Vivian Osborne Marsh, 1971

Item Overview

Title

Vivian Osborne Marsh, 1971

Alternative title

Vivian Osborne Marsh, community activist

Photographer

Joseph, Emmanuel Francis, 1900-1979

Date Created

July 9, 1971

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

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.
Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
Studio portrait of Vivian Osborne Marsh, autographed.

Caption

Photographer's stamp on back of photo: E. F. Joseph Studios / Complete Photographic Services / Jul 9 1971 / Ph. Olympic 2-0246 / 384 - 50th Street, Oakland 9, Calif.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

Portrait photographs

African American social workers

Names

Marsh, Vivian Osborne, 1897-1986

Subject Geographic

Oakland (Calif.)

Resource type

still image