List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1934 explained

Forty scholars and artists received Guggenheim Fellowships in 1934.[1] [2]

1934 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

Category Field of Study Fellow Institutional association Research topic Notes Ref
Creative Arts Choreography Ancient Greek art forms Also won in 1935 [3]
Fiction Writing Also won in 1933
Also won in 1933 [4]
[5]
[6]
Fine Arts Book of caricatures, Off With Their Heads! [7]
Mural painting Also won in 1933
Fresco painting [8]
Sculptor
Painting Also won in 1935, 1938 [9]
Music Composition Composing [10]
Also won in 1935, 1938
Poetry Writing
Also won in 1961 [11]
Also won in 1936
Theatre Arts Dramatic arts Also won in 1935, 1960 [12] [13]
Humanities Classics Athenian public documents Also won in 1959, 1966 [14] [15]
English Literature [16]
French Literature
Fine Arts Research Islamic ceramics
Iberian and Latin American History Also won in 1932[17]
Literary Criticism English poetry [18]
Early American colonization Also won in 1932
Philosophy Mathematics Also won in 1950
Russian History Russian Revolution, 1917-1921 Also won in 1931
United States History Hamline University[19]
Natural Sciences Chemistry [20]
Heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen [21]
Mathematics
Medicine and Health Also won in 1937
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Also won in 1936 [22] [23]
Organismic Biology and Ecology [24]
Physics Also won in 1933
Collisions of electrons with atoms [25] [26]

1934 Latin American and Caribbean Fellows

Category Field of Study Fellow Institutional association Research topic Notes Ref
Natural Sciences Medicine and Health Sanitary Inspection Service, Chile; Chilean Antiplague Service Preventitive medicine and public health, particularly problems of typhus in Chile Also won in 1935 [27]
Organismic Biology and Ecology Ministry of Agriculture, Mexico Simuliidae of Central and South America in relation to the transmission of onchocercosis
West Indian fish Also won in 1935
Physics
Social Sciences Anthropology and Cultural Studies Also won in 1933 [28]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1934. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. dead. 2006-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20060219192042/http://www.gf.org/34fellow.html.
  2. News: 40 awarded Guggenheim Fellowships. Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut, USA. 1934-04-02. 18. newspapers.com. 2022-10-18.
  3. News: THE DANCE: AWARD TO AN ARTIST; Angna Enters the Second Dancer to Win One of the Coveted Guggenheim Fellowships -- Programs of the Coming Week. 1934-04-08. Martin. John. 6. The New York Times. New York City, New York. 2022-10-18.
  4. Web site: Kang Younghill, the Pioneer of Asian American Literature. Chung. Soojin. 2016-12-22. Boston University School of Theology. 2022-10-18.
  5. Web site: Alexander Laing. February 1938. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. 2022-10-18.
  6. Web site: Four decades after he died, Oklahoma novelist George Milburn has been largely forgotten. Denton. Sarah. 2010-07-22. Oklahoma Gazette. 2022-10-19.
  7. Web site: Six Degrees of Peggy Bacon. Smithsonian Institution. 2022-10-18.
  8. Web site: FRANCIS CRISS (1901-1973). Sullivan Goss. 2022-10-18.
  9. Web site: Frank Mechau. Rochester Institute of Technology. 2022-10-18.
  10. Web site: Guggenheim Fellowship (1930-1934). University of Washington. 2022-10-16.
  11. Kay Boyle Knew Everyone and Saw It All. Spanier. Sandra. 2018. National Endowment for the Humanities. Humanities. 39. 2. 2022-10-18.
  12. News: Norris Houghton, Theater Director, Dies at 92. Bohlen. Celestine. 2001-10-10. 8. The New York Times. New York City, New York, USA. 2022-10-18.
  13. News: Former city artist awarded fellowship. The Indianapolis Times. Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 1934-04-04. 16. newspapers.com. 2023-08-14.
  14. Web site: Rob Loomis Honors Sterling Dow in New Student Center. 2020-07-29. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 2022-10-18.
  15. Web site: DOW, Sterling. Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences. 2022-10-18.
  16. Web site: Howard Foster Lowry. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2022-10-18.
  17. Frank Tannenbaum entre América Latina y Estados Unidos en la Guerra Fría. Servín. Elisa. 2016. A Contracorriente. 13. 3. es.
  18. Web site: BUSH IS SELECTED FOR ENGLISH POST AS NEW PROFESSOR. 1935-12-06. The Harvard Crimson. 2022-10-18.
  19. News: Three in Twin Cities win Guggenheim Fellowships. Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. 1934-04-02. 2. newspapers.com. 2022-10-18.
  20. Web site: Francis William Bergstrom. Stanford University. 2022-10-18.
  21. Book: Corbett, John D.. 2001. Frank Harold Spedding. Biographical Memoirs. 80. 306. 10.17226/10269. The National Academies Press. 978-0-309-08281-5 .
  22. Michael Heidelberger - 29 April 1888-25 June 1991. 1994. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 39. 183. Stacey. M.. 11639904.
  23. News: Cash to artists and scholars. The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington, USA. 1934-04-02. 3. newspapers.com. 2023-08-14.
  24. Harold Kirby (1900-1952). Ball. Gordon H.. Hall. Richard P.. The Journal of Parasitology. 39. 1. February 1953. 110. Allen Press. 3274068 .
  25. Book: Fretter, William B.. 1991. ROBERT BIGHAM BRODE. Biographical Memoirs. 61. 28. 10.17226/2037. The National Academies Press. 978-0-309-04746-3 .
  26. News: Guggenheim awards made. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Fort Worth, Texas, USA. 1934-04-02. 14. newspapers.com. 2023-08-14.
  27. [{{Google books|36sbAAAAMAAJ|plainurl=yes}} Fellowships held by Latin Americans in the United States]. Brainerd. Heloise. Bulletin of the Pan American Union. 68. 888–889. 2022-10-18.
  28. Web site: Alfredo Barrera Vásquez. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 2022-10-18.