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• Granted applications for William Henry Dean, Jr.
  Files documenting fellowship grants for William Henry Dean, Jr., an Instructor in Economics at Atlanta University. He was granted one thousand seven hundred dollars in 1937 and two thousand two hundred dollars in 1938 to revise his doctoral thesis and continue postdoctoral work at Harvard University. A 1939 grant of two thousand five hundred dollars for study in Paris and Stockholm was also awarded, but was surrendered due to the war.
• Application notes for Austin F. Dean
  A 1939 fellowship application summary for Austin F. Dean, editor and owner of the Gainesville Eagle in Gainesville, Georgia, applying in Political Science and Journalism. Included are handwritten evaluations.
• Granted applications for Esther Worden Day
  Files documenting fellowship grants of one thousand five hundred dollars in 1942 and one thousand three hundred dollars in 1943 for Esther Worden Day, an artist and instructor at the Richmond School of Art. The grants supported creative work in lithography, silk screen, and painting Southern scenes. Included are handwritten addendums.
• Granted applications for Donald Day
  Files documenting fellowship grants of one thousand eight hundred dollars in 1939 and one thousand eight hundred dollars in 1940 for Donald Day, a graduate student at the University of Chicago. The grants supported his Ph.D. dissertation on the literary inheritance of Texas before the Civil War and the writing of a historical novel. Included are a list of references and a handwritten addendum assessing his candidacy.
• Application for Jack Hubbell Dawley
  A 1948 fellowship application for Jack Hubbell Dawley, Executive Editor of Color Magazine in Charleston, West Virginia, to produce a journalistic book on economic serfdom in the nation. Included are handwritten notes.
• Application notes for William Jesse Davis
  A 1940 fellowship application summary for William Jesse Davis, a Graduate Fellow in Social Science at Howard University. The document includes handwritten evaluations comparing him favorably to other Harvard candidates based on references from Ralph Bunche.
• Granted application for Davis W. Allison
  Files documenting fellowship grants of two thousand four hundred dollars in 1939 and two thousand dollars in 1940 for Davis W. Allison, a Professor of Anthropology at Dillard University. The grants supported the completion of his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago and research on the Negro church and the caste system in the Deep South.
• Application notes for Toye George Davis
  A 1934 fellowship application summary for Toye George Davis, a graduate student in Biology at Harvard University. The document includes handwritten notes citing Harvard records that criticize his ability .
• Application for Stephen S. Davis
  A 1946 fellowship application for Stephen S. Davis, an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University, to pursue an M.S. in Engineering at Harvard, Penn, or Cornell. Included are handwritten evaluations praising his candidacy. 
• Application for Louie Reid Davis
  A 1942 scholarship aid application for Louie Reid Davis, a student at Birmingham-Southern College, to pursue an M.A. in History and Political Science at the University of Southern California. The file notes his physical disability and lists him as an alternate candidate, a list of his experience, and accomplishments.
• Application notes for Lawrence Arnette Davis
  A 1939 fellowship application summary for Lawrence Arnette Davis, an English teacher at Arkansas A & M College. Included are handwritten evaluations criticizing his application.
• Granted application for John P. Davis
  A 1933 fellowship application for John P. Davis, granted six hundred dollars for a three-month study in the field of Social Work.
• Granted applications for Davis John Aubrey 
  Files documenting fellowship grants of one thousand five hundred dollars in 1938 and renewals of one thousand eight hundred dollars in 1939, and 1940 for John Aubrey Davis, a Political Science professor at Lincoln University. The grants supported his Ph.D. studies at Columbia University, initially focusing on Negroes in New York politics and later shifting to administrative techniques in social security. Included are handwritten evaluations praising his candidacy.
• Application for Henderson Sheridan Davis
  A 1946 fellowship application and 1948 follow-up, for Henderson Sheridan Davis, an instructor at Payne Theological Seminary, to evaluate the role of religion in Negro adjustment, 1800 to 1865. He proposed to study for a Ph.D. at Boston University. Included are handwritten notes assessing his candidacy.
• Application for Grace Hays Davis (Mrs.)
  A 1945 fellowship application for Grace Hays Davis, a housewife and sculptor from Birmingham, Alabama, to model small figures and busts of Southern Negro types. The file highlights her previous study at Vassar College and Columbia University, and her work as an art instructor. Her application includes her experiences, accomplishments, and a list of references.
• Application for George W. Davis
  A 1944 fellowship application for George W. Davis, Acting Director of the Division of Trades and Industries at Hampton Institute, to pursue an M.S. in Industrial Education at Pennsylvania State College. The file details his plan to analyze Hampton's industrial offerings and includes handwritten notes criticizing his application.
• Granted application for Davis Frank Marshall
  A 1937 fellowship application for Frank Marshall Davis, a newspaperman and feature editor for the Associated Negro Press in Chicago, granted one thousand five hundred dollars to continue his creative writing. The grant allowed him to work on a book of poems and an anthology of contemporary Negro verse, building on the critical success of his earlier work, Black Man's Verse. This file includes handwritten addenda evaluating his candidacy.
• Granted application for Frances E. Davis
  A 1929 fellowship application for Frances E. Davis granted one thousand dollars for one year of study in Public Health Nursing at Columbia University.
• Granted application for Davis Edwin Adams 
  A 1940 fellowship application for Edwin Adams Davis, Head of the Department of Archives at Louisiana State University, granted one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars, jointly with W. R. Hogan, to edit the diary of William T. Johnson, a free Negro of Natchez. The file includes updates on the project's progress and his professional career. Included is a handwritten addendum praising his candidacy.
• Granted application for Davis Charles Twitchell
  Files documenting fellowship grants of one thousand two hundred dollars for 1940 and one thousand two hundred dollars for 1941 for Charles Twitchell Davis, a graduate student at the University of Chicago. The grants supported his studies in American Culture, specifically a definitive study of the literature of the Negro Renaissance. Include is a handwritten note praising his candidacy.
• Granted application for Alonzo Joseph Davis
  A 1939 fellowship application for Alonzo Joseph Davis, Head of the Psychology Department at Tuskegee Institute, granted one thousand two hundred dollars to pursue a Ph.D. at Yale University. The project involved an experimental investigation of factors influencing mechanical ability and establishing norms for Negroes. This application includes handwritten addenda praising his candidacy.
• Application for Almena Davis
  A 1948 fellowship application for Almena Davis, Editor of the Los Angeles Tribune, to write a novel and a collection of short stories. The file details her journalism career and includes references from Mark Ethridge and A. Philip Randolph.
• Application notes for Allison Davis
  Application summary for Allison Davis, a professor of anthropology at Dillard University. This file contains a handwritten addendum praising his project.
• Application for Alice Davis
  A 1942 fellowship application for Alice Davis, a Visiting Professor at William and Mary College, to write a book on Technicways in Contemporary Society at the University of North Carolina. The document includes handwritten evaluations.
• Application for Sue Randolph Davidson
  A 1948 fellowship application for Sue Randolph Davidson, a secretary at the Mississippi State Board of Health, to write two juvenile books based on Mississippi history. The file details her background in teaching and writing, including plays and articles published in various magazines.