Vivian Osborne Marsh at a testimonial dinner given for her retirement, circa 1960

Title: Vivian Osborne Marsh at a testimonial dinner given for her retirement, circa 1960
Alternative title: Vivian Osborne Marsh, community activities
Date Created: [circa 1960]
Date: 1960
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description: Vivian Osborne Marsh with two men and one woman at a testimonial dinner given for her retirement.
Vivian Osborne Marsh was born in Houston, Texas, and received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Anthropology at the University of California in Berkeley. She founded the Berkeley campus’ Kappa chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority. She went on to found several other chapters. Two major projects she organized were the Traveling Library, which provided books to rural portions of Georgia, and Teen Lift, which provided opportunities for underprivileged teenagers to visit events such as symphonies and operas. She was involved in many civic organizations and on February 21, 1981, the mayor of Berkeley honored her contributions by declaring it to be Vivian Osborne Marsh Day.