Description
The Marion E. Wildy papers consists of photographs, diplomas, yearbooks, programs, speech, and correspondence documenting
his education, military service, and family life. The papers are organized into three series: photographs, education, and
biographical material. The bulk of the photographs is portraits of Wildy’s friends and family in Oakland, California and
Seattle, Washington in the 1920s and also include a 1941 photograph of Jackie Robinson in Hawaii, a 1923 class photograph
of Golden Gate Junior High School in Oakland, California, and a group photograph of the California State Police force at Treasure
Island during the Golden Gate International Exposition. Education material includes Wildy’s diplomas and yearbooks attending
Sacramento Junior College and the University of California, Berkeley, newspaper clippings documenting his athletic career
playing tennis and basketball, and his varsity letter at Oakland Technical High School. Biographical material consists of
Wildy’s brass social security card, a military commendation for his actions during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and
a speech on African American thought delivered at St. Andrews A.M.E. church in Sacramento, California.