The Scholarships, Fellowships, and Awards series contains materials related to various scholarships, fellowships, and awards or tributes to prominent members of the African American community. Materials include applications, scholarship requirements, letters of congratulations to award winners, and a small amount of correspondence. Most of the materials date from the 1995-1996 academic school year. Transcripts have been removed and destroyed, following the Texas Open Records Act. Some of the different awards include: the Sheeler Scholarship Fund, the Academic Excellence Scholarship, the African American Studies Graduate Fellowship Program, the African American Studies Program, Debbie Haley Community Service Scholarship, and the John Ruben Sheeler Memorial Scholarship Awards.