Creator: Bransdorfer Brothers Photographers

Subjects: Student Activities, Fraternities and Sororities

Description: From the reverse side of the photograph: "Charter members of Michigan State College's first Negro fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, pose with their charter after the founding banquet Saturday (May 1) in the Hotel Olds, Lansing. Private presentation of the national charter took place in the afternoon on the campus, and the formal presentation by William Lovelace, national vice-president, was held Saturday evening. Attending the banquet were MSC Dean of Students Stanley E. Crowe, Counselor for Men Dale Faunce, and Registrar Robert S. Linton. Show in the picture are from left to right, front row; William Horton Thompson, Lansing, corresponding secretary; William H. Haithco, Saginaw, vice-president; Herbert H. Burnett, Detroit, president; Calvin Sharp, Pontiac, secretary; Fred Johnson, Grand Rapids, treasurer; and in the back row, Prof. John N. Moore, faculty advisor; Thomas Walker, Birmingham, Ala.; Carl L. Armstrong, Pontiac; William Richardson, Hamtramck; and Clarence May, Hempsted."

Date: May 1, 1948

Format: Image/jpg

Original Format: Black and white photograph

Resource Identifier: A000007.jpg

Rights Management: Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Contributing Institution: University Archives & Historical Collections, MATRIX

Relation: MSU Photo Collection

Contributor: MSU Archives and Historical Collections