tax book specifications land ownership maps for various Southern counties during the period 1840-60, and to investigate the social and economic structure of the late ante-bellum South, under the supervision of Dr. Frank L. Owlsey. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is History. Also included is a handwritten note: Somewhat average. Wife of one of the top historians of the South [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from James Kimbrough Owen
  An application from James Kimbrough Owen, requesting a two-year grant beginning October 1940. The plan of work was to do field work with the Princeton Local Government Survey in determining the extent methods employed in achieving economy in New Jersey municipal government are applicable to Southern communities, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Public Administration at Princeton University under Dr. Sly. Mr. Owen reapplied for another nine-month grant beginning September 1941 towards obtaining a degree, without thesis. These applications were submitted in 1940 and 1941, and the chosen field is Political Science. Also included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Owen across 1940 and 1941, as well as a handwritten note: Excellent record. letters from both LSU + Princeton at the very top [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Ralph Seer Owings
  A handwritten note towards Ralph Seer Owings relating to Educational Administration: Sym says 'not brilliant but much above average' [illegible].
• Written Addendum W. Darrell Overdyke
  A handwritten note towards W. Darrell Overdyke relating to History: Wants to get PhD. Record at Duke graduate school good but not distinguished [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Hayward Louise Oubre, Jr.
  An application from Hayward Louise Oubre, Jr., requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to do a series of oil paintings of the Southern scene showing the wide range of environment and achievements of the Negro, instead of all stereotype themes usually depicted. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Art-Painting.
• Record of Fellowships Granted Roi Ottley
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Roi Ottley in 1943. The plan of work was to investigate the reportorial account of the colored people in the war. The chosen field is Journalism.
• Written Addendum for Lowell Oswald
  A handwritten note towards Lowell Oswald relating to Political Science: More mature + better letters than last year. But still not up to our mark even in promise [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Myrtle Dejoie O'Shields
  An application from Myrtle Dejoie O'Shields, requesting a two-year grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to obtain a Doctor's degree in Physical Education [and minor in Recreation and Guidance] at Indiana University under the supervision of Dr. Willard W. Patty. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Physical Education. Also included is a handwritten note: Nothing beyond a good physical director. She's got to be more than that at thirty-five [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Herbert Roy Orr
  A handwritten note towards Herbert Roy Orr relating to Radio Engineering and Photography: No evidence of distinction. Fulsome recommendations by Holmes + [illegible] sertainly not justified by his middling record at Harvard college + grad school.
• Fellowship Application from Carrie Belle O'Neal
  An application from Carrie Belle O'Neal, requesting a grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to study the needs of people as affected by personal and social adjustments, and to obtain a Master of Science degree at Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Home Economics.
• Fellowship Application from Robert Johnson Omohundro
  An application from Robert Johnson Omohundro, requesting a nine-month grant beginning September 1947. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Science degree and a Doctor's degree in Physics at Howard University under the supervision of Dr. Herman Branson. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Physics.
• Fellowship Application from Gladys Cordelia Omohundro
  An application from Gladys Cordelia Omohundro, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to study in Public Health Work - especially that phase of it dealing with the control of veneral diseases - and to obtain a Master of Science degree at the University of Michigan. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Public Health.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from May Evelyn Olson
  An application from May Evelyn Olson, requesting a grant beginning October 1943. The plan of work was to prepare a complete list of American newspapers and journals printed in the German language with a record of files available in American public and private collections. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is History. Also included is a handwritten note: Over age. Her project is [illegible] Not Southern. She is not a Southerner. Just happens to be working there now.
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Application, and Fellowship Reappointment from Gilbert Dwoyid Olmstead
  An application from Gilbert Dwoyid Olmstead, requesting a grant beginning June 1946. The plan of work was to further develop the ability to use photography as a medium to tell a story in pictures. Mr. Olmstead reapplied for another grant beginning July 1947 towards working on the picture edition of Black Metropolis and publish some works already completed, under the supervision of the staff at the Art Center School of Los Angeles. These applications were submitted in 1946 and 1947, and the chosen field is Photography. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Mr. Olmstead in 1946, as well as a handwritten note: Rather vague proposal to 'become a better photographer'. No formal education [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Fellowship Application, and Fellowship Reappointment from Clinton Forrest Oliver
  An application from Clinton Forrest Oliver, requesting a two-year grant beginning September 1941. The plan of work was to study the creative and philosophical expression of the Negro in his contribution to America's culture - reflecting on tthe attempts to meet problems arising out of the Emancipation, Reconstruction, and contemporary social conditions - and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Harvard University. Mr. Oliver reapplied for another grant towards continuing the study under Professor Perry Miller, and he reapplied for another grant beginning July 1943 towards studying the Negro novel [covering about one hundred years of Negro fiction from the 1830s and 1840s] through working in the libraries at Howard University and Fisk University and the Schomburg Collection in New York City. Mr. Oliver reapplied for another five-month grant towards completing a thesis on American Negro Literature An Interpretive Study in Genre and Ideas, while still researching at James Weldon Johnson Collection of Yale University and at the Negro Collection of Howard University Library. These applications were submitted in 1941 through 1943, and 1948, and the chosen field is English Language and Literature. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Oliver across 1941, 1942, and 1944, as well as handwritten notes: Good record. But if we carry him now, will have to do it for at least one more year. Won't he be drafted anyway and A queer, tempremental fellow. But maybe something of a genius [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted and Fellowship Application from Dave Masato Okada
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Dave Masato Okada in 1946. The plan of work was to study the growth of racial attitudes among Chicago's new Nisei colony - especially as they relate to attitudes towards the Negro - and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago. The chosen field is Race Relations.