Names: Marsh, Vivian Osborne, 1897-1986 and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Delta Sigma Theta' Sorority, Inc. is an African American women’s’ Greek organization that was founded on January 13, 1913 at Howard University. Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ; sometimes abbreviated Deltas or DST) is a Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that target the African American community. Today, it is the largest African-American Greek-lettered organization.[4] Since its founding, Delta Sigma Theta has created programming to improve political, education, and social and economic conditions, particularly within black communities. In addition to establishing independent programming, the sorority consistently collaborates with community organizations and corporations to further its programming goals.
Date:: unknown
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Vivian Osborne Marsh was born in Houston, Texas, and received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Anthropology from the University of California at 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 that 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. On February 21, 1981, the mayor of Berkeley honored her contributions by declaring it to be Vivian Osborne Marsh Day.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Studio group portrait of the members of the Kappa Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta posed in front of a painted landscape backdrop: (front row, from left) Marie Lenox, Angelista Wrenn Grigsby, Vivian Osborne Marsh, Louise Thompson Patterson, Talma Brooks, (back row, from left) Tarea Hall Pittman, Gladys Brown, Amelda Taylor .
Date:: February 1921
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Group portrait of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority in Dayton, Ohio. Seated in the front row are (from the right) Florence Cole Talbert, Vivian Osborne Marsh, and Matilda Dunbar, the mother of Paul L. Dunbar.
Date:: December 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dayton Guide
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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