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• Granted Application for Knobbs Pauline Dingle
  A 1943 application document for Mrs. Pauline Dingle Knobbs, an Instructor in Social Science Education at N. E. Missouri State Teachers College. She was granted $1,500 to analyze the dual education system in the southern states while working toward a Ph.D. at George Peabody College. Handwritten evaluations describe her as overage and overweight, further stating that another PhD from Peabody was of no interest.
• Granted Application for Laurette MacDuffie Knight
  A 1944 application file for Laurette MacDuffie Knight, a free-lance writer. She was granted $1,500 to write a novel set in an old North Carolina town, studying an incipient paranoid character, product of an environment of poverty and insecurity. Handwritten evaluations describe her as a talented writer, but questions if her fund request is justified based on her age.
• Granted Application for Fred B. Kniffen
  A 1938 application record for Fred B. Kniffen, an Associate Professor of Cultural Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University. The file indicates he was granted $1,500 to travel to Europe to consult with geographers and conduct field investigations in France and England. Handwritten evaluations describe his record as excellent, rating him an A candidate.
• Application for Robert Wilson Kitchen, Jr.
  A 1947 application document for Robert Wilson Kitchen, Jr., a graduate student at Columbia University. The file indicates his fund request of $2,150 to complete his Ph.D. in Business Administration, specifically majoring in Industrial Relations, Scientific Management, and Marketing.
• Application for Chester Arthur Kirkendoll, Jr.
  A 1945 application file for Chester Arthur Kirkendoll, Jr., a Director of Leadership Education in Jackson, Tennessee. He planned to study the rural and town church and develop an integrated church program. Handwritten notes describe the study as perfunctory.
• Granted Application for King Willis J. [Dr.]
  A 1929 application summary for Dr. King, Willis J., a professor at Gammon Theological Seminary. He was granted $1,200 to conduct research at Oxford University and in Palestine. A later note mentions his role as a Bishop in the Methodist Church in Liberia.
• Granted Application for Violet Helen King
  A 1947 application document for Violet Helen King, the Acting Chairman of the Division of Education at Dillard University. She was granted $2,000 to evaluate teacher training programs in Negro liberal arts colleges at Northwestern University.
• Granted Application for King Morton B., Jr.
  A 1938 application file for King Morton B., Jr., a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin. He was granted $1,500 to conduct a field study on attitudes toward public welfare in a rural Tennessee county. Handwritten notes describe his record as very good but criticize the verbose quality of his outline, rating him an A-.
• Application for John Wesley King
  A 1945 application file for John Wesley King, a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh. He requested $935 to conduct botanical research on stain techniques and fungus diseases.
• Granted Application for Esther Fairfax King
  A 1943 application document for Esther Fairfax King, a twenty one year old assistant in English at Hampton Institute. She requested $900 to analyze contemporary American novels of protest at Radcliffe College.
• Scholarship Aid Application for Charles William King
  A 1944 scholarship aid application for Charles William King, a student at Morehouse College. He applied for support to pursue a Master's degree in Psychology at Harvard University, intending to work as a clinical psychologist.
• Granted Application for William Edward Kimbrough, Jr.
  A 1941 and 1943 application file for William Edward Kimbrough, Jr., an Instructor in English and Journalism at the University of Alabama. He was granted $1,500 in 1943 to write a picaresque satire novel about the Southern scene. The document includes handwritten notes [illegible].
• Granted Application for Lewis Martin Killian
  A 1947 application document for Lewis Martin Killian, a graduate student at the University of Chicago. He was granted $2,000 to study the adjustment of Southern white migrants to a Northern city. Handwritten notes praise his excellent record and note that there was no doubt of his scholarly ability.
• Application for Richard Demosthenes Kidd
  A 1939 and 1948 application file for Richard Demosthenes Kidd, a Registrar and Chairman of the Department of Business at St. Philip's Junior College. He was granted $1,950 in 1948 to conduct a comparative study of self-segregated and statute-imposed segregated Negro communities. Handwritten notes on the 1939 application comment that there was no evidence of superior ability despite a good record.
• Application for Murphy Lawrence Kibbe
  A 1946 application document for Murphy Lawrence Kibbe, a recently discharged Navy veteran. He requested $1,500 to write a sociological novel about Colored Creoles in Louisiana. Handwritten notes state that while he was a good student, there was no evidence of his creative writing ability.
• Granted Application for Louis Coleridge Kesselman
  A 1946 application document for Louis Coleridge Kesselman, an instructor at Ohio State University. He was granted $1,000 to analyze pressure group activity regarding FEPC legislation. The document includes handwritten notes acknowledging him as a good man with top references but question his fit within the Race Relations category.
• Granted Application for Kerr Thomas Henderson, Jr.
  A 1942 application file for Thomas Henderson Kerr, Jr., an assistant at the Library of Congress and musician. He was granted $1,500 to study composition at the Juilliard School of Music. Handwritten notes rank him number one amongst applicants, placing him alongside an applicant named Kay.
• Granted Application for Robert Bruce Kennon
  A 1946 application file for Robert Bruce Kennon, a carpenter and student at the University of California. He was granted $3,500, including an extension, to travel to Ethiopia and London for research on the economic development of Ethiopia. Handwritten notes praising his project and describing him as a young man of good background, and having practical experience and a good MA.
• Granted Application for Stetson Kennedy
  A 1942, 1943, and 1948 application file for Stetson Kennedy, a writer and technician. He was granted funds totaling over $3,000 across several years to write books on Southern problems, including The Four Freedoms Down South and White Boy. Handwritten notes praise his project and application record.
• Granted Application for Melvin Dow Kennedy
  A 1938, 1939, and 1941 application file for Melvin D. Kennedy, a teacher at Atlanta University Laboratory High School. He was granted funds totaling over $2,000 across multiple years to research the French slavery question in archives in France, England, and the U.S. Handwritten notes explain the context of his grant extension.
• Application Review for Lawaune E. Kennard
  A 1939 application note for Lawaune E. Kennard, a dancer. Handwritten notes describe her as Very young [twenty one] and suggest that without help she might join a night club and never get a chance to develop, but acknowledge her striking face.
• Granted Application for John Thomas Kenna
  A 1947 application document for John Thomas Kenna, an instructor at St. Basil's College. He was granted $1,500 to pursue a Master's degree in Sociology at the Catholic University of America, focusing on problems of the South. Handwritten evaluations question express doubts about his choice of project relating to south since he was born in Brooklyn.
• Granted Application for Kendrick John Whitefield
  A 1939 application file for John Whitefield Kendrick, an assistant in the Department of Economics and Commerce at the University of North Carolina. He was granted $1,000 to study industrial financing in the South. Documents include handwritten notes describing him as a Brilliant chap, praising his record and rating him an A candidate.
• Application Review for Jack Earl Kendrick
  A 1942 application review for Jack Earl Kendrick, an Assistant Professor of History at Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He sought funding to study the significance of The Atlanta Constitution newspaper. The file includes handwritten notes evaluating his candidacy.
• Application Review for Glenn Kendall
  A 1948 application review for Glenn Kendall, the Superintendent of Education at Norris, Tennessee. The handwritten notes evaluate her candidacy noting she was over age.