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• Application for Harry Koonce Parker
  A 1940 application document for Harry Koonce Parker, the Director of the Negro Division of the Recreation Commission in Greensboro, North Carolina. The candidate applied for a fellowship to work as an Apprentice Fellow under the supervision of the National Recreation Association in several cities to prepare for more effective service in the field. The application includes the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Vishnu V. Oak
  A 1940 application document for Vishnu V. Oak, the Director of the Department of Commerce at Wilberforce University. The candidate requested funding for an intensive field study of the present status and future possibilities of Negro business in southern cities, correlating commercial courses in Negro colleges to actual needs of the negro. The file details the candidates personal data, educational history, extensive teaching experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for Rudolph Moses
  A 1940 application document for Rudolph Moses, an Associate Professor of English at Dillard University. The candidate applied for a fellowship to collect and interpret native folk materials of Louisiana, specifically those emanating from the Negro and people of mixed blood near New Orleans. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at Indiana University. The document contains the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, list of fellowships held, and references.
• Application for Earl Richard Moses
  A 1940 application document for Earl Richard Moses, a Professor of Sociology at Morgan College. The candidate requested a grant for graduate study at the University of Pennsylvania to work on a Ph.D. thesis titled The Negro Delinquent in Baltimore. The study aimed to throw light on problems of migration, racial segregation, and personality adjustment. The file includes the candidates personal data, educational history, research experience, publications, and references.
• Application for James T. Morton, Jr.
  A 1940 application document for James T. Morton, Jr., an Instructor in Psychology and Education at Bennett College. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study The Psychological Etiology of Reading Disability among Negro College Students, intending to work toward a Ph.D. at Northwestern University. The application details the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for James Harold Montague
  A 1940 application document for James Harold Montague, an Associate Professor and Director of the Department of Music at Virginia State College. The candidate requested funding to pursue courses leading to a doctorate in music with musicology as the major field of concentration. The plan was to attend the University of Rochester. The document contains the candidates personal data, educational summary, professional experience, list of accomplishments, and references.
• Application for Eva Cornelia Mitchell
  A 1940 application document for Eva Cornelia Mitchell, an Associate Professor of Education at Hampton Institute. The candidate applied for a fellowship to formulate a plan for the integration of student teaching and related education courses in the training of elementary teachers. The plan involved working toward a Doctor of Education degree at Teachers College, Columbia University. The file includes the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for James Erroll Miller
  A 1940 application document for James Erroll Miller, an Assistant Professor of Government at Lincoln University in Missouri. The candidate requested a grant to study the part played by the Negro in Pennsylvania politics since the American Revolution, with emphasis on Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The plan included working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. The application details the candidates personal data, educational history, teaching experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for John Benson Manly
  A 1940 application document for John Benson Manly, an Assistant in Surgery at Howard University Medical School and Assistant Surgeon at Freedmens Hospital. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study the fundamentals of orthopedic surgery and the management of fractures, aiming to pass the American Board of Orthopedics. The plan involved studying at the University of Iowa, University of Chicago, or Presbyterian Hospital in New York. The document contains the candidates personal history, educational summary, professional experience, and references.
• Application for Richard Ismael McKinney
  A 1940 application document for Richard Ismael McKinney, an Assistant Professor of Religious Education at Virginia Union University. The candidate requested funding to gather and correlate information regarding the present status of religion in higher education among Negroes, following a year of residence study. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at Yale University under Dr. Clarence Shedd. The file includes the candidates personal data, educational background, professional experience, list of scholarships held, and references.
• Application for Henry C. McBay
  A 1940 application document for Henry C. McBay, a porter in Dallas, Texas. The candidate requested funding to develop into an independent and authoritative researcher, intending to devote time to instruction and research in the field of chemistry. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. The file details the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience, list of accomplishments including a masters thesis, and references.
• Application for Ablene Buchanan Lockhart
  A 1940 application document for Ablene Buchanan Lockhart, a student at the University of California at Berkeley. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study voice for approximately two years to prepare for professional work, planning to study privately with Signor Giuseppi Boghetti. The application includes the candidates personal data, educational summary, list of accomplishments including a voice scholarship, a budget estimate, and references.
• Application for Crawford Bernard Lindsay
  A 1940 application document for Crawford Bernard Lindsay, an Assistant Professor of English at Morehouse College. The candidate requested a grant to study the literary repercussions of the Anti Slavery Movement in England from 1780 to 1833. The plan included working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. The document details the candidates personal history, education, teaching experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for Raphael OHara Lanier
  A 1940 application document for Raphael OHara Lanier, the Assistant Director of the Division of Negro Affairs, National Youth Administration. The candidate applied for a fellowship to study occupational and training problems of unemployed Negro youth and to prepare a manual for personnel work. The plan involved working toward a D. Ed at Leland Stanford University. The file contains the candidates personal data, educational background, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Arthur Clifton Lamb
  A 1940 application document for Arthur Clifton Lamb, an Instructor in English and Director of Dramatics at Prairie View State College on leave. The candidate requested funding to complete work on an M.F.A. degree, write and publish plays suitable for Negro schools, and establish a permanent experimental theatre at Praire View State College for Negro playwrights . The plan involved studying at the State University of Iowa. The application includes the candidates personal history, education, experience, list of plays written, and references.
• Application for Ulysses Simpson Kay
  A 1940 application document for Ulysses Simpson Kay, a student at the Eastman School of Music. The candidate applied for a fellowship to compose a ballet with a theme Negroid in character. The plan included working toward a Ph.D. in music at the Eastman School of Music. The document details the candidates personal data, educational summary, musical accomplishments including performances and broadcasts, fellowships held, and references.
• Application for Faith Jefferson Jones
  A 1940 application document for Faith Jefferson Jones, the Assistant Director of the Family Service Division, Chicago Relief Administration. The candidate requested a grant to complete academic requirements for the Master of Arts degree at the University of Chicago. The file includes the candidates personal history, educational background, professional experience in social work, and a list of references.
• Application for Butler Alphonso Jones
  A 1940 application document for Butler Alphonso Jones, the Chairman of the Social Studies Department at Atlanta University Laboratory High School. The candidate applied for a fellowship to analyze social legislation in the South from 1914 to 1933, with special reference to the socio legal problems of the Negro. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. The application details the candidates personal data, educational history, experience, and includes a list of references.
• Application for William Henry Johnson
  A 1940 application document for William Henry Johnson, an Art Instructor for the WPA Project at the Harlem Art Center. The candidate requested funding to paint Negro people in their natural environment and to further their artistic experience in the United States and abroad. The document contains the candidates personal history, educational summary, professional experience as a painter in various countries, list of accomplishments including awards, and references.
• Application for Sargent Claude Johnson
  A 1940 application document for Sargent Claude Johnson, a Supervisor on the WPA Art Project in San Francisco. The candidate applied for a fellowship to perpetuate the American Negro in American history through sculpture and ceramics, specifically to show the relationship of the Negro to the white man in the development of America. The file includes the candidates personal data, educational background, professional experience, list of accomplishments including awards, and references.
• Application for Ras Oliver Johnson
  A 1940 application document for Ras Oliver Johnson, the Coordinator of Negro Agencies in Greenville County, South Carolina. The candidate proposed a critical analysis of the techniques used by the Greenville County Council for Community Development and their implications for Negro education. The plan included working toward a Ph.D. in Education at Columbia University. The application includes the candidates personal history, educational background, experience, list of publications, and references.
• Application for James Price Johnson
  A 1940 application document for James Price Johnson, a composer of music in Jamaica, New York. The candidate requested a grant to compose an orchestral symphonic suite titled New Orleans, a historical tone poem covering the cultural development of the city. The file includes the candidates personal data, musical education, professional experience as a composer and conductor, and references.
• Application for Henry Robert Jerkins
  A 1940 application document for Henry Robert Jerkins, a Teacher of English at A. and T. College. The candidate applied for a fellowship to prepare a standard college textbook on Negro literature with critical notes emphasizing historical and social forces. The plan involved working toward a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin. The document details the candidates personal history, education, teaching experience, and references.
• Application for Oscar W. Holmes, Jr.
  A 1940 application document for Oscar W. Holmes, Jr., an Instructor in Chemistry at Claflin College. The candidate applied for a fellowship to attend Ohio State University for advanced chemistry courses and research on ion species and equilibria, working toward a Ph.D. The application contains the candidates personal data, educational background, professional experience, and a list of references.
• Application for Elmer William Henderson
  A 1940 application document for Elmer William Henderson, a graduate student at the University of Chicago. The candidate requested funding to pursue courses toward the Ph.D. degree at the University of Chicago and to study the political activities of Negroes in five urban centers. The file includes the candidates personal history, educational summary, research experience, list of accomplishments, and references.