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Application of Norman Laird McNeil An application from Norman Laird McNeil, requesting a one-year grant beginning June 1948. The plan of work was a study of discrimination against Latin-Americans in Texas public schools with suggested remedial measures. This was to be done while working toward a Ph.D. degree at the University of Texas. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a handwritten note ... Good record, good references...
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Application of Lois Towles McNeely An application from Lois Towles McNeely, requesting a one-year grant beginning June 1944. The plan of work was to study music composition at the State University of Iowa and write a symphonic work of Negro life in America. This was to be done while working toward a Ph.D. under Dr. Phillip G. Clapp. This application was submitted in 1944, and the chosen field is Music. Included is a handwritten note If she is applying for composition what does Still say... Pending appraisal of the creative talent I could not favor her.
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Application of George Edwin McMillan An application from George Edwin McMillan, requesting a one-year grant. The plan of work was to write a series of intensive, objective, factual accounts of significant racial disputes in the South for publication in national magazines and compilation in a book. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
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Application of Mary June McMechen Applications from Mary June McMechen, requesting grants in 1944 and 1947. The plan of work in 1944 was vocal study with private instructors and at Juilliard. The 1947 plan was to prepare for the concert stage with study in voice, languages, and coaching while working toward a Master's degree in Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. These applications were submitted in 1944 and 1947, and the chosen field is Music/Singing. Included is a handwritten note Good singer...
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Written Addendum pertaining to John Ross McLinn A written addendum pertaining to John Ross McLinn, relating to Drama. The note describes him as Average and mentions testimony that he is a fine actor but only a fair scholar, possibly wasting talents to devote years to more scholarship.
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Written Addendum pertaining to Ernestine Faye McLemore A written addendum pertaining to Ernestine Faye McLemore, relating to Nutrition and Dietetics.
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Application of Edward Arthur McLellan An application from Edward Arthur McLellan, requesting a grant for 1941. The plan of work was for a study of Negro youth in the Mississippi Delta. This was to be done at George Peabody College for Teachers and the University of Chicago. This application was submitted in 1941, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a written addendum pertaining to the applicant.
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Application of John Blount McLeod An application from John Blount McLeod, requesting a one-year grant beginning September 1945. The plan of work was a research project on the Development of North Carolina Election Laws, 1900-1939. This was to be done while working toward a Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina under the supervision of Professor A. R. Newsome. This application was submitted in 1945, and the chosen field is History. Included is a written addendum pertaining to the applicant.
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Written Addendum pertaining to Richard Ishmael McKinney A written addendum pertaining to Richard Ishmael McKinney, relating to Education/Religion. The note mentions Scholastic record good... I have a good deal of doubt about the value of the problem...
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Application of David Walter McKinney An application from David Walter McKinney, requesting a grant for the academic year 1947-1948. The plan of work was to study the self in disintegration viewed in George H. Mead's perspective to explain mental abnormality. This was to be done while working toward a Ph.D. degree in sociology at the University of Wisconsin under the supervision of Dr. H. H. Gerth. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a written addendum pertaining to the applicant.
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Application of Morris Sullivan McKeehan An application from Morris Sullivan McKeehan, requesting a one-year grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to spend a year in graduate study to prepare for a program of health education at West Georgia College. This was to be done while working for a Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago under Dr. Clay G. Huff. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Biology. Included is a written addendum pertaining to the applicant.
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Application of Claude McKay An application from Claude McKay, requesting a one-year grant. The plan of work was a creative study entitled The Tropics in New York, a story depicting the people from the Caribbean islands in Harlem. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Creative Writing. Included is a handwritten note Too old... He is in bad health...
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Application of Booker Tanner McGraw Applications from Booker Tanner McGraw, requesting grants in 1937 and 1938. The plan of work was to complete a thesis on French Monetary Policy, 1927-1938 for a Ph.D. in Business Economics at Harvard University. These applications were submitted in 1937 and 1938, and the chosen field is Economics [Money and Banking].
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Application of Charles Donald McGlammery An application from Charles Donald McGlammery, requesting a grant from June 1948 to December 1949. The plan of work was to make a study of employee variance in socio-economic status in relation to industrial conflict. This was to be done while working toward the M.A. degree in Sociology at Oklahoma A. & M. College under the supervision of Dr. O. D. Duncan. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a handwritten note Very questionable testimony... clearly not exceptional, even average.
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Application of Ralph E. McGill An application from Ralph E. McGill, requesting a grant for not less than six months abroad in 1937. The plan of work was a study of farm tenancy in Ireland and England, treatment of minorities, and the relationship of the press to these issues. A renewal was granted in 1942 for an extension. These applications were submitted in 1937 and 1942, and the chosen fields are Journalism and Ag. Economics.
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Application of Edward Glenn McGehee An application from Edward Glenn McGehee, requesting a one-year grant beginning September 1st, 1948. The plan of work was to write a novel concerned with the failure of an agrarian society in Alabama and the conflicts arising in a man attracted to brutality. This application was submitted in 1948, and the chosen field is Creative Writing.
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Application of Christiana McFadyen An application from Christiana McFadyen, requesting a grant for 1941. The plan of work was for a study of the Republican-Populist Fusion Period in North Carolina, 1894-1900. This was to be done at the University of Chicago toward a Ph.D. degree. This application was submitted in 1941, and the chosen field is History [Southern].
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Written Addendum pertaining to Withro McEnge A written addendum pertaining to Withro McEnge, relating to Industrial Arts. The note characterizes the project as Perfunctory and absurd to hope to develop.
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Application of Elizabeth Johnson McDougald An application from Elizabeth Johnson McDougald, requesting a one-year grant beginning July 1942. The plan of work was to study the development of personality patterns which occur as a result of vocational perspective among Negro youth. This was to be done while working toward a Ph.D. at Columbia University under Dr. Otto Klineberg. This application was submitted in 1941, and the chosen field is Psychology. Included is a handwritten note: Excellent letters...
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Application of Annie Laurie Brinkley McDonald An application from Annie Laurie Brinkley McDonald, requesting a one-year grant beginning January 1948. The plan of work was to make an analysis of the preparation of elementary teachers for health education. This was to be done while working toward a Ph.D. in Education at the University of North Carolina under the supervision of Dr. Roy W. Morrison. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Education. Included is a written addendum pertaining to the applicant.
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Application of John Francis McDermott An application from John Francis McDermott, requesting a one-year grant for 1942. The plan of work was a social and intellectual history of early St. Louis [1764-1820], using materials from Louisiana and other localities. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is History. Included is a handwritten note: ... Exceedingly strong letters... Looks like good project...
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Application of Raven Ioor McDavid, Jr. An application from Raven Ioor McDavid, Jr., requesting a grant for 1941. The plan of work was for a linguistic survey in South Carolina, including work at the Linguistic Institute at the University of North Carolina and at Brown University. This application was submitted in 1941, and the chosen field is Language and Literature [Linguistics].
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Application of Raymond Ralph MacCurdy, Jr. Applications from Raymond Ralph MacCurdy, Jr., requesting grants in 1941 and a renewal in 1947. The plan of work was a study of the Spanish-speaking settlements of Delacroix Island, Louisiana, involving dialect, folklore, and social history. This was to be done toward a Ph.D. degree at the University of North Carolina and Louisiana State University. These applications were submitted in 1941 and 1947, and the chosen field is Language and Literature [Linguistics].
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Application of George Francis McCray An application from George Francis McCray, requesting a grant for 1939. The plan of work was to gather data on the handling of interracial conflicts in the labor movement in the Chicago industrial area through field work. This was to be done while attached to the University of Chicago under the general supervision of Paul Douglas. This application was submitted in 1939, and the chosen field is Economics [Labor Relations].
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Application of Sophia Kinney McClure An application from Sophia Kinney McClure, requesting a one-year grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to pursue studies in psychology, mental hygiene, and mental testing in preparation for a position in teaching and guidance. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Nursing.