RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE HUMANJTIES 299
in the humanities for work in 1935, and $35,000
for fellowships during 1936.
The
total number of fellowships in the humanities
administered directly by the Foundation
in 1935 was 12. The fellows were distributed
as to country of origin, as follows: China, 4;
England, 2; France, 2; Mexico, 2; Hawaii and
Italy, 1 each. Eight of these studied administrative
practice of American libraries. Two were
engaged in study of the drama in the United
States, and two in study of the Japanese and
Russian languages. With the funds made available
by the Foundation, the American Council
of Learned Societies during the calendar year
1935 had 28 research fellows at work in the following
fields: history, 8; philology and literature,
8; archeology, 2; philosophy and history
of science, 3; linguistics, 3; and Far Eastern
studies, 4. The countries of study were: United
States, 8; France, 5; Italy, 4; Greece, 4; Great
Britain, 2; Japan, 2; China, Yugoslavia, and
Persia, 1 each. In addition the American School
of Classical Studies at Athens, from fiHids supplied
by the Foundation during 1935, administered
10 fellowships in archeology.
During the past year a number of grants in aid
in the humanities were administered by the
Foundation directly, a total of $80,000 being
appropriated for grants in aid in 1935 and 1936.
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