Sorority Award, presented to Ella Fitzgerald
date: label: presentation date
content: 1968
name: label: presenter
content: Alpha Kappa Alpha
label: recipient
content: Fitzgerald, Ella
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This award was presented to Ella Fitzgerald by the Tau Omega Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. It is a silver picnic basket on a marble base with gold-tone musical notes and a hinged painted green lid. There is an engraved metal plate on the base:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>SOROR ELLA FITZGERALD<br>WITH LOVE AND ADMIRATION<br>TAU OMEGA AKA<br>DECEMBER 1, 1968</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated is an international service organization that was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D. C. in 1908. It is the oldest Greek – letter organization established by African American college-educated women.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Tau Omega Chapter was chartered in 1925. Since its chartering, Tau Omega has focused on service programs in the Harlem Community.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fitzgerald 1989 Trust (through Richard D. Rosman)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0342.051
label: accession number
content: 1996.0342
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0342.051
objectType: label: Object Name
content: award
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: marble (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 3 1/2 in x 5 5/16 in; 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm x 13.49375 cm