Alpha Phi Alpha Plaque, presented to Duke Ellington
date: label: presentation date
content: 1974
name: label: recipient
content: Ellington, Duke
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This plaque was presented to Duke Ellington by the Alpha Phi Alpha Brothers of the Epsilon Delta Chapter at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas in 1974. It is a rectangular wood plaque with two metal engraved plates and two gold-tone metal lyres. The metal plates are engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>TO<br>BRO. DUKE ELLINGTON<br>FROM THE MEN OF<br>ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY<br>EPSILON DELTA CHAPTER<br>KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY<br>1974<br>R. DAVIS<br>J. BOWLES<br>A. HAYWOOD<br>D. THOMAS<br>J. TOLLIER<br>J. CLEMONS<br>G. FLOWERS<br>K. LOCKETTE<br>R. PENNYMAN<br>C. YEARBY</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Alpha Phi Fraternity(ΑΦΑ) is the oldest intercollegiate historically African American fraternity. It was founded December 4, 1906, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kansas, Manhattan
topic: label: Subject
content: Awards and Prizes
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0369.313
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0369.313
label: accession number
content: 1989.0369
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 14 in x 1 in; 25.4 cm x 35.56 cm x 2.54 cm