Collection: OpenUCLA Collections and Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection / Names: Somerville, Vada, 1885-1972 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica, was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914), and served on the Police Commission 1949-1953.
Date:: October 16, 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Dr. Vada Somerville (born Vada Jetmore Watson) of Pomona graduated from USC, married dentist John Alexander Somerville (1912), was the first African American woman and the second African American person to graduate from USC School of Dentistry (1918), and was the first African American woman certified to practice dentistry in the state of California. She was a civil rights activist, highly involved in several civic and community organizations.
Date:: [1940-1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cutler, George M. (George Miles), 1901-1949
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Group photo of the hostesses for the Haitian Olympic Team in Los Angeles, 1932. Seated, from left: Edith Keyser White; Nella R Blodgett (wife of Louis M. Blodgett); and Miriam Matthews. Standing from left: Kathryn Kinsey; Dr. Anna J. Leggett; Aurora Slater Hoskins; wife of the Haitian counsel; the Haitian Counsel; Lillian M. Tyler (wife of Willis O. Tyler); Helen Louise Wheeler Riddle (wife of John Riddle); Dr. Vada J. Somerville; Mattie Scott Nelson, and Arsine E. Gordon (wife of Dr. G.B.D. Gordon) Inset, Haitian Olympic team members (left to right): Silvio Cator and André Théard.
Date:: 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Studio of Smith, L.A.
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

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