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This is a typed response letter from the HR of Fellowship Committee thanking Thomas E. Jones for his recommendation of Lenora Lafayette's candidacy.

In this letter, Thomas E. Jones, President of Earlham College and former President of Fisk University, writes a letter to the Scholarship Committee of the Julius Rosenwald Fund supporting Lenora Lafayette as a fellowship candidate. According to his…

These images show a handwritten letter from Lafayette to Jones in which she writes about her winning second place in the Marian Anderson contest and starting her concert singing career in New York. To fully immerse in her career, she is applying for…

This is the first page of a handwritten letter from Lenora Lafayette to Edwin Embree asking for a Rosenwald fund application blank. Lenora is a 1947 graduate of Fisk University who wishes to continue her career in concert singing.

This is the first page of a handwritten letter from Lenora Lafayette to Edwin Embree asking for a Rosenwald fund application blank. Lenora is a 1947 graduate of Fisk University who wishes to continue her career in concert singing.