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• Application of Charles Wilson Lindsey
  An application from Charles Wilson Lindsey, requesting a one year grant beginning June 1947. The plan of work was to study the social organization and its functions in Veteran's Housing Projects on Tennessee college campuses. This was to be done while working for a Master's degree in Sociology at George Peabody College for Teachers under Dr. H. C. Brearly. This application was submitted in 1947, and the chosen field is Sociology. Included is a written addendum pertaining to the applicant.
• Application of Inabel Burns Lindsay [Mrs.]
  An application from Inabel Burns Lindsay, requesting a twelve month grant beginning September 1942. The plan of work was to study the administration of public assistance programs in states having ten per cent or more Negro population in order to determine the influence of race on grants. This was to be done while working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration under Dr. Edith Abbott. This application was submitted in 1942, and the chosen field is Social Work.
• Application Review for Ellen Douglass Leyburn
  An application review for Ellen Douglass Leyburn, an Assistant Professor of English at Agnes Scott College. Handwritten notes describe her as a top candidate whose scholarship has steadily and impressively improved, despite her subject having no regional relationship.
• Granted Application for Roscoe Edwin Lewis
  A 1941 and 1943 application file for Roscoe Edwin Lewis, an Associate Professor at Hampton Institute. He was granted $2,000 in both years [total $4,000] to secure life histories and reminiscences of ex-slaves and prepare an interpretative account of their lives.
• Application Review for Myron F. Lewis
  A 1948 application review for Myron F. Lewis, an Assistant Regional Housing Economist. He sought funding to finish his Ph.D. research in sociology at the University of North Carolina. Handwritten notes express uncertainty and hesitation, stating he was not born in the south, but might make a career there. The note also comments on poor recommendations from his professors stating that some of them was worse than lukewarm.
• Application for Lillian Burwell Lewis
  A 1940 and 1943 application document for Mrs. Lillian Burwell Lewis, the Head of the Department of Biology at Tillotson College. She requested support to study the role of hormones in sex development at the University of Chicago. The file notes she previously held a Rosenwald fellowship in 1932-33.
• Application for Leighla Whipper Lewis
  A 1942 application document for Mrs. Leighla Whipper Lewis, a writer from Talladega, Alabama. She requested funding to study in dramatic schools in New York and assemble a book concerning the Negro on the American stage. Handwritten notes describe the project as interesting.
• Granted Application for Hylan Garnet Lewis
  A 1939, 1940, and 1941 application file for Hylan Garnet Lewis, an Instructor in Sociology at Howard University. He was granted funds totaling $3,500 across three years to study social differentiation in the Negro community and complete his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago.
• Granted Application for Elsie Mae Lewis
  A 1943, 1944, and 1945 application file for Elsie Mae Lewis, a graduate student at the University of Chicago. She was granted $1,500 in 1945 and an extension of $375 in 1946 to analyze the political history of Arkansas 1850-1860, and the Populist Movement. Handwritten notes state she's applied three years before but I still think she isn't of the distinction they want for fellowships.
• Application for Cecil Taylor Lewis
  A 1942 and 1945 application review for Cecil Taylor Lewis, an Assistant Professor of English and Printing at Hampton Institute. He sought funding to study leading Negro newspapers and develop a printer-journalist training program. Handwritten notes from both years state acknowledges his application criticizes it.
• Application for Catherine Elizabeth Lewis
  A 1943 and 1944 application file for Catherine Elizabeth Lewis, a graduate student at the University of Chicago. She requested funding to study Negro women in selected industries. The file notes she previously received a Rosenwald Scholarship Aid of $500 in 1943-44. Handwritten notes on the 1944 application describe the project as good but remark that she is pretty young for any really independent study.
• Granted Application for Edith Levy
  A 1947 application file for Edith Levy, a graduate student and faculty assistant at Tulane University. She was granted $1,800 to continue and expand a photographic documentation of the activities and environment of the Negro group in New Orleans. Handwritten notes describe her as a sound person with a sound, thoroughly worked out plan rating her an A-.
• Application Review for William H. Levitt
  A 1939 application review for William H. Levitt, a Supervisor of Research for the Real Property Survey in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The handwritten note mentions faint praise from references.
• Application for Henrietta Elaine Levi
  A 1943 application document for Henrietta Elaine Levi, an Instructor of French and German at Alcorn A. & M. College. She requested funding to study Spanish and local customs at the National University of Mexico.
• Application for Jessie Lemon
  A 1943 application document for Jessie Lemon, a Critic Teacher of English at Hampton Institute. She requested $1,500 to study the extent to which contemporary American prose fiction for adolescents provides significant social experiences, planning to attend Columbia University.
• Application for Emma Carolyn Lemon
  A 1942 application document for Emma Carolyn Lemon, an Instructor in French at Delaware State College. She applied for funding to study the works of important Haitian writers at Columbia University. Handwritten notes describe her as A top student who Needs maturing which a year at columbi would give.
• Application Review for Edwin Albert Leland, Jr.
  An undated application note for Edwin Albert Leland, Jr. [age twenty five], a graduate student at Tulane University. Handwritten notes describe him and his project on New Orleans laborers as interesting. It states he writes a bit ornately but in a way that holds attention, and acknowledges that he has gone a long way in thought and maturity for his age, suggesting hat they assess him further before his grant, and rating him an A candidate.
• Granted Application for Bartram Galbraith Leiper, Jr.
  A 1948 application file for Bartram Galbraith Leiper, Jr., a graduate student and teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota. He was granted $1,800 to write a novel about a small Tennessee town's attempt to erect a war memorial.
• Application for Marion Theo Loftin
  A 1948 application document for Marion Theo Loftin, a Teaching Assistant in Sociology and Anthropology at Vanderbilt University. He requested a grant to analyze the immigration and assimilation of the Japanese in Brazil as part of his Ph.D. work at Vanderbilt.
• Granted Application for Ulysses Grant Lee, Jr.
  A 1940, 1941, and 1942 application file for Ulysses Grant Lee, Jr., an Assistant Professor of English at Lincoln University. He was granted funds totaling $4,200 across three years to study American culture and the anti-slavery press at the University of Chicago. He resigned the 1942 fellowship to enter the Army.
• Application Review for James Oscar Lee
  A 1934 application note for James Oscar Lee, an Assistant Chaplain at Hampton. The handwritten notes are critical, stating that he gave no evidences of scholarly ability and describing his proposed survey of religious work in state colleges as perfunctory, rating him a C candidate.
• Application for Gwendolyn Covington Lee
  A 1942 application document for Mrs. Gwendolyn Covington Lee, a Medical Social Worker at Slossfield Health Center in Birmingham, Alabama. She requested funding to formulate criteria for determining eligibility for free or part-pay medical services for Negroes in the South while studying for an M.A. at the University of Chicago. Handwritten note states good practical social works, better stick to that.
• Scholarship Aid Application for George Ernest Lee, Jr.
  A 1942 scholarship aid application for George Ernest Lee, Jr., a student at Talladega College. He applied for tuition assistance to pursue a Master's degree in political science or economics at Harvard University.
• Application note for Clarence Pendleton Lee
  A 1939 application review for Clarence Pendleton Lee, an Assistant Professor of English at Southwestern in Memphis. He received an A rating, with notes praising his application and recommendation letters commenting he has gone a long way in twenty six years.
• Application for Carleton Lafayette Lee
  A 1942 application review for Carleton Lafayette Lee, a Hi-Y Secretary for the YMCA in Atlanta. He applied for a grant to study the program practices of colored YMCA branches. Handwritten notes mention that he had been before the committee five times before, recognizing his persistence but still expressing doubt about his project.