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• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Myron O'Higgins
  An application from Myron O'Higgins, requesting a eighteen-month grant beginning June 1946. The plan of work was to complete 2 books of poetry: one concerning the consciousness of the mass Negro in a war generation, and the other an experimental subjective treatment of the rebel-idealist in conflict with a materialistic society. Mr. O'Higgins reapplied for another grant beginning July 1947 towards completing the project under the supervision of James T. Farrell and Richard Wright. These applications were submitted in 1946 and 1947, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. O'Higgins across 1946 and 1947, as well as a handwritten note: Absolutely top testimony from everybody. Evidently a find. Young. Just right.
• Fellowship Application from Carl Ruthven Offord
  An application from Carl Ruthven Offord, requesting a grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was to write a novel The Gentle Truth focusing on the Negro people, the caste discrimination among themselves, and their relationship with the White population. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
• Fellowship Application from Morton Franklin Offett, Jr.
  An application from Morton Franklin Offett, Jr., requesting a nine month grant beginning September 1944. The plan of work was to ascertain the effect of personality and speech proficiency among teachers and/or parents upon the development of speech in lower grade pupils, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Minnesota under Dr. Howard Gilkinson. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Speech.
• Written Addendum for Morton Franklin Offett, Jr.
  A handwritten note towards Morton Franklin Offett, Jr. relating to Speech: Comments mild as dish water.
• Written Addendum, Fellowship Applications, and List of Publications from Therman Benjamin O'Daniel
  An application from Therman Benjamin O'Daniel, requesting a grant beginning September 1946. The plan of work was to obtain a Ph.D. degree in English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania under either Dr. Arthur H. Quinn or Dr. Edward Sculley Bradley. Mr. O'Daniel reapplied for another grant beginning September 1947 towards writing a dissertation A History of American Negro Biography and Autobiography, from 1900 to the Present Day. These applications were submitted in 1946 and 1947, and the chosen field is Language and Literature. Included is a record of professional career, as well as a handwritten note: A good [excellent] hardworking professor [illegible] Maybe that is enough.
• Written Addendum for Vishnu V. Oak
  A handwritten note towards Vishnu V. Oak relating to Economics: Overage. Mediocre. We apparently only briefed him last year. No reason to send him to Committee.
• Fellowship Application from Francis N. Nkrumah
  An application from Francis N. Nkrumah, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to study the African background of the mind and thought of the New World Negro, with special reference to African and New York Negro group life, cultural elements and the impact of Western civilization upon them. This was to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Pennsylvania under the supervision of Dr. Edgar A. Singer. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Philosophy.
• Record of Fellowships Granted for Clarence Herman Nixon
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Clarence Herman Nixon in 1941. The plan of work was to teach and research in Political Science at Vanderbilt University. The chosen field is Political Science. Included is a record of professional career.
• Record of Fellowships Granted and Fellowship Application from Alice Regina Nixon
  An application from Alice Regina Nixon, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Arts degree in Education at the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a memorandum from 1943.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi
  An application from Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi, requesting a 14-month grant beginning June 1946. The plan of work was to study the development of a new society in its relation to the already existing North Clark Street community and Chicago at large, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago under the supervision of Dr. Everett C. Hughes. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Race Relations. Included is a handwritten note: Hughes not all out. Redfield says project is for too [illegible] Only if project can be restated [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted for Camille L. Nickerson
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Camille L. Nickerson in 1931. The plan of work was to pursue courses in Music at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and obtain a Master of Muisc degree. The chosen field is Music.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Nelson Henry Nichols, Jr.
  An application from Nelson Henry Nichols, Jr., requesting a grant beginning September 1946 towards utilizing academic knowledge plus background experience for research study of colonial administration, using Virgin Islands as a base and including comparative material from other West Indian sources. This was to obtain a Ph.D. degree at either Harvard University or Columbia University. This application was submitted in 1946, and the chosen field is Political Science. Included is a handwritten note: Excellent candidate. Definite project: admin law in Virgin Islands [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Franklin O. Nichols
  A handwritten note towards Franklin O. Nichols relating to Housing: Way over age [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, Letter of Reappointment, and Fellowship Application from Charles Harold Nichols, Jr.
  An application from Charles Harold Nichols, Jr., requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to study the influence of the Negro poets since Dunbar on the whole pattern of American literature, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree under the supervision of either Mr. Avery O. Craven at the University of Chicago, or Mr. Oscar Cargill at the New York University. Mr. Nichols reapplied for another grant beginning September 1944 towards publishing an anthology of slave narratives [after a year of graduate study in American history and Amrican literature] and obtaining a Master of Arts degree at the University of Chicago under Dr. Avery O. Craven. Mr. Nichols reapplied for another grant beginning September 1945 towards obtaining a Ph.D. degree at Brown University under the supervision of Professors Randall Stewart and James B. Hedges; as well as reapplied for another grant beginning September 1946. These applications were submitted in 1943 through 1946, and the chosen field is English Language and Literature. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grants awarded to Mr. Nichols across 1945 and 1946, as well as handwritten notes: No scholarly references. No evidence of top talent [illegible], We've turned this man down before. But his work this year at Brown [illegible] high praise from his professors [illegible], and Top testimony. I guess we'll have to pass him. Shall we hold all single men to 1,500 [rather than $1,600 [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Lionel Hodge Newsom
  An application from Lionel Hodge Newsom, requesting an 11-month grant beginning September 1947. The plan of work was to study the case histories, records, judicial, and civil personnel relative to 200 cases of homicides among Negroes and Whites in the city of Saint Louis. This was to obtain a Ph.D. degree at Ohio State University under the supervision of Dr. Walter C. Reckless. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Sociology.
• Fellowship Application from Wiley Clifford Newman
  An application from Wiley Clifford Newman, requesting a grant towards 1 year of work in Sociology at either the University of Chicago or the University of North Carolina. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Sociology.
• Written Addendum for Wiley Clifford Newman
  A handwritten note towards Wiley Clifford Newman: An excellent man. A force for righteousness and for intelligence in the otherwise [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted for Wiley Clifford Newman
  A memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Wiley Clifford Newman in 1939. The plan of work was to do 1 year of study in Sociology [not towards a degree]. The chosen field is Sociology-Religion.
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Mathilda Katherine Newman
  An application from Mathilda Katherine Newman, requesting a grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to find out how effective the excursion is as a teaching technique in rural elementary schools in Mississippi, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Education at George Peabody College for Teachers under the supervision of Dr. Norman Frost. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note: Nothing here. Performatory study [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from George Belvey Nesbitt
  An application from George Belvey Nesbitt, requesting a grant beginning May 1942. The plan of work was to observe and report on the work of the United States Employment Service and several state officers of the State Employment Services in placing Negro workers in defense [or war] industry. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Political Science. Included is a handwritten note: Poor record at U of Ill [illegible].
• Written Addendum and Fellowship Application from Junior Nathaniel Nelum
  An application from Junior Nathaniel Nelum, requesting a grant towards writing a thesis on a problem in the field of Administration and Supervision of rural schoold for negroes in typical counties of East Texas, and to obtain a Master of Arts degree at the University of California, Los Angeles under Dean Edwin A. Lee. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note: Good college record [illegible].
• Record of Fellowships Granted, Written Addendum, and Fellowship Application from Sophia Phillips Nelson
  An application from Sophia Phillips Nelson, requesting a grant beginning September 1948. The plan of work was to make an analytical survey of those publications and dissertations of 1936 to 1948 which deal with Shelley, and to obtain a Ph.D. degree in English at the University of Pittsburgh under the supervision of Dr. W. George Crouch. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Language and Literature. Included is a memorandum summarizing the grant awarded to Ms. Nelson in 1948, as well as a handwritten note: Jones of Univ of Pittsburgh is all out her [illegible].
• Written Addendum for Margaret Virginia Nelson
  A handwritten note towards Margaret Virginia Nelson relating to History: Excellent record + testimonials. Certainly a beauty [illegible].
• Fellowship Application from Marcus Vaquelin Nelson
  An application from Marcus Vaquelin Nelson, requesting a grant beginning September 1943. The plan of work was to obtain a Master of Arts degree with special concentration on Etymology and Semantics at the University of Wisconsin. This application was submitted in 1943, and the chosen field is English.
• Fellowship Application from Leona Bernice Nelson
  An application from Leona Bernice Nelson, requesting a grant to begin as soon as possible. The plan of work was to work part-time in a factory with a group of Negroes and other Whites [many of whom are foreign born] and to obtain a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is Race Relations.