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• Application for Forrest Oran Wiggins
  A 1940 application document for Forrest Oran Wiggins, an Instructor in Philosophy at Howard University. The candidate requested a grant to research the theoretical presuppositions underlying the social sciences. The plan involved working under Dr. Frank H. Knight at the University of Chicago, seeking no degree. The document details the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, list of theses, and references.
• Application for Lawrence Alexander Whitfield
  A 1940 application document for Lawrence Alexander Whitfield, an Instructor in Biology at Florida A. and M. College. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study the anatomy and embryology of very young human embryos with particular reference to the nervous system. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. The document contains the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Albert Harold Wheeler
  A 1940 application document for Albert Harold Wheeler, a Technical Assistant in the Department of Bacteriology at Howard University. The candidate requested a grant to study and classify variations exhibited by streptococci, staphylococci, pneumococci and other bacteria in varying concentrations of sulfanilamide. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. The application includes the candidates personal data, educational history, professional experience, list of theses, and references.
• Application for Margaret Abigail Walker
  A 1940 application document for Margaret Abigail Walker, a graduate student at the University of Iowa. The candidate applied for a fellowship to complete a historical novel of Negro life in the South, intended as the first volume in a family saga. The candidate did not seek a degree but planned to work under the supervision of faculty at the University of Iowa. The file details the candidates personal history, educational background, writing experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for Campbell Leon Upthegrove
  A 1940 application document for Campbell Leon Upthegrove, a graduate student at the University of Southern California. The candidate requested funding to study the history of British Railroads in the Nineteenth Century at the University of Southern California and the Huntington Library, working toward a Ph.D. The document contains the candidates personal data, educational summary, teaching experience, list of masters theses, and references.
• Application for Lois Morton Turner
  A 1940 application document for Lois Morton Turner, a resident of Nashville, Tennessee. The candidate applied for a fellowship to investigate African survivals in the art of Brazil, make paintings of primitive Negro types and landscapes, and study with Brazilian artists. The plan involved attending the National Academy of Fine Arts and the Arts and Trades School in Bahia. The application includes the candidates personal history, educational background, list of accomplishments, and references.
• Application for Cornelius Vanderbilt Troup
  A 1940 application document for Cornelius Vanderbilt Troup, the College Registrar and Principal of the Laboratory High School at Fort Valley State College. The candidate requested a grant to write two textbooks for the first and second grades combining subjects like reading, health, and arithmetic, facilitating life related teaching. The plan included working toward a Doctor of Education degree at Stanford University. The file details the candidates personal data, education, experience, and references.
• Application for Eva Estelle Thomas
  A 1940 application document for Eva Estelle Thomas, an Associate Dean of Women at Hampton Institute. The candidate applied for a fellowship to complete work for a Masters degree in guidance with special emphasis on student personnel administration at Teachers College, Columbia University. The document contains the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for Claude Randolph Taylor
  A 1940 application document for Claude Randolph Taylor, an Associate Professor of Science at Tillotson College. The candidate requested funding to conduct a study of the ecology and behavior of the Horned Toad to determine its economic importance in the southwestern United States. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at Ohio State University. The application includes the candidates personal data, educational summary, teaching experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Orrin Clayton Suthern, II
  A 1940 application document for Orrin Clayton Suthern, II, a Choirmaster and Organist at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Chicago. The candidate applied for a fellowship to pursue a Master of Music degree and the Associate of the American Guild of Organists, studying music history, theory, and organ at the American Conservatory of Music. The plan also included completing a textbook on the History of the Negro in American Music. The file details the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for William Wallace Stewart
  A 1940 application document for William Wallace Stewart, the Director of Teacher Training at Southern University. The candidate applied for a fellowship to make a special study of vocations and vocational guidance techniques for Negroes in Louisiana, aiming to develop a coordinated plan for schools at all educational levels. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. The application details the candidates personal data, educational history, professional experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for Kenneth Lee Spencer
  A 1940 application document for Kenneth Lee Spencer, a singer and understudy to Paul Robeson in John Henry. The candidate requested a grant for private voice instruction and coaching in languages to prepare for a concert career. The plan involved working with private teachers in New York City. The file includes the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience in concerts and radio, and a list of references.
• Application for George Snowden
  A 1940 application document for George Snowden, an Instructor in Social Science at Shaw University on leave. The candidate applied for a fellowship to make a study of the participation of Negroes in politics in the border states. The plan included working toward a Ph.D. at Indiana University. The document details the candidates personal data, educational history, professional experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for Mabel Murphy Smythe
  A 1940 application document for Mabel Murphy Smythe, a teacher at Fort Valley State College on leave. The candidate requested funding to study the application of consumers cooperatives as a factor in improving economic conditions among Negroes in Georgia. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. The file contains the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, and references.
• Application for Emerald Allan Smith
  A 1940 application document for Emerald Allan Smith, a Laboratory Assistant at the General Electric Company in Lynn, Massachusetts. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study the fundamentals of theoretical physics, electronics, and laboratory technique in high frequency experimentation. The plan involved working toward an M.S. degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The application includes personal data, educational summary, experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Delia Loretta Silance
  A 1940 application document for Delia Loretta Silance, a teacher in Adult Education with the WPA in Lafayette, Indiana. The candidate requested funding for research on The Cultural Lag Among Negroes, examining factors and prospects for lessening it through study and observation in urban and rural communities. The plan involved preliminary doctoral work at Fisk University under Charles S. Johnson. The application details the candidates personal history, educational background, experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for Ida Madonna Rowland
  A 1940 application document for Ida Madonna Rowland, an Instructor in Psychology and Sociology at C. A. and N. University in Langston, Oklahoma. The candidate applied for a fellowship to complete work for a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Work, with the goal of securing work in the rural South. The plan involved attending Cornell University. The file includes the candidates personal data, educational history, professional experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for Harry V. Richardson
  A 1940 application document for Harry V. Richardson, a Chaplain and Director of Religious Activities at Tuskegee Institute. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study the rural Negro church to determine how it may be a more potent factor in social improvement. The candidate sought no degree. The document contains personal data, educational history, professional experience, accomplishments, and a list of references.
• Application for Doris Evangeline Boyd Rice
  A 1940 application document for Doris Evangeline Boyd Rice, a commercial teacher at Anson County Training School. The candidate applied for a fellowship to specialize in Real Estate and Land Economics and to contribute a housing project reference to Negroes in Guilford County, North Carolina. The plan involved working toward an M.B.A. at New York University under the supervision of Professors Dorau, Smith, Mertzke, Connelly, and Bryant. The file details personal data, education, experience, and references.
• Application for Mahlon Clifton Rhaney
  A 1940 application document for Mahlon Clifton Rhaney, a teacher and assistant in biology at Dillard University. The candidate requested funding to work toward a Masters Degree in Histology with a minor in Bio Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. The application includes the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Joseph Andrew Reid
  A 1940 application document for Joseph Andrew Reid, an Associate Professor of Spanish at Tillotson College. The candidate applied for a fellowship to conduct a comparative study of the American Negro Novel and the Cuban Negro Novel, involving research in Cuba. The plan included working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. The document contains personal data, educational summary, experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Jay Saunders Redding
  A 1940 application document for Jay Saunders Redding, the Head of the Department of English at State Teachers College in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The candidate requested a grant to tour through the South to collect material on Negro life for a book. The candidate did not seek a degree. The file details the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for William Harrison Pipes
  A 1940 application document for William Harrison Pipes, an Associate Professor of English at Fort Valley State College. The candidate applied for a fellowship to make a study of special problems in English and Speech of students in rural Negro schools of the South and to formulate effective teaching approaches. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan under Dr. H. H. Bloomer. The application includes personal data, education, experience, and references.
• Application for Myrtle Redmond Phillips
  A 1940 application document for Myrtle Redmond Phillips, an Assistant Professor of Education at Howard University. The candidate requested funding to determine the educational equipment needed by teachers in secondary schools for Negroes and to formulate a teacher training curriculum. The plan included working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago under Dr. W. S. Gray. The document details the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for Raoul M. Perez
  A 1940 application document for Raoul M. Perez, an Instructor in Romance Languages at Xavier University in New Orleans. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study the use of the infinitive in medieval texts at the University of Chicago library, contributing to a statistical study of Spanish syntax. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Professor Keniston. The file includes the candidates personal data, educational history, experience, and a list of references.