List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1925

Fifteen American scholars and artists, including one woman and one Black man, were awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1925. ^{[1] [2]} This was the inaugural year of this award and was given by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. ^[3] Composer Aaron Copland was the only recipient not to have a college degree. ^[4]

Fellows

Category	Field of Study	Fellow	Institutional association	Research topic	Notes	Ref
Creative Arts	Musical Composition	Aaron Copland		Composing	Also won in 1926	[5] [4]
Humanities	British History	Violet Barbour	Vassar College	Period of the Protectorate and the Restoration	Also won in 1926	[6] [4] [7]
	Classics	Allen Brown West	University of Pennsylvania	Tribute Records of the ancient Athenian Empire	Also won in 1926	[4] [8]
	English Literature	Harold William Thompson	New York State College for Teachers	Biography	Also won in 1927	[4]
	General Nonfiction	Isaac Fisher	Fisk University	Interracial relations in the United States and abroad	Also won in 1926	[6] [3] [4]
	Medieval Literature	Clark Harris Slover	University of Chicago	History of literature	Also won in 1931	[4]
	Renaissance History	Merritt Yerkes Hughes	University of California	Literature of the Italian Renaissance and its effect on English literature of the 16th century		[9] [4] [10]
Natural Science	Chemistry	Gerhard Krohn Rollefson	University of California	Physical chemistry		[11] [4] [10]
	Mathematics	John Robert Kline	University of Pennsylvania	Analysis situs of three dimensions from a point set standpoint		[4] [12]
	Medicine and Health	Edwin William Schultz	Leland Stanford Junior University	Processes by which bacteria are destroyed by various agencies		[4] [10]
	Neuroscience	Percival Bailey	Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School	Diseases of the nervous system		[2] [4] [8]
	Plant Sciences	Gordon Floyd Ferris	Leland Stanford Junior University	Scientific trip to Mexico, Central, and South America		[4] [10]
Social Sciences	Political Science	Quincy Wright	University of Chicago	International law		[13] [4]
	Psychology	Coleman Griffith	University of Illinois	Child psychology		[4]
	Religion	Kenneth James Saunders	Pacific School of Religion	Oriental religions	Also won in 1926	[4] [10]

See also

• Guggenheim Fellowship
• List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1926

References

1. "1925". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived from the original on 2008-05-16.
2. "In the Graduate Schools". The Crimson. 1925-06-01. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
3. "Negro awarded Guggenheim Fellowship". The Monitor. Omaha, Nebraska, USA. 1925-06-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-20– via newspapers.com.
4. "15 fellowships are awarded". York Daily Record. York, Pennsylvania, USA. 1925-06-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-02-20– via newspapers.com.
5. "Guggenheim Fellowship (1925-1929)". University of Washington. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
6. Miranda, Carolina A. (2018-04-05). "Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announces new fellows". LA Times. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
7. "Two professors on Vassar faculty sail for Europe for advanced study". Poughkeepsie Eagle-News. Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. 1925-06-06. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-02-20– via newspapers.com.
8. "Boston man chosen". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 1925-06-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-02-20– via newspapers.com.
9. "Merritt Yerkes Hughes". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
10. "Fellowships are awarded local educators". The Peninsula Times Tribune. Palo Alto, California, USA. 1925-06-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-20– via newspapers.com.
11. Stewart, T.D.; Connick, R.E.; Powell, R.E. (2020-03-31). "Gerhard Krohn Rollefson". UC Berkeley. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
12. "European fellowship for Prof. John R. Kline". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA. 1925-06-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-02-20– via newspapers.com.
13. "Fellowship for Professor Quincy Wright". The American Journal of International Law. 19 (3). Cambridge University Press: 581–583. 1925.