Founders paddle for Iota Phi Theta fraternity at Morgan State College
date: label: Date
content: 1963
name: label: Subject of
content: Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., founded 1963
label: Subject of
content: Morgan State University, American, founded 1867
notes: label: Description
content: A wooden Founders Paddle from the Iota Phi Theta fraternity at Morgan State College. Paddle is not proportioned like a functional paddle. Grip is rounded, and the shaft is extremely short. The blade of the paddle is the majority of the paddle's body. A light brown strip of leather is strung through a hole at the center of the grip and tied in a knot. Text and depictions etched horizontally on the paddle (paddle is meant to be oriented with the grip and shaft at the top, and the blade of the paddle at the bottom). All etched text is painted(?)/colored black. The Iota Phi Theta logo is etched at the top, just below the throat of the paddle, then below reading [I/F/T] written diagonally down towards the right. Below the greek letters reads [BUILDING A TRADITION,/NOT RESTING UPON ONE/ALBERT HICKS/LONNIE C. SPRUILL, JR./CHARLES BRISCOE/CHARLES BROWN/LOUIS HUDNELL/CHARLES GREGOARY/ELIAS DORSEY, JR./MICHAEL WILLIAMS/FRANK COAKLEY/JOHN SLADE/BARON LEWIS/IT TAKES A MAN/MORGAN STATE/COLLEGE/SEPTEMBER 19, 1963]. On the reverse of the paddle, a clear sticker with rounded edges read [Another New Creation By/University Apparel, Inc./Union, New Jersey/903-688-1(illegible)03].
place: label: Place used
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Associations and institutions
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Fraternities
label: Topic
content: HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.191.5
objectType: label: Type
content: memorabilia
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, leather, paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 36 × 9 × 1 in. (91.4 × 22.9 × 2.5 cm)