Vivian Osborne Marsh at the launching of the S. S. Ocean Telegraph, Oakland, 1945

Title: Vivian Osborne Marsh at the launching of the S. S. Ocean Telegraph, Oakland, 1945
Alternative title: Vivian Osborne Marsh, community activities
Photographer: Joseph, Emmanuel Francis, 1900-1979
Date Created: April 29, 1945
Date: 1945-04-29
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description: Emmanuel Francis (E.F.) Joseph was the first professional African American photographer in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
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.
The launching of the S. S. Ocean Telegraph, Navy cargo ship. Left to right: Joseph Moore, Sr. (shipyard owner), Vivian O. Marsh (sponsor), Dan Shaw (program director), Mrs. Aaron Singletary (Matron of Honor, journeyman welder), Joseph Moore, Jr.
Caption: Photographer's stamp on back of photo: Please give courtesy credit line / Photo by E. F. Joseph

Genre: Portrait photographs
Names: S. S. Ocean Telegraph (cargo ship)
Singletary, Aaron, Mrs.
Marsh, Vivian Osborne, 1897-1986
Moore, Joseph
Shaw, Dan
Subject Geographic: Oakland (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Launchings
African American social workers