Group photograph of 26 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members of the San Francisco chapter, 1930-1944

Item Overview

Title

Group photograph of 26 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members of the San Francisco chapter, 1930-1944

Alternative title

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Binder compiled by Miriam Matthews

Photographer

Joseph Phot.

Date Created

[1930-1944]

Date

1930/1944

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Three rows of 27 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members seated on the steps of a building.
Faricita Hall Wyatt (1912-1993) was an educator, poet and artist. She published two books of poetry The River Must Flow (1965) and By the Banks of the River (1974). The Faricita Hall Wyatt Papers are held at the African American Museum & Library at Oakland.
Tarea Hall Pittman was an American civil rights leader who served as President of the California State Association of Colored Women’s Clubs from 1936 to 1938 and of the California Council of Negro Women from 1948 to 1951, and as Director of the West Coast Region of the NAACP from 1961 to 1965. [Wikipedia]
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is an African American women’s’ Greek organization that was founded at Howard University in 1913. Delta Sigma Theta creates programming to improve political, educational, and social and economic conditions within black communities.

Caption

Caption: Back Row: Theresa Barfield, Ruby Chenier, Dovie Miles, Katherine Greene, Farcita Hall Henderson, Tarea Pittman, Samantha Lee, Mary Jones. Middle Row: Navada Davis, Ruth Manning, Opal Massey, Hildred Chevalier, Vernell Pearson, Jewel Hall, Julia Overton, Gladys Johnson. First Row: Dorene Long, Ollie Owens, Elva Robinson, Eleanor Watkins, Dorothy Osibian, Adele Burnett, Gertrude Hines, Veola O'Neal, Ella Wiley. Other members not shown: Leola Banks, Thelma Cleaver, Muriel Collier, Mary Everhart, Julia Furlow, Ernestine Henderson, Mildred Jackson, Dellree Jones, Phyllis Lydia, Vivial Marsh, Mary McKinney, Gloria Romine, Emma Stricklin, Ruby Wilson.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

group portraits

Names

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Goodwin, Dovie Juanita Miles, 1908-2007
Wyatt, Faricita (Faricita Hall)
Pittman, Tarea Hall, 1903-1991

Subject Geographic

Berkeley (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American Greek letter societies