List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1947


One hundred twenty-two Guggenheim Fellowships were awarded in 1947. A total of $310,000 was disbursed. The University of California received the highest number of fellowships given to a single institution.

1947 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutionResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsChoreographyCharles Edward WeidmanChoreographic pieces dealing with human values, particularly small group choreography on James Thurber's Fables for Our Time
Creative ArtsFictionRalph BatesWriting
Creative ArtsFictionEleanor ClarkRome and a Villa Also won in 1950
Creative ArtsFictionJ. R. HumphreysColumbia UniversityWriting
Creative ArtsFictionRoger LemelinWritingAlso won in 1946
Creative ArtsFictionIsaac RosenfeldWriting
Creative ArtsFictionRobert Penn WarrenUniversity of MinnesotaWritingAlso won in 1939
Creative ArtsFilmJohn Hales WhitneyExperimental work in abstract sound filmAlso won in 1948
Creative ArtsFine ArtsFrank Davenport DuncanAlso won in 1945
Creative ArtsFine ArtsXavier GonzalezPainting
Creative ArtsFine ArtsPhilip GustonWashington University in St. LouisPaintingAlso won in 1968
Creative ArtsFine ArtsDonal HordSculptureAlso won in 1945
Creative ArtsFine ArtsJack NicholsPainting
Creative ArtsFine ArtsAlexander Peter RussoBard CollegePaintingAlso won in 1949
Creative ArtsFine ArtsMitchell SiporinPaintingAlso won in 1945
Creative ArtsFine ArtsRudolph Charles von RipperEtching and drawingAlso won in 1945
Creative ArtsMusic CompositionSamuel BarberComposingAlso won in 1945, 1949
Creative ArtsMusic CompositionEdward T. ConeComposing
Creative ArtsMusic CompositionRoss Lee FinneySmith CollegeComposingAlso won in 1937
Creative ArtsMusic CompositionGian Carlo MenottiComposingAlso won in 1946
Creative ArtsMusic CompositionJerome MorossComposingAlso won in 1949
Creative ArtsMusic CompositionAlex NorthComposing
Creative ArtsMusic CompositionHarold Samuel ShaperoComposingAlso won in 1946
Creative ArtsMusic CompositionLouise Juliette TalmaComposingAlso won in 1946
Creative ArtsPhotographyWayne Forest MillerBlack ChicagoansAlso won in 1946
Creative ArtsPoetryElizabeth BishopWritingAlso won in 1978
Creative ArtsPoetryGwendolyn BrooksWritingAlso won in 1946
Creative ArtsPoetryRobert LowellWriting
Creative ArtsPoetryEdward Ronald WeismillerWritingAlso won in 1943
HumanitiesAmerican LiteratureDaniel AaronSmith CollegeAmerican progressive tradition as seen in the writings of Parker, George, Bellamy, Lloyd, Rauschenbusch, Howells and Veblen
HumanitiesAmerican LiteratureJohn Wendell DoddsStanford UniversityThe Age of Paradox: A Biography of England 1841-1851
HumanitiesAmerican LiteratureAlfred KazinAlso won in 1940, 1958, 1969
HumanitiesAmerican LiteratureArlin TurnerDuke UniversityAlso won in 1959
HumanitiesArchitecture, Planning and DesignCarl Kenneth HerseyUniversity of Rochester
HumanitiesArchitecture, Planning and DesignCarroll Louis MeeksYale UniversityHistorical development of railroad stations as examples of architectural solutions to meet new needs
HumanitiesBiographyShirley GrahamAnne Newport Royall and her contribution to the American mind
HumanitiesBiographyJeannette MirskyEli Whitney and the impact of his inventive and business ability in the history of the United StatesAlso won in 1949
HumanitiesBritish HistoryWilliam HallerBarnard CollegeThought and expression in the Puritan RevolutionAlso won in 1950, 1956
HumanitiesBritish HistoryJack H. HexterQueens College, CUNYChange in the structure of 16th-century European societyAlso won in 1942, 1979
HumanitiesBritish HistoryArthur J. MarderAlso won in 1941, 1946
HumanitiesBritish HistoryCharles Loch MowatUniversity of California, Los AngelesHistory of Great Britain from Armistice Day to the evacuation of Dunkirk
HumanitiesClassicsMalcolm Francis McGregorUniversity of CincinnatiHistory of the ancient Athenian Empire
HumanitiesClassicsFriedrich SolmsenCornell University
HumanitiesEnglish LiteratureDavid V. ErdmanWayne State UniversitySocial change in England, 1789-1806, as it influenced and was influenced by the writers of the time
HumanitiesEnglish LiteratureG. Blakemore EvansUniversity of WisconsinManuscript of miscellanies or commonplace books of English verse from 1550 to 1700 contained in the principal libraries and private collections in the United States
HumanitiesEnglish LiteratureEdward Lippincott McAdam, JrNew York UniversityDr. Johnson and the English Law
HumanitiesEnglish LiteratureWilliam Andrew Ringler, JrPrinceton UniversityAlso won in 1957
HumanitiesEnglish LiteratureHallett D. SmithWilliams College
HumanitiesFine Arts ResearchSumner McKnight CrosbyYale UniversityExcavations in the Basilica of Saint-Denis to gather evidence for a book on the Abbey of Saint-Denis
HumanitiesFine Arts ResearchAlfred Victor FrankensteinSan Francisco ChronicleWilliam Michael Harnett
HumanitiesFine Arts ResearchPaul FranklInstitute for Advanced StudyHistory of Gothic architecture
HumanitiesFine Arts ResearchSmith CollegeDrawings of Francisco de GoyaAlso won in 1960, 1967
HumanitiesFine Arts ResearchTheodore SizerYale UniversityBiography of John Trumbull
HumanitiesFolklore and Popular CultureElaine O'Beirne-RanelaghCompletion of two books: one on New York City folk songs, and one on Irish folk songs
HumanitiesFrench HistoryPaul Harold BeikSwarthmore CollegeConflicting social philosophies in the French RevolutionAlso won in 1949
HumanitiesFrench LiteratureWallace FowlieUniversity of ChicagoCritical and interpretive study of Stéphane Mallarmé's poetryAlso won in 1961
HumanitiesFrench LiteratureJeanne Varney PleasantsColumbia UniversityFrench speech, its intonations and rhythm
HumanitiesGeneral NonfictionJoseph Kinsey HowardMétis Nation of northwestern United States and western CanadaAlso won in 1948
HumanitiesGeneral NonfictionK. Laurence StapletonBryn Mawr CollegeThe general ideas on which democracy depends and the setting and atmosphere of democracy today as they appear to the private citizen
HumanitiesGerman and Scandinavian LiteratureRichard AlewynQueens College, CUNY
HumanitiesHistory of Science and TechnologyJames R. NewmanAlso won in 1946
HumanitiesLatin American LiteratureJosé Juan ArromYale UniversitySpanish American drama and its relation to other literatureAlso won in 1964
HumanitiesLatin American LiteratureRobert Hayward BarlowNational School of Anthropology and HistoryHistory of the empire of MontezumaAlso won in 1946
HumanitiesLinguisticsWolf LeslauÉcole libre des hautes étudesLanguage, traditional history, and folklore of EthiopiaAlso won in 1946
HumanitiesLiterary CriticismRichard Volney ChaseConnecticut CollegeHerman Melville's thought and the allegory and symbols he used to express his thoughtAlso won in 1962
HumanitiesLiterary CriticismLionel TrillingColumbia UniversityCritical essays on English and American subjectsAlso won in 1975
HumanitiesMedieval LiteratureAlexander J. DenomyUniversity of TorontoMystical philosophy of Avicenna and its place in the medieval Christian world
HumanitiesMedieval LiteratureFrancis Lee UtleyOhio State UniversityApocryphal stories of the floodAlso won in 1946, 1952
HumanitiesMusic ResearchHelen Margaret HewittNorth Texas State CollegeSecular choral music of Italy in the late 15th century
HumanitiesMusic ResearchDragan Plamenac
HumanitiesMusic ResearchWalter H. RubsamenUniversity of California, Los AngelesHistorical and stylistic study of music of 18th-century ballad operas in England and the United StatesAlso won in 1957
HumanitiesPhilosophyHerbert FeiglUniversity of MinnesotaPhilosophical and methodological problems of psychology
HumanitiesPhilosophyCarl Gustav HempelQueens College, CUNY
HumanitiesPhilosophyPaul HenleNorthwestern University
HumanitiesPhilosophyRichard Otto HertzUniversity of DubuqueTheory of value based on aesthetics
HumanitiesPhilosophyHenry M. RosenthalCooper Union
HumanitiesPhotography StudiesBeaumont NewhallMuseum of Modern ArtThe History of Photography, 1839 to the Present Also won in 1975
HumanitiesUnited States HistoryEdwin Morris BettsUniversity of VirginiaEdition of Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book
HumanitiesUnited States HistoryDorothy Burne GoebelHunter College, CUNYBritish Free Ports policy and the American West Indian Interest, 1765-1815
HumanitiesUnited States HistoryRichard B. MorrisCity College of New YorkEconomic and legal status of free indentured, and slave labor in the United States before the American Civil WarAlso won in 1961, 1982
Natural SciencesApplied ScienceGeorge L. KreezerAlso won in 1945
Natural SciencesChemistryThomas L. JacobsUniversity of California, Los AngelesPolymerization of acetylenes
Natural SciencesChemistryMilton OrchinResearch at the Sieff Institute
Natural SciencesChemistryVerner SchomakerCalifornia Institute of TechnologyMolecular structure
Natural SciencesChemistryDavid P. ShoemakerCalifornia Institute of TechnologyElectronic structure of metals
Natural SciencesChemistryJames Curren WarfIowa State CollegePhysico-inorganic chemistry of certain metallic hydrides
Natural SciencesEarth ScienceHenry Paul HansenOregon State CollegePaleobotanical study of post-glacial forest migrations and climate in western Canada, based on analyses of fossil pollen gathered in peat bogs in the areaAlso won in 1943
Natural SciencesEarth ScienceJohn Sinclair StevensonBritish Columbia Department of MinesOres and rocks in British Columbia Coast mountain ranges
Natural SciencesMathematicsWarren AmbroseYale UniversityAlgebras of locally-compact topological groups
Natural SciencesMathematicsGarrett BirkhoffHarvard UniversityHydrodynamics
Natural SciencesMathematicsPaul HalmosUniversity of ChicagoResearch at the Institute for Advanced Studies
Natural SciencesMathematicsSaunders Mac LaneHarvard UniversityBorderline between algebra and algebraic tophographyAlso won in 1982
Natural SciencesMathematicsWalter H. PittsMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCyberneticsAlso won in 1945
Natural SciencesMolecular and Cellular BiologyBritton ChanceUniversity of PennsylvaniaResearch with Hugo Theorell in StockholmAlso won in 1945
Natural SciencesMolecular and Cellular BiologyGordon MackinneyUniversity of California, Davis
Natural SciencesMolecular and Cellular BiologyBerta Scharrer
Natural SciencesOrganismic Biology and EcologyPhilip Jackson Darlington, JrHarvard UniversityGround beetles, with an emphasis on the Carabidae familyAlso won in 1956
Natural SciencesOrganismic Biology and EcologyJoseph HickeyUniversity of MichiganBanded birds and their life expectancy in the wild, their turnover population in nature and other facts of value to conservationistsAlso won in 1944
Natural SciencesOrganismic Biology and EcologyI. Michael LernerUniversity of California, DavisAlso won in 1952, 1956
Natural SciencesOrganismic Biology and EcologyPincus Philip LevineCornell UniversityResearch at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Natural SciencesOrganismic Biology and EcologyEarle Gorton LinsleyUniversity of California, Davis
Natural SciencesOrganismic Biology and EcologyJames Hubert PepperMontana State CollegeBiochemical and physical study of the exoskeleton of the Mormon cricket, from the standpoint of insect control
Natural SciencesOrganismic Biology and EcologyAlexander Sprunt, JrNational Audubon SocietyReference book on birds of South Carolina
Natural SciencesPhysicsFrancis Arthur JenkinsAlso won in 1932, 1958
Natural SciencesPlant ScienceAlexander Cyril FabergeUniversity of WisconsinConditions influencing gene mutation
Natural SciencesPlant ScienceGustav A. MehlquistWashington University in St. LouisProblems of orchid breeding
Natural SciencesPlant ScienceErnest RouleauUniversity of MontrealFlora of Newfoundland
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesSherburne Friend CookUniversity of California, BerkeleyAlso won in 1938
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesAnna Hadwick GaytonEspírito Santo Festival of the California Portuguese
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesGeorge HerzogColumbia UniversityMusic in primitive culturesAlso won in 1935
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesAlice MarriottNambé Indian Pueblo in New MexicoAlso won in 1960
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesMorris SwadeshLinguistic Circle of New YorkLanguage and ethnology of the "Nootka Indians" of Vancouver IslandAlso won in 1946
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesCharles F. VoegelinIndiana UniversityAmerican Indian languages
Social SciencesAnthropology and Cultural StudiesErminie Wheeler-VoegelinIndiana University"Native American and Eskimo" unwritten literature
Social SciencesEconomicsMorris Eugene GarnseyUniversity of ColoradoEconomy of the mountain states
Social SciencesEconomicsWolfgang F. StolperSwarthmore College
Social SciencesEconomicsSiegfried V. WantrupUniversity of California, DavisAlso won in 1951
Social SciencesPolitical ScienceDuke UniversityEffects of the wartime social, economic, and political change on the public personnel of CanadaAlso won in 1942
Social SciencesPolitical ScienceSherman KentYale UniversityProblems of national strategic intelligence operations
Social SciencesPsychologyFritz HeiderSmith CollegeAlso won in 1951
Social SciencesPsychologyAlexander H. LeightonCornell UniversityComparative study of cultural and personality data dealing with "Navajo Indians, Eskimos, and Japanese"Also won in 1945
Social SciencesPsychologyDorothea LeightonCornell UniversityComparative study of cultural and personality data dealing with "Navajo Indians, Eskimos, and Japanese"Also won in 1945
Social SciencesPsychologyBernard Frank RiessHunter College, CUNY

1947 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

CategoryField of StudyFellowInstitutionResearch topicNotesRef
Creative ArtsFine Arts
Creative ArtsFine ArtsArmando Pacheco
Creative ArtsFine ArtsDrawing
HumanitiesIberian and Latin American HistoryEduardo Arcila FaríasEconomic ideas of Spanish America during the 18th century
HumanitiesLiterary CriticismAlso won in 1960
HumanitiesPhilosophyAníbal Sánchez ReuletNational University of TucumánInfluence of philosophic ideas in Spanish America, especially during the wars of independence
Natural ScienceChemistryJuan Daniel Curet CuevasUniversity of Puerto Rico
Natural ScienceEarth ScienceJesús Emilio RamírezInstituto Geofísico de los Andes Colombianos
Natural ScienceGeography and Environmental StudiesGerardo Augusto Canet y AlvarezInstitute of La Víbora, HavanaAlso won in 1945
Natural ScienceMathematicsLuis Antonio SantalóResearch at the Institute for Advanced Studies
Natural ScienceMedicine and HealthWashington BuñoAlso won in 1941
Natural ScienceMedicine and HealthJosé Luis DuomarcoInstituto de Medicina Experimental
Natural ScienceMedicine and HealthJosé Jesús EstableInstituto de Medicina ExperimentalAlso won in 1945
Natural ScienceMedicine and HealthManuel Riveros MolinariUniversidad Nacional de Asunción Medical School
Natural ScienceMedicine and HealthThales MartinsOswaldo Cruz InstituteAlso won in 1948
Natural ScienceMolecular and Cellular BiologyRoberto F. BanfiUniversity of Buenos Aires
Natural ScienceOrganismic Biology and EcologyInstituto Politécnico Nacional
Natural ScienceOrganismic Biology and EcologyAntenor Leitão de CarvalhoAlso won in 1952
Natural ScienceOrganismic Biology and EcologyJosé Oiticica FilhoUniversity of BrazilResearch at the Smithsonian InstitutionAlso won in 1949
Natural SciencePlant ScienceAntonio P. L. DigilioInstituto Miguel Lillo
Social ScienceAnthropology and Cultural StudiesJuan Comas CampsNational School of Anthropology and HistoryPhysical and social anthropology
Social ScienceAnthropology and Cultural StudiesNational Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)Techniques in physical anthropology
Social ScienceEconomicsJorge KingstonAlso won in 1940