JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

FELLOWSHIPS *for* ADVANCED STUDY ABROAD

UNITED STATES *of* AMERICA, 1934

IN order to improve the quality of education and the practice of the arts and professions in the United States, to foster research, and to provide for the cause of better international understanding, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, established by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim as a memorial to a son who died April 26, 1922, offers a limited number of Fellowships, tenable under the freest possible conditions, for research in any field of knowledge and for creative work in any of the fine arts, including music. Heretofore the Fellowships have been granted only for work abroad; but for 1934-35 a limited number may be granted for work in the United States. Such Fellowships will be granted by the Trustees upon nomination made by a Committee of Selection.

THE FOUNDATION also offers a limited number of Fellowships to citizens of Argentina, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico to work in the United States or America, and to citizens of the United States for work in Latin America. In 1932 the Latin American Exchange Fellowships were extended to Puerto Rico. Latin American Exchange Fellows from the United States will be chosen on the same basis as all other Fellows from this country.

1. THE FOUNDATION plans to maintain annually from forty to sixty Fellows. The Fellowships are intended for men and women of high intellectual and personal qualifications who have already demonstrated unusual capacity for productive scholarship or unusual creative ability in the fine arts. Fellowships in music will be awarded only to candidates who have plans for creative work in musical composition, or for research in the history or theory of music.

2. FELLOWSHIPS are open to men or women, and to married or unmarried candidates. Fellows are normally of ages between twenty-five and forty years; but the Committee of Selection has been empowered, in exceptional cases only, to nominate a limited number of scholars older than forty. The Fellowships are open to citizens (or, in exceptional cases, to permanent residents who are not citizens) of the United States, irrespective of race, color or creed.

3. THE STIPEND will in the normal case not exceed $2,000 for a year of twelve months. The tenure of Fellowships will be adjusted to the purpose and scope of the studies of each individual. Appointments will be made ordinarily for one year; but plans which involve two years' work will be considered by the Trustees. In special cases the Trustees will grant Fellowships for terms shorter than one year, with appropriate stipends. Members of the teaching profession who have received sabbatical leave on full or part salary are eligible for appointment.

4. THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION will require evidence that candidates are persons of unusual capacity for research, demonstrated ordinarily by the previous publication of contributions to knowledge of high merit, or that they are persons of unusual and proved creative ability in some one of the fine arts. Definite plans for their proposed study must be presented by all candidates. The Foundation will consult with responsible scholars and artists regarding the value and practicability of the projects presented, and the personality and promise of the applicants.

5. THE TRUSTEES may subsidize the publication of important contributions to knowledge produced by holders of Fellowships on the Foundation; but they do not undertake to aid in publishing all works so produced.

6. FELLOWS are expected to present a complete report to the Foundation on retiring from their Fellowships, and informal reports at such times as the Foundation may suggest. Applications for reappointment must be accompanied by preliminary reports of work accomplished. Such applications should be received at the office of the Foundation before February 1, 1934.

7. APPLICATIONS for Fellowships must be made in writing on or before November 1, 1933, by the candidates themselves, in the form prescribed, addressed to Henry Allen Moe, Secretary, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Final selection of Fellows for 1934-35 will be made early in March, 1934. Application forms will be mailed by the Secretary upon request.

DR. CARL ROBERT NOLLER, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Stanford University: A study of the methods in use at certain European laboratories for determining the constitution of naturally occurring organic compounds, especially the sapogenins and sterols.

MR. PAUL NORDOFF, Composer, Philadelphia: Creative work in musical composition, abroad.

MRS. CARLOTTA PETRINA, Artist, Brooklyn, New York: Creative work in lithography, in France.

DR. THOMAS CHARLES POULTER, Head of Department of Physics, Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and Research Physicist to the projected Byrd Antarctic Expedition II: Studies and observations in the field of physics in connection with the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition.

DR. LOWELL JOSEPH RAGATZ, Associate Professor of History, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.: A study of the social and economic structure of the French Antilles during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

DR. CHARLES FREDERICK ROOS, Permanent Secretary, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C.: The writing of a book on dynamical economics, in consultation with European scholars.

DR. HENRY SCHULTZ, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago: Studies in the field of mathematical and statistical economics in Europe.

DR. KENNETH SCOTT, Professor of Classics, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio: Research in the religious and political history of the Roman Empire; in particular a study of the development of Roman Emperor worship in the first century A. D.

MISS MARY L. TARLETON, Sculptor, New York City: Creative work in sculpture, abroad.

MR. GLENWAY WESCOTT, Writer, Ripon, Wisconsin: The completion of a novel, abroad.

## COMMITTEES OF SELECTION

THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION for Argentina consisted of Ing. Alejandro E. Bunge, Dr. Alfredo Colmo, Dr. Pedro Chutro, Dr. Angel Gallardo, and Dr. Carlos M. Mayer; Dr. Enrique Gil, *Secretary*.

THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION for Chile consisted of Dr. W. S. Culbertson, Señor Don Manuel Foster Recabarren, Ing. Ramón Salas Edwards, Dr. Lucas Sierra, Señor Don Guillermo Subercaseaux Perez, and Señor Don Carlos Silva Vildósola; Ing. M. G. Hidalgo, *Secretary*.

THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION for Cuba and Puerto Rico consisted of President Frank Aydelotte, Dr. Harry T. Collings, Dr. Charles B. Lipman, Dr. Elmer Drew Merrill, and Dr. Richard P. Strong. This committee also considered the applications for renewals of Fellowships presented by certain Fellows from Latin America.

THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION for Mexico consisted of Lic. Luis Cabrera, Arq. Carlos Contreras, Lic. Fernando González Roa, Dr. Roberto Medellín, and Dr. Rafael Silva; Dr. Eyler N. Simpson, *Secretary*.

THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION for the United States consisted of President Frank Aydelotte, Dean Guy Stanton Ford, Dean Charles B. Lipman, Professor Marjorie Nicolson, and Professor Edwin B. Wilson. The advisory committee for applications from artists consisted of Mr. Gifford Beal, Mr. James E. Fraser, Mr. Rockwell Kent and Mr. Eugene Speicher.

New York, N. Y.
March 27, 1933.

HENRY ALLEN MOE
*Secretary*

551 FIFTH AVENUE • NEW YORK • N.Y.

CONCERNING APPLICATIONS

IT IS the intent of the application form simply to give applicants an outline of the kind of information we need, so that each may have an opportunity to present fully his or her case for a Fellowship. You may use the application form or not, as you choose. We need information on two heads: (1) What have you accomplished? and (2) What work do you propose to do?

THE application form suggests a presentation of the facts of a scholar's case; the following memorandum suggests a parallel presentation for creative workers. In both cases the information we desire is essentially of the same kind.

MEMORANDUM FOR CREATIVE WORKERS

SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE APPLYING AS COMPOSERS OF MUSIC

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work...," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a student of music and as a composer of music.

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list...," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his published compositions, giving the names of publishers, and dates of composition. The applicant should also submit, under this head, an itemized list of performances of compositions, giving the name of the composition, by what orchestra performed, name of conductor, and place and date of performance.

IN answer to PLANS FOR STUDY, an applicant should outline his or her plans for composition, as closely as may be done for creative work, during the period for which a grant from the Foundation is requested. (Please submit one more copy of PLANS FOR STUDY than the number of your references.)

SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE APPLYING FOR FELLOWSHIPS IN FINE ARTS

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work...," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a student of art and as a creative worker in his or her field, whether as painter, etcher, sculptor, etc.

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list...," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his or her public exhibitions, giving names of works, and dates and places of exhibitions. The applicant should also submit, under this head, an itemized account of prizes and honors won for creative work, important purchases, etc.

IN answer to PLANS FOR STUDY, an applicant should outline his or her plans for work as closely as may be done for creative work, during the period for which a grant from the Foundation is requested. (Please submit one more copy of PLANS FOR STUDY than the number of your references.)

IF and when examples of work are desired, the applicant will be notified.

SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE APPLYING AS CREATIVE WRITERS

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work...," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a writer.

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list...," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his or her published work, giving names of publishers, and dates of publication.

IN answer to PLANS FOR STUDY, an applicant should outline his or her plans for work, as closely as may be done for creative work, during the period for which a grant is requested from the Foundation. (Please submit one more copy of PLANS FOR STUDY than the number of your references.)

HENRY ALLEN MOE
Secretary

June 28, 1933

Apartado 27
Correo Español
Tanger, (Morocco).

Mr Henry Allen Moe
551 Fifth Avenue
New York City

Dear Mr Moe: Thanks for your note and for sending me the papers concerning the Guggenheim Foundation and I want to avail myself of your kind invitation regarding further information before filling out the application forms.

I am doubtful, after reading the articles of the Foundation, whether I am eligible to apply at all and if my application would even be entertained. For although I am an American writer as such, I am not a citizen. I was born in Jamaica and neglected taking out papers during all the years I lived in the States and I have been abroad since 1923.

However, if you will let me know whether my application can be accepted I shall be glad to make it. And if so will you please explain what is meant by " submit one more copy of PLANS FOR STUDY than the number of references"? Does it mean that if there were three references there should be four Plans for study?

Yours Sincerely

CLAUDE MCKAY

PLAN OF STUDY

The writing of a novel with Morocco as background and
as general material the racial <u> mestizos </u> cross currents.

The main motif will be the Negro element taking into
account its historical perspective from the conquest of Timbouoto
by the Moorish sultans and the introduction of the Soudanese into
and eventual
Morocco, in the formation of the famous "Black Guard" of Negro sol-
diers.

But the actual story will be modern in setting and based
upon the Negro existing today as an integral part of the Moorish
uniquely in juxtaposition
civilization and also as a purely racial groupment in to
the Arabs and Berbers and the various interesting racial units which
make the population of Morocco.

To this purpose I wish to visit the important towns and
districts of the country to make a study, compare certain data and
gather fresh material.

The assembling of the material would take about three
months and the actual writing some six or more. If my application
is granted the work would be undertaken as soon as possible there-
after.

Copy

July 11, 1933

Dear Mr. McKay

Mr Moe is in Europe on an extended leave, and in his absence I am replying to your letter of June 28th. The answer to your question is something like this: The fellowships are available to citizens, or to permanent residents, of the United States. The question of permanent residence is a question of intention, and if it is your intention to reside permanently in the United States, you are eligible to apply for a fellowship....

## ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

1. Positions held (professional, teaching, scientific, administrative, business):

<table><thead><tr><td>Name of Institution or Organization</td><td>Title of Position</td><td>Years of Tenure (give dates)</td><td>Compensation</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2. Of what learned, scientific or artistic societies are you a member? __________________________________________________

3. Submit a full account of the advanced work, research, or creative work you have already done in this country or abroad, giving dates, subjects, and names of your principal teachers in these subjects. What are your present attainments in your proposed field of study? record as written career

4. Submit a *list* of your publications with exact titles, names of publishers, and dates and places of publication. (*Please do not submit copies of publications or manuscripts.*)

## PLANS FOR STUDY:

Submit a statement giving detailed plans for the study you would pursue during your tenure of a Fellowship. This statement should include, *inter alia*: (1) a description of the project, including its character and scope, and the significance of its presumable contribution to knowledge, or to art; (2) the present state of the project, time of commencement, progress to date, and expectation as to completion; (3) the proposed foreign university, or institution of similar grade, or the place where the study would be carried on, and the foreign authorities, if any, with whom the work would be done; (4) your expectation as to publication of the results of your study; and (5) your ultimate purpose as a student. *This statement should be complete and carefully prepared.* (Please submit one more copy of PLANS FOR STUDY than the number of your references.)

### If awarded a Fellowship—

When would you wish to commence the study proposed? __________________________________________________

What is your estimate of its probable duration? 1 year or more __________________________________________________

REFERENCES:

Submit a list of references from whom further confidential information may be obtained concerning your qualifications and from whom expert opinion may be obtained as to the value and practicability of your proposed studies.

<table><thead><tr><td>Name of Reference</td><td>Position</td><td>Address</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Springer /</td><td>CRC Press</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wiley</td><td>CRC Press</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Elsevier</td><td>Elsevier</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jenner - ?</td><td>Wiley</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

If you have applied or expect to apply elsewhere for any fellowship or scholarship for the year 1934-35 state the facts regarding such applications:

If you apply elsewhere for any fellowship or scholarship for the year 1934-35 after presenting this application, notify the Secretary of this Foundation immediately.

SIGNATURE

PLACE AND DATE OF MAILING

SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING APPLICATIONS

1. If convenient, please type application and additional material.

2. Use paper the size of this sheet, 8½" x 11", if possible, for writing all documents submitted.

3. Every page or document submitted must bear the applicant's name plainly written.

4. Whenever the space provided in this form is not suitable for an applicant to present fully the facts of his or her case, it is requested that they be stated in a separate document.

FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION FORM

APPLICANT'S COPY

1936

APPLICATIONS and accompanying documents must reach the Secretary of the Foundation not later than November 1, 1935. They are desired, for the convenience of the Committee of Selection, as early as possible.

In what field of learning, or of art, does your project lie?

Concise statement of project

PERSONAL HISTORY:

Name in full

Present address

Telephone

A permanent address

Present occupation

Place of birth Date of birth

If not a native-born American citizen, date and place of naturalization

Single, Married, Widowed, Divorced

Name and address of wife or husband

Name and address of nearest kin, if unmarried

Ages of children, if any

Have you any constitutional disorder or physical disability?

With this application please submit a small recent photograph.

["## ACCOMPLISHMENTS:", "1. Positions held (professional, teaching, scientific, administrative, business):", "<table><thead><tr><td>Name of Institution or Organization</td><td>Title of Position</td><td>Years of Tenure (give dates)</td><td>Compensation</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>", "2. Of what learned, scientific or artistic societies are you a member? ............................

["REFERENCES:", "Submit a list of references from whom further confidential information may be obtained concerning your qualifications and from whom expert opinion may be obtained as to the value and practicability of your proposed studies.", "<table><thead><tr><td>Name of Reference</td><td>Position</td><td>Address</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>", "If you have applied or expect to apply elsewhere for any fellowship or scholarship for the same period state the facts regarding such applications:", "If you apply elsewhere for any fellowship or scholarship after presenting this application, please notify the Secretary of this Foundation immediately.", "SIGNATURE........................................

UNITED STATES *of* AMERICA, 1936

IN order to improve the quality of education and the practice of the arts and professions in the United States, to foster research, and to provide for the cause of better international understanding, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, established by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim as a memorial to a son who died April 26, 1922, offers a limited number of Fellowships, tenable under the freest possible conditions, for research in any field of knowledge and for creative work in any of the fine arts, including music. In the main, the Fellowships have been granted only for work abroad; but for 1936-37, in exceptional cases, a limited number may be granted for work in the United States. The Fellowships will be awarded by the Trustees upon nominations made by a Committee of Selection.

THE FOUNDATION also offers a limited number of Fellowships to citizens of Argentina, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico for work in the United States of America; and to citizens of the United States for work in Latin America. In 1932 the Latin American Exchange Fellowships were extended to Puerto Rico. Latin American Exchange Fellows from the United States will be chosen on the same basis as all other Fellows from this country.

6. FELLOWS are expected to present a complete report to the Foundation on retiring from their Fellowships, and informal reports at such times as the Foundation may suggest. Applications for reappointment must be accompanied by preliminary reports of work accomplished. Such applications should be received at the office of the Foundation before February 1, 1936.

7. APPLICATIONS for Fellowships must be made in writing on or before November 1, 1935, by the candidates themselves, in the form prescribed, addressed to Henry Allen Moe, Secretary, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Final selection of Fellows for 1936-37 will be made in March, 1936. Application forms will be mailed by the Secretary upon request.

1935

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

HON. SIMON GUGGENHEIM

MRS. SIMON GUGGENHEIM

FRANCIS H. BROWNELL

CARROLL A. WILSON

CHARLES D. HILLES

ROGER W. STRAUS

CHARLES EARL

JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FELLOWS

APPOINTED FROM LATIN AMERICA

PROFESSOR ALFREDO BAÑOS, Jr., Professor of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, National University of Mexico, Mexico, D. F.: Studies of the physical nature of dielectric constant and of the conductivity of dielectrics, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

DR. PEDRO J. BERMÚDEZ HERNÁNDEZ, Assistant in Zoölogy and Paleontology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba: Studies of Foraminifera, especially from the paleontological point of view, with the purpose of contributing to a correlation of the Eocene faunas of Cuba with those of the Gulf Coast of the North American mainland, chiefly at the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research at Sharon, Massachusetts.

DR. LUIS HUGO HOWELL RIVERO, Assistant in Anthropology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba: Taxonomical and biological studies of West Indian fishes, chiefly at the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, Harvard University. (Renewal)

DR. ATILIO MACCHIAVELLO VARAS, Chief of the Sanitary Inspection Service of the Northern Sanitary Zone of Chile, Antofagasta, Chile: Studies in the fields of preventive medicine and public health, with special reference to typhus, at Harvard University. (Renewal)

DR. TEÓFILO ORTIZ Y RAMÍREZ, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Mexico, Mexico, D. F.: Clinical studies in the field of cardiac physiology, at Harvard University.

DR. ENRIQUE SAVINO, Bacteriologist in the Bacteriological Institute of the National Department of Hygiene, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Studies in the field of public health, with emphasis on epidemiology, chiefly at Harvard University.

APPOINTED FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DR. SAMUEL KING ALLISON, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Chicago: A study of the technique of nuclear investigation as developed at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England.

MR. NEWTON ARVIN, Associate Professor of English, Smith College: The writing of a book on Walt Whitman in his relation to the political, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States in his lifetime.

DR. WERNER EMMANUEL BACHMANN, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan: Investigations in the field of sex hormones, the sterols and the bile acids, in certain European laboratories.

MR. ALVAH CECIL BESSIE, Writer, East Dorset, Vermont: Creative writing.

DR. WILLIAM CLOUSER BOYD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Evans Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts: Determination of blood groups as data for anthropological investigations, especially a comparative study of the blood groups of living Egyptians and of ancient Egyptian mummies.

MR. KENNETH BURKE, Writer, New York City: The writing of a book outlining and characterizing world outlooks that have prevailed in the past, with particular attention to the emergence and disintegration of such outlooks.

DR. CHARLES LEWIS CAMP, Associate Professor of Paleontology, University of California: A study of vertebrate paleontology of the Triassic, particularly the Triassic of North America in its relations to the faunas of China, Russia, South Africa, South America and Scotland.

DR. ARTHUR EDWARD CHRISTY, Instructor in English, Columbia University: The preparation of a book, in the main a survey of the consequences, primarily for Western Europe, of the process by which the world has become Europeanized, to be based on the notes and lectures of the late Professor William R. Shepherd.

DR. CHESTER WELLS CLARK, Assistant Professor of History, Princeton University: A study of Bismarck's technique in manipulating public opinion, and an investigation of unpublished sources for Bismarck's diplomacy before 1871, abroad.

MR. JACK CONROY, Writer, Moberly, Missouri: Creative writing.

DR. ARTHUR HERBERT COPELAND, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan: Researches in mathematics with the purpose of developing a complete set of postulates for the foundations of the theory of probability and proof of their consistency.

MISS ANGNA ENTERS, Dance mime, New York City: Studies and creative work in the field of the dance, abroad. (Renewal)

MR. HARVEY FERGUSSON, Writer, Berkeley, California: The collection of materials and preparation of a work on Southwestern folk lore and history; in Mexico and the United States.

MR. MITCHELL FIELDS, Sculptor, New York City: Creative work in sculpture, abroad. (Renewal)

MR. DANTE FIORILLO, Composer, New York City: Creative work in musical composition, abroad.

MR. VINCENT GLINSKY, Sculptor, New York City: Creative work in sculpture, in the United States.

MR. CALVIN GODDARD, Ballistics expert, Washington, D. C.: The preparation for publication of a volume on firearm identification, abroad and in the United States.

DR. THOMAS HARPER GOODSPEED, Professor of Botany, University of California, Berkeley: The collecting of specimen plants in the highlands of South America, toward the completion of a monograph on the genus Nicotiana. (Renewal)

MR. MORDECAI GORELIK, Stage designer, New York City: A study of the influence, in the theatre, of scientific and industrial technique upon methods of scene design and staging, abroad.

DR. ABRAM LINCOLN HARRIS, Associate Professor of Economics, Howard University: A study of certain aspects of the economic systems of Karl Marx and Thorstein Veblen, abroad and in the United States.

DR. GEORGE HERZOG, Research Associate and Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Yale University: The writing of a book on music in primitive cultures, in the United States.

MR. CHARLES NORRIS HOUGHTON, Stage designer, New York City: Studies in the field of the arts of the theatre, abroad. (Renewal)

MR. LANGSTON HUGHES, Writer, Carmel, California: Creative writing.

DR. RUTH HUGHEY, Wynne, Arkansas: The editing of a newly discovered manuscript anthology of 16th century poetry, in England.

MR. HOWARD MUMFORD JONES, Professor of English, University of Michigan: Further work toward the preparation of a biography of Thomas Moore, in Bermuda. (Renewal)

DR. OTTO KLINEBERG, Instructor in Psychology, Columbia University: A study of emotional expression among the Chinese, as one aspect of the general problem of the relation between culture and psychology.

MR. YASUO KUNIYOSHI, Painter, New York City: Creative work in painting.

MISS SUZANNE LA FOLLETTE, Writer, New York City: Certain studies of the relation of the artist to the economic and cultural development of his time, abroad.

DR. COOPER HAROLD LANGFORD, Professor of Philosophy and Symbolic Logic, University of Michigan: The writing of a critical examination of recent formalism in logic, with special reference to its development in Europe, and the attempt at a reformulation, both technical and theoretical, of the general theory of propositions.

MR. FEDERICO LEBRUN, Painter, New York City: Creative work in drawing and painting.

MR. HENRY ELIS MATTSON, Painter, Woodstock, New York: Creative work in painting.

DR. ROBERT HARBOLD McDOWELL, Research Associate in Mesopotamian Archaeology, Institute of Archaeological Research, University of Michigan: A study in Persia of local collections and hoards of ancient coins with the purpose of contributing to the solution of certain historical problems.

DR. TREMAINE McDOWELL, Associate Professor of English, University of Minnesota: The writing of a book to be entitled "Bryant in Massachusetts": a biography of William Cullen Bryant from 1794 to 1825.

MR. FRANK MECHAU, Painter, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Creative work in painting. (Renewal)

DR. MORRIS MOORE, Research Fellow in Mycology and Dermatology, The Barnard Free Skin and Cancer Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri: A comparative study of the life-cycles of certain disease-producing fungi of North and South America.

MR. PAUL NORDOFF, Composer, New York City: Creative work in musical composition, abroad. (Renewal)

MRS. CARLOTTA PETRINA, Illustrator, New York City: Creative work in book illustration, in the United States. (Renewal)

MR. WALTER HAMOR PISTON, Assistant Professor of Music, Harvard University: Creative work in musical composition.

MISS LOLA RIDGE, Poet, New York City: Creative writing.

DR. HENRY ROY WILLIAM SMITH, Professor of Latin and Classical Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley: Researches in Greek Vase Painting, especially a study of the "Lewis Painter," abroad.

MR. WILLIAM GRANT STILL, Composer, New York City: Creative work in musical composition. (Renewal)

MR. CLEON THROCKMORTON, Stage designer, New York City: A study of certain historical theatres of Europe, as well as of modern productions, chiefly on the architectural and mechanical sides, with the purpose of gathering material for a work on the simplification of theatrical production.

MR. CARL WALTERS, Ceramist and sculptor, Woodstock, New York: Creative work in glass, especially as applied to sculpture and architecture, in the United States.

DR. DAVID VERNON WIDDER, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Harvard University: A study of the relations between the general theory of function space and the theory of Laplace integrals, abroad.

DR. STANLEY THOMAS WILLIAMS, Professor of English, Yale University: The preparation of an edition, with final text, notes, bibliographies, and introductions, of the collected letters of Nathaniel Hawthorne.

MR. EDMUND WILSON, Writer, New York City: The completion of a book dealing with the study of history during the last hundred years, to be entitled "To the Finland Station: An Essay on the Writing and Acting of History," abroad.

DR. WILLIAM HOULDER ZACHARIASEN, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Chicago: A study of the constitution of the borates by methods of crystal analysis, at the Universities of Göttingen and Manchester.

CONCERNING APPLICATIONS

IT IS the intent of the application form simply to give applicants an outline of the kind of information we need, so that each may have an opportunity to present fully his or her case for a Fellowship. You may use the application form or not, as you choose. We need information on two heads (1) What have you accomplished? and (2) What work do you propose to do?

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work.,," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a student of music and as a composer of music.

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list.,," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his published compositions, giving the names of publishers, and dates of composition. The applicant should also submit, under this head, an itemized list of performances of compositions, giving the name of the composition, by what orchestra performed, name of conductor, and place and date of performance.

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work.,," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a student of art and as a creative worker in his or her field, whether as painter, etcher, sculptor, etc.

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list.,," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his or her public exhibitions, giving names of works, and dates and places of exhibitions. The applicant should also submit, under this head, an itemized account of prizes and honors won for creative work, important purchases, etc.

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work.,," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a writer.

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list.,," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his or her published work, giving names of publishers, and dates of publication.

HENRY ALLEN MOE
Secretary

PRESERVATION PHOTOCOPY: ORIGINAL MATERIAL RESTRICTED

Sept. 9
1937

321 West 136 St
New York City

Mr Henry Allen Moe
The Guggenheim Foundation
551 Fifth Avenue
New York City

Dear Sir

Again I wish to make another application for
a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete a novel about Harlem
and undertake another piece of work and I should like to
know whether it will be necessary for me to fill out new
forms and send in new names of sponsors.

FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION FORM

551 FIFTH AVENUE · NEW YORK · N · Y ·

1938

APPLICATIONS and accompanying documents must reach the Secretary of the Foundation not later than October 15, 1937. They are desired, for the convenience of the Committee of Selection, as early as possible.

Concise statement of project.

PERSONAL HISTORY:

Name in full

Present address

Telephone

A permanent address

Present occupation

Place of birth Date of birth

Ages of children, if any

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REFERENCES:

If you apply elsewhere for any fellowship or scholarship after presenting this application, please notify the Secretary of this Foundation immediately.

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PLACE AND DATE OF MAILING

If you do not get a receipt for your application within a reasonable time, please notify the Secretary.

5. Only one copy of the application form should be submitted to the Foundation by the applicant; the other may be retained by him for his own files.

6. It is suggested that applications and accompanying documents be sent by registered mail, addressed to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION FORM

1938

Concise statement of project.

PERSONAL HISTORY:

Name in full

Present address

Telephone

A permanent address

Present occupation

Place of birth

Date of birth

Ages of children, if any

EDUCATION:

1. Give a summary of your education in the following form:

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Name of Institution</th><th>Period of Study<br>(give dates)</th><th>Degrees, Diplomas, Certificates<br>(give dates)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Academic:<br>College</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>University</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><tr><td>Professional</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Musical</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Artistic</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Special Study</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table>

2. Give a list of the scholarships or fellowships you have previously held or now hold, stating in each case the places and periods of tenure, the studies pursued during your incumbency, and amounts of the stipends:

3. State what foreign languages you have studied, and whether you are able to consult works on your subject in these languages. Estimate your proficiency in reading, writing and speaking each of them:

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["REFERENCES:", "Submit a list of references from whom further confidential information may be obtained concerning your qualifications and from whom expert opinion may be obtained as to the value and practicability of your proposed studies.", "<table><thead><tr><td>Name of Reference</td><td>Position</td><td>Address</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></

UNITED STATES *of* AMERICA, 1938

IN order to improve the quality of education and the practice of the arts and professions in the United States, to foster research, and to provide for the cause of better international understanding, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, established by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim as a memorial to a son who died April 26, 1922, offers a limited number of Fellowships, tenable under the freest possible conditions, for research in any field of knowledge and for creative work in any of the fine arts, including music. In the main, the Fellowships have been granted only for work abroad; but for 1938-39, in exceptional cases, a limited number may be granted for work in the United States. The Fellowships will be awarded by the Trustees upon nominations made by a Committee of Selection.

THE FOUNDATION also offers a limited number of Fellowships to citizens of Argentina, Chile, Cuba, and Mexico for work in the United States of America, and to citizens of the United States for work in Latin America. In 1932 the Latin American Exchange Fellowships were extended to Puerto Rico. Latin American Exchange Fellows from the United States will be chosen on the same basis as all other Fellows from this country.

3. THE STIPEND will in the normal case not exceed $2,500 for a year of twelve months. The tenure of Fellowships will be adjusted to the purpose and scope of the studies of each individual. Appointments will be made ordinarily for one year; but plans which involve two years' work will be considered by the Trustees. In special cases the Trustees will grant Fellowships for terms shorter than one year, with appropriate stipends. Members of the teaching profession who have received sabbatical leave on full or part salary are eligible for appointment.

6. FELLOWS are expected to present a complete report to the Foundation on retiring from their Fellowships, and informal reports at such times as the Foundation may suggest. Applications for reappointment must be accompanied by preliminary reports of work accomplished. Such applications should be received at the office of the Foundation before February 1, 1938.

7. APPLICATIONS for Fellowships must be made in writing on or before October 15, 1937, by the candidates themselves, in the form prescribed, addressed to Henry Allen Moe, Secretary General, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. Final selection of Fellows for 1938-39 will be made in March, 1938. Application forms will be mailed upon request.

1937

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

FRANCIS H. BROWNELL CARROLL A. WILSON

CHARLES D. HILLES ROGER W. STRAUS

CHARLES EARL

APPOINTED FROM LATIN AMERICA

MR. CONRADO FEDERICO ASENJO, Instructor in Chemistry, School of Tropical Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan: Chemical studies of medicinal and poisonous plants of the West Indies.

DR. CARLOS GARCÍA ROBIOU, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Havana, Cuba: Research into Cuban prehistory, in certain museums in the United States.

MR. CARLOS GRAEF FERNÁNDEZ, Professor of Mathematics in the National School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Mexico, D. F.: Studies of the theory of probability, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

MR. ANDRÉS HENESTROSA, Librarian of the Department of Foreign Relations, Mexico, D. F.: Continuation of studies of the significance of Zapotecan culture, chiefly in the Department of Middle American Research, Tulane University, New Orleans. (Renewal)

DR. JOAQUÍN LUCO VALENZUELA, Chief of Practical Work and Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology, Catholic University of Chile: Studies in experimental physiology, in particular the action of certain drugs on smooth muscle, chiefly at the Harvard University Medical School.

DR. ALBERTO MARSAL, Acting Professor of Biochemistry, Medical School of the National University of Cordoba, Argentina: Studies in the biochemistry of the thyroid gland, chiefly at the Harvard University Medical School.

PROFESSOR SANTOS SORIANO, Acting Professor of Microbiology, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina: Studies of the artificial production of bacterial variations, in certain research institutions in the United States.

DR. SILVIO ARTURO ZAVALA VALLADO, Research Assistant at the National University, Mexico, D. F.: A comparative study of the systems of forced labor in the Spanish and English colonies of North America, in consultation with scholars in the United States.

DR. DONALD KEITH ADAMS, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Duke University: The formulation of a comprehensive theory of the structure and growth of mind and its testing by application to the data and problems of child psychology.

DR. WILLEM JACOB LUYTEN, Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Minnesota: Continuation of studies of the proper motions of the stars in the neighborhood of the sun. (Renewal)

MR. ROBERT MCBRIDE, Member of the Faculty, Bennington College: Creative work in musical composition.

DR. HANS MUELLER, Associate Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: A study of the structure and properties of liquids.

MR. MAX NORTON, Historian, New York City (Pen-Name: Max Nomad): The preparation of a history of the socialist-communist, liberal-democratic, nationalist-patriotic and reactionary movements which contributed towards shaping the course of political events for the past one hundred and fifty years.

MR. DONALD CULROSS PEATTIE, Writer, Tryon, North Carolina: Continuation of creative writing. (Renewal)

DR. FREDERIC PROKOSCH, Writer and Instructor in English, New York University: Creative writing.

MISS SONIA RAIZISS, Poet, Philadelphia: Creative writing.

DR. SAMUEL ROBERT MEANS REYNOLDS, Assistant Professor of Physiology, Long Island College of Medicine: A study of the nature of the motility-stimulating action of oestrin upon uterine muscle, and the preparation of a monograph on the physiology of uterine musculature.

DR. CARL SCHUSTER, Assistant Curator of Chinese Art, Pennsylvania Museum of Art: A comparative study of Chinese folk art.

DR. FLORENCE BARBARA SEIBERT, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Henry Phipps Institute, University of Pennsylvania: A study of the molecular sizes and cataphoretic mobilities of the active principle of tuberculin in its antigenic and non-antigenic forms.

DR. HERBERT SHAPIRO, Research Assistant in Physiology, Princeton University: Investigations of nerve activity at low oxygen pressures.

DR. WILLIAM LOUIS STRAUS, JR., Associate in Anatomy, Johns Hopkins University: A study of the embryological development of muscle function with particular reference to the anatomical changes which occur in the peripheral neuromuscular apparatus from physiological immaturity to physiological maturity.

REV. DOM ANSELM STRITTMATTER, O.S.B., St. Anselm's Priory, Washington, D. C.: Continuation of studies in the history of Christian life and thought. (Renewal)

MR. JESSE HILTON STUART, Writer and Principal of Greenup County High School, Taylor, Kentucky: Creative writing.

DR. JAMES BATCHELLER SUMNER, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Cornell University: Determination of the molecular weights of certain enzymes and crystalline proteins.

MR. ROBERT TURNEY, Playwright, New York City: Continuation of creative writing in the field of the drama. (Renewal)

DR. AARON CLEMENT WATERS, Associate Professor of Geology, Stanford University: A comparative study of the cataclastic metamorphic rocks in both field and laboratory, with a view to ascertaining the conditions of their origin.

DR. PAUL WEISS, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College: A study of the foundations of ethics in the light of modern logic and metaphysics.

DR. EDWARD DEMING ANDREWS, Historian, Pittsfield, Massachusetts: The preparation of a history of the American communal sect of Shakers, and of their religious arts.

MR. ROBERT ARDREY, Playwright, Chicago: Creative writing in the field of the drama.

DR. ERIC GLENDINNING BALL, Associate, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University: Studies on the mechanism of biological oxidations.

DR. CHARLES HENRY BEHRE, JR., Professor of Economic Geology, Northwestern University: A comparative study of certain lead-zinc ore deposits of Europe, together with a mineralogic and polished section study of the ores, with a view to forming generalizations about the nature and structural control of ore deposition in comparison with the lead-zinc ores in limestones in the Mississippi Valley.

MR. AHRON BEN-SHMUEL, Sculptor, New York City: Creative work in sculpture.

DR. DOROTHY BETHURUM, Professor of English, Lawrence College: A study of late Old English and early Middle English homilies.

MR. RICHARD PALMER BLACKMUR, Writer, Boston: A critical interpretation of the life and works of Henry Adams.

MR. AARON BOHROD, Painter, Chicago: Continuation of creative work in painting. (Renewal)

DR. WILLIAM CLOSER BOYD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine: Continuation of studies of blood groups among peoples in southwestern Asia, as data for anthropological investigations. (Renewal)

DR. SYDNEY WILLIAM BRITTON, Professor of Physiology, University of Virginia: Investigations of the function of the adrenal cortex and the kidney in primitive mammalian forms and in some of the primates.

DR. LAWRENCE OLIN BROCKWAY, Research Fellow in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology: Determination of the molecular structures of certain heavy metal carbonyls and a general consideration of the relations between molecular structures and chemical properties.

MR. STERLING ALLEN BROWN, Poet, and Assistant Professor of English, Howard University: Creative writing.

DR. RALPH D. CASEY, Professor of Journalism, University of Minnesota: A comparative study of the propaganda technique of political parties in national campaigns, American and British.

MR. STEWART CHANEY, Stage Designer, New York City: Studies of the stagecraft of European theatres.

DR. HARWOOD LAWRENCE CHILDS, Associate Professor of Politics, Princeton University: A study of labor and capital in German politics.

MR. HAROLD LEWIS COOK, Writer, Albany, New York: Creative writing.

MR. JON CORBINO, Painter, New York City: Continuation of creative work in painting. (Renewal)

MISS LUCY DRISCOLL, Assistant Professor of Art, University of Chicago: Collection of materials in China for completion of a book on Chinese theory of art as applied to painting and calligraphy.

MRS. LU DUBLE, Sculptor and Instructor in Sculpture, Bennett Junior College, Millbrook, New York, and at the Dalton School, New York City: Creative work in sculpture.

MR. CHARLES F. EDSON, JR., American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece: Continuation of a study of the historical geography and epigraphy of ancient Macedonia. (Renewal)

DR. FRANK WHITSON FETTER, Professor of Economics, Haverford College: A study of the development of theories of money, banking, and international finance in England between 1800 and 1870.

MR. ROSS LEE FINNEY, Assistant Professor of Music, Smith College: Creative work in musical composition.

DR. HOLDEN FURBER, Historian, Boston, Massachusetts: The preparation of a work to be entitled *The Consolation of British Power in India, 1783-1815*.

MR. MORDECAI GORELIK, Stage Designer, New York City: Continuation of a study of the influence, in the theatre, of scientific and industrial technique upon methods of scenic design and staging. (Renewal)

DR. ALLAN LYLE GRAFFLIN, Associate in Anatomy, Harvard University: Continuation of functional cytological studies of the mammalian and human kidney and their extension to other problems pertaining to cellular activity. (Renewal)

MR. WILLIAM GROPPER, Painter and Illustrator, Croton-on-Hudson, New York: Creative work in painting.

MR. GEORGE GROSZ, Painter and Illustrator, Douglaston, New York: Creative work in painting.

DR. EARL JEFFERSON HAMILTON, Professor of Economics, Duke University: The preparation of a book on John Law's System, the first experiment with a managed currency.

DR. GEORGE W. D. HAMLETT, Research Worker, United States Biological Survey, Baltimore: Continuation of a study of the embryology and the reproductive cycles of various South American mammals. (Renewal)

DR. MELVILLE J. HERSKOVITS, Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University: The writing of a book on primitive economics.

MISS ZORA NEALE HURSTON, Writer and Anthropologist, New York City: Continuation of studies of magic practices among Negroes in the West Indies. (Renewal)

MR. JOE JONES, Painter, St. Louis, Missouri: Creative work in painting.

DR. RONOLD WYETH PERCIVAL KING, Assistant Professor of Physics, Lafayette College: An experimental and theoretical study of the application of the Maxwell field equations to circuit problems at ultra-high frequencies.

MR. KAJ KLITGAARD, Writer, Bearsville, New York: The preparation of a book, with illustrative maps and charts, on the United States, giving emphasis to the art of painting throughout the country and to local native art.

DR. SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER, Assistant on the Assyrian Dictionary staff, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago: Studies in the field of the history of Sumerian culture, to be based on tablets dating from approximately 2000 B. C.

DR. JOHN LIFE LA MONTE, Associate Professor of History, University of Cincinnati: The preparation of a genealogical and biographical catalogue of the crusading states.

MR. FEDERICO LEBRUN, Painter, New York City: Continuation of creative work in painting. (Renewal)

DR. ERNST LEVY, Visiting Professor, University of Washington: The preparation of a book on the development of Roman Law in the western part of the Empire during its decline.

MR. EDWARD WESTON, Photographer, Los Angeles, California: The making of a series of photographic documents of the West.

DR. DONALD CARY WILLIAMS, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles: The preparation of an analysis and theory of knowledge, realistic and intellectualistic, systematically describing the constituents of knowledge, its structure, and the grounds and extent of its validity.

COMMITTEES OF SELECTION

THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION for Latin America consisted of President Frank Aydelotte, Dr. Thomas Barbour, Dr. Elmer Drew Merrill, Dr. Antonio García Solalinde, and Dr. Hans Zinsser.

THE COMMITTEE OF SELECTION for the United States consisted of President Frank Aydelotte, Dr. Marjorie Nicolson, Dr. Florence R. Sabin, Dr. Carl Sauer, and Dr. Edwin Bidwell Wilson. The advisory committee for applications from artists consisted of Mr. Gifford Beal, Mr. James Earle Fraser, and Mr. Eugene Speicher.

New York, N. Y.
May 27, 1937.

Henry Allen Moe,
Secretary General.

CONCERNING APPLICATIONS

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work...," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a student of music and as a composer of music. (Please submit two copies of this statement.)

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list...," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his or her published compositions, giving the names of publishers, and dates of composition. The applicant should also submit, under this head, an itemized list of performances of compositions, giving the name of the composition, by what orchestra performed, name of conductor, and place and date of performance. (Please submit two copies of this statement.)

IN answer to PLANS FOR WORK, an applicant should outline his or her plans for composition, as closely as may be done for creative work, during the period for which a grant from the Foundation is requested. (Please submit one more copy of PLANS FOR WORK than the number of your references.)

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work...," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a student of art and as a creative worker in his or her field, whether as painter, etcher, sculptor, etc. (Please submit two copies of this statement.)

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list...," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his or her public exhibitions, giving names of works, and dates and places of exhibitions. The applicant should also submit, under this head, an itemized account of prizes and honors won for creative work, important purchases, etc. (Please submit two copies of this statement.)

IN answer to PLANS FOR WORK, an applicant should outline his or her plans for work as closely as may be done for creative work, during the period for which a grant from the Foundation is requested. (Please submit one more copy of PLANS FOR WORK than the number of your references.)

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 3, "Submit a full account of the advanced work...," an applicant should submit a statement giving the record of his or her entire career as a writer. (Please submit two copies of this statement.)

IN answer to ACCOMPLISHMENTS, 4, "Submit a list...," an applicant should submit an itemized statement of his or her published work, giving names of publishers, and dates of publication. (Please submit two copies of this statement.)

IN answer to PLANS FOR WORK, an applicant should outline his or her plans for work, as closely as may be done for creative work, during the period for which a grant is requested from the Foundation. (Please submit one more copy of PLANS FOR WORK than the number of your references.)

HENRY ALLEN MOE
Secretary

Oct. 12
1937

141 West 144 St.
New York City

Mr Henry Allen Moe, Secy.
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
551 Fifth Avenue
New York City

Dear Sir

I hereby make another application for a Guggenheim
Fellowship. I imagine it is not necessary to go through the
formality of an entirely new application, as you already have
a dossier of me.

However, (1) I am submitting a new plan of work, be-
cause I have written and published the book I wanted to write,
when I made the previous applications.

(2) I have sent in an account of the most important
literary items I have done recently, with an attached copy
of excerpts of reviews and comments of my latest book, A
Long Way From Home.

(3) I have sent in a new list of references and my
naturalization papers were taken out on December 26, 1935.

ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CLAUDE MCKAY

141 West 144th St
New York City

Published, A LONG WAY FROM HOME, an autobiographical travel book, April, 1937. Excerpts of some reviews attached.

Published Harlem articles in The Nation, 1935, 1937.

Radio Debate, W. R. V. D: The Melanoma of the American Negro, April 1937. Printed in the Amsterdam News and Jewish Frontier.

Employed for about a year with New York Group of The Federal Writers' Project. Working under Mr Vincent McHugh on the Harlem Section of the Guide Book of New York and under Mr Sterling Brown on a Book of Negro Portraits.

Published poems in Almanac for New Yorkers and American Stuff. Written book of poems (in ms. unpublished.)

REFERENCES

| NAME | POSITION | ADDRESS |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Benjamin Brawley | Professor of English, Writer | 1201 Harvard St, N2W Washington, D. C. |
| Mr. Sterling Brown | Professor, Poet | Howard University Washington, D. C. |
| Prof. John Dewey | Professor | Columbia University NYC |
| Edwin R. Embree | President Rosenwald Foundation | 4901 Ellis Avenue Chicago |
| Lewis Gannett | Book Critic | c/o Herald Tribune 230 W 41st St NYC |
| Horace Gregory | Professor, Critic | 63 Kensington Road Bronxville, N. Y. |
| Dr Charles S. Johnson | Professor of Sociology |isk University Nashville, Tenn. |
| Mr James Weldon Johnson | Writer & Professor | School of Education New York University NYC |
| Miss Freda Kirchwey | Editor, The Nation | 20 Vesey St NYC |
| Mr Vincent McHugh | Novelist | 17 West 64th St NYC |
| Prof. W. B. Otis | Professor of English | College of the City of New York |
| Mr Edmund Wilson | Writer & Critic | Trees, R F D 1 Stamford, Conn. |

PLAN OF WORK

CLAUDE MCKAY

I am applying for the Fellowship in order that I may have the means and leisure to complete a new novel of the Negro section of Harlem.

I may state without exaggeration that no book of any artistic significance giving an authentic presentation of any aspect of the Negro quarter, has been written since the publication of, HOME TO HARLEM. It is a decade now and the quarter has changed immensely. It is about three times its former size and accomodates new elements such as, for example, the large Puerto Rican population, which is counted as part of Negro Harlem. New religious and social movements have taken the imagination of the masses, who have been faced with problems of living more complex than in the past.

I have already written drafts of some chapters. But at present I am employed in research and rewriting on the Harlem section of the Federal Guide Book, which I should like to give up to devote my time to a creative novel of Harlem life instead.

In addition, I should like to undertake, if possible, the writing of an objective travel book of the Negro areas of the Southern states, which I have not visited in about twenty years.

CLAUDE MCKAY

Re Accomplishment 3

Published first book of verse in the Jamaica dialect in 1912. The same year went to America to study. Spent six months at the Tuskegee Institute. Specialized in Agriculture and English at the Kansas State College, 1912--1914.

1917--1922 Contributed poems to New York magazines. Was assistant on the Liberator magazine 1921--1922.

Published "Harlem Shadows", a book of verse in New York in 1922.

Travelled to Europe, contributing poems to and and stories occasional articles to American magazines. Began writing prose.

Wrote and published "Home To Harlem" in 1927, "Banjo" in 1929, "Gingertown" in 1932, "Banana Bottom" in 1935.
All novels.

Have recently finished a novel and am now engaged upon another.

"Home To Harlem" and "Banjo" have been translated in French, Spanish, Italian and Russian.