DOROTHY DAY PAPERS
MATERIALS PERTAINING TO DOROTHY DAY AND HER FAMILY, 1897-
Many of the more recent articles about Dorothy Day are available online; consult databases such as the ATLA Religion Database and the ProQuest Religion Database.
ARTICLES, MANUSCRIPTS, AND THESES
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| D-8 | 1 | 1 | "Dorothy Day Has Made a Major Contribution to American Catholicism," Today 3 (1 May 1948): 3-6. |
| D-8 | 1 | 2 | Fremantle, Anne, "The Work of Dorothy Day in the Slums," Catholic World 170 (February 1950): 333-337. |
| D-8 | 1 | 3 | Kent, Edmund, "Dorothy Day: An Interview," Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review 39 (June 1950): 176-186 |
| D-8 | 1 | 4 | Reinhold, H.A., "The Long Loneliness of Dorothy Day," Commonweal 55 (29 February 1952): 521-522. |
| D-8 | 1 | 5 | Macdonald, Dwight, "The Foolish Things of the World," The New Yorker 28 (4, 11 October 1952). 4 October: pp. 37-56 passim; 11 October: pp. 37-52 passim. Condensed in Thirteen for Christ, edited by Melville Harcourt (New York: Sheed and Ward, 1963), pp. 232-254. |
| D-8 | 1 | 6 | Willock, Ed, "Dorothy Day and the Family," Torch 38 (June-July 1954): 7-9. |
| D-8 | 1 | 7 | Scanlon, Simon, "Lady Unafraid: An Interview with Dorothy Day," Way of St. Francis 16 (June 1960): 27-31. |
| D-8 | 1 | 8-9 | Theology Course Papers on Dorothy Day, Spring 1961. |
| D-8 | 1 | 10 | Barra, Juan, Dorotea Day: La Ultima Palabra Es El Amor. 2nd edition. Barcelona: Ediciones Domingo Savio, 1961. |
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| D-8 | 1 | 11 | Pesta, John, "The Apostolate of Example," Quill (Central Catholic High School, Allentown, PA), 1961, pp. 14-15. |
| D-8 | 1 | 12 | Prosen, Anthony, S.J., "Dorothy Day and a Humane Ethics," 1964. Typescript article submitted to Cross and Crown, but rejected for publication at Dorothy Day’s request. (Handwritten Notes on MS are by DD.) |
| D-8 | 1 | 13 | "Property – An Interview with Dorothy Day: ‘The More Common It Becomes, the More Holy It Becomes,’" Georgia Bulletin 1 February 1965, p. 3. |
| D-8 | 1 | 14 | "Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker," Our Sunday Visitor, 16 January 1966, pp. 8-10. Two Articles: "Who Can Dismiss Her Christianity," by Katherine Oriez, and "It Could have Been So Different," by Daniel Lyons. |
| D-8 | 1 | 15 | Cook, Bruce, "Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker," U.S. Catholic 31 (March 1966): 6-15. |
| D-8 | 1 | 16 | Cook, Bruce, "The Real Dorothy Day," U.S. Catholic 31 (April 1966): 25-31 |
| D-8 | 1 | 17 | Schroth, Raymond A., S.J., "Dorothy Day," America 119 (19 October 1968): 357. |
| D-8 | 1 | 18 | Eustace, Sister Frances Regis, C.S.J., " ‘On Pilgrimage’ " with Dorothy Day: Unique Sabbatical," Keynote (The College of St. Rose) 3 (Spring 1969): 3-6. |
| D-8 | 1 | 19 | McDonald, Mary Ann, "Dorothy Day Today," Student paper – Sociology, May 18, 1970. |
| D-8 | 1 | 20 | "Dorothy Day Talks to Roadrunner," Roadrunner 20 (1970). |
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| D-8 | 1 | 21 | Povertá Come Scelta: Un ’ora con Dorothy Day; Pauvrete Volontaire: Une Heure Avec Dorothy Day. (Rome: RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, 1970). |
| D-8 | 1 | 22 | Macdonald, Dwight, "Revisiting Dorothy Day," New York Review of Books, January 23, 1971, pp. 12-19. |
| D-8 | 1 | 23 | Corbin, Martin, "Dorothy Day," Lamp 69 (January 1971): 16. |
| D-8 | 1 | 24 | Iswolsky, Helene, "Dorothy Day," Lamp 69 (January 1971): 11-12. |
| D-8 | 1 | 25 | Pryke, Roger, "Day by Day," Power 3 (February 1971): 7-9. |
| D-8 | 1 | 26 | Magalis, Elaine, and Shelly Rusten (photographs), "Dorothy Day and the Foolishness of Christ," New World Outlook 31, n.s. (July 1971): 12-18. Color photograph of Dorothy Day on cover. |
| D-8 | 1 | 27 | Dietrich, Jeff and Susan Pollock, "Dorothy Holds Forth," Catholic Agitator, December 1971, pp. 1-2. Interview. |
| D-8 | 1 | 28 | "An Interview with Dorothy Day," National Jesuit News, May 1972, pp.8-10. Conducted by Dean Brackley and Dennis Dillon, January 28, 1972. |
| D-8 | 1 | 29 | "Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement" (Special Issue), America 127 (11 November 1972). |
| D-8 | 1 | 30 | Auden, W. H., "Happy Birthday, Dorothy Day," New York Review of Books, December 14, 1972, pp. 3-4. |
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| D-8 | 1 | 31 | Cort, John C., "Dorothy Day at 75," Commonweal 97 (February 23, 1973): 475-476. |
| D-8 | 1 | 32 | McCarthy, Colman, "Colman McCarthy on Dorothy Day," New Republic 168 (24 February 1973): 30-33. |
| D-8 | 1 | 33 | Fitch, Bob, "Dorothy Day, Witness to a Radical Faith," Youth 24 (May 1973): 34-43. |
| D-8 | 1 | 34 | Forest, Jim, "Dorothy Day," Green Revolution, May 1973, pp. 2-3. |
| D-8 | 1 | 35 | Lavine, Douglas, "Dorothy Day: 40 Years of Works of Mercy," National Catholic Reporter, June 8, 1973, pp. 1, 6-8, 17, 19. |
| D-8 | 9 | 1 | O'Connor, Colleen Marie, “Dorothy Day: An Evaluation”, M.A. thesis, California State University, San Diego, 1973. |
| D-8 | 1 | 36 | Fraisse, Lucien, "Une Grande Dame Amèricaine: Dorothy Day," Information Catholiques Intenationales, no. 466 (15 October 1974): 16-19. |
| D-8 | 1 | 37 | McGowan, Patricia, "Somebody Loves You When You’re Down and Out," US Catholic 40 (October 1975): 28-31. Condensed under the title "Dorothy Day Comes to Visit," in Catholic Digest, April 1975, pp. 42-47. |
| D-8 | 1 | 38 | Miller, William D., "The Church and Dorothy Day," Critic 35 (Fall 1976): 62-70. |
| D-8 | 1 | 39 | Michaelson, Wes, and Jim Wallis, "Dorothy Day: Exalting Those of Low Degree," Sojourners 5 (December 1976): 16-19. |
| D-8 | 1 | 40 | Jessup, Hubert D., with Joseph L. Walsh, "Dorothy Day and Simone Weil: The Fruits of Religious Conviction," in Simone Weil: Live Like Her? Cambridge: Technology and Culture Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976. |
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| D-8 | 2 | 1 | McCarthy, Abigail, "Confronting Dorothy Day," Commonweal 104 (May 13, 1977): 297, 317-318. |
| D-8 | 2 | 2 | Mayer, Milton, "A Dollar for Dorothy," Progressive 41 (November 1977): 40-41. |
| D-8 | 2 | 3 | "Un Richiamo alla Letizia: Il Commento di Dorothy Day," Il Sabato (Milan), October 7, 1978, p. 4. |
| D-8 | 2 | 4 | Howard, Jane, "The Radical Love of Dorothy Day," Notre Dame Magazine 8 (December 1979): 10-13. |
| D-8 | 2 | 5 | Friedmann, F. G., "Dorothy Day und der ‘Catholic Worker,’" Stimmen der Zeit (Munich) 198 (March 1980): 195-200. |
| D-8 | 2 | 6 | Miller, William D., "Dorothy Day, 1897-1980: ‘All Was Grace,’" America 143 (13 December 1980): 382-386. |
| D-8 | 2 | 7 | O’Brien, David J., "The Pilgrimage of Dorothy Day," Commonweal 107 (19 December 1980): 711-715. |
| D-8 | 2 | 8 | Mayer, Milton, "God’s Panhandler," The Progressive 45 (February 1981): 14-15. |
| D-8 | 2 | 9 | Egan, Eileen, "The Final Word is Love: Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement," Cross Currents 30 (Winter 1980-1981): 377-384. Also in El Ciervo (Barcelona) 30 (March 1981): 24-27. |
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| D-8 | 2 | 10 | Gregory, Judith, "Remembering Dorothy Day," America 144 (25 April 1981): 344-347. |
| D-8 | 2 | 11 | Berrigan, Father Daniel, "A Modest Proposal: A Day to Remember," U.S. Catholic 46 (May 1981): 30-32. |
| D-8 | 2 | 12 | Coles, Robert, "Dorothy Day," New Republic 184 (6 June 1981): 29-32. |
| D-8 | 2 | 13 | Cornell, Tom, "Dorothy Day Remembered," Sign 60 (June 1981): 5-11, 54. |
| D-8 | 2 | 14 | Forest, James, "Dorothy Day and the Sermon on the Mount," Other Side 17 (August 1981): 15-21. |
| D-8 | 2 | 15 | Barthel, Charles W., "‘The Angry but Obedient Daughter’: The Gift of Dorothy Day to Twentieth Century Spirituality," Master of Divinity paper, Kenrick Seminary, 1981. |
| D-8 | 2 | 16 | Hugo, Rev. John J., "Dorothy Day: Apostle of the Industrial Age," Privately printed (1981). Previously published in the Pittsburgh Catholic. |
| D-8 | 2 | 17 | Heron, Rev. Thomas, "Conversion: A Biblical, Philosophical and Lived Reality, " Typescript paper, Religious Studies Department, St. Charles Seminary, Philadelphia, 1982. |
| D-8 | 2 | 18 | Wills, Gary, "The Dragooned Saint," Sojourners 11 (September 1982): 35-37. |
| D-8 | 2 | 19 | Vree, Dale, "A Radical Holiness," Commonweal 100 (6 May 1983): 266-269. |
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| D-8 | 2 | 20 | Roberts, Nancy L., "Dorothy Day’s Vision of Journalism," Paper presented to the History Division at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Convention, Corvallis, Oregon, August 1983. |
| D-8 | 2 | 21 | Wills, Gary, "Dorothy Day at the Barricades," Esquire 100 (December 1983): 228-232. In the Golden Anniversary Special Issue, "50 Who Made A Difference: A Celebration of Fifty American Originals." |
| D-8 | 2 | 22 | Campbell, Debra, "The Catholic Earth Mother: Dorothy Day and Women’s Power in the Church," Cross Currents 34 (Fall 1984): 270-282. |
| D-8 | 2 | 23 | Cunneen, Sally, "Dorothy Day: The Storyteller as Human Model," Cross Currents34 (Fall 1984): 283-293. |
| D-8 | 2 | 24 | Naughton, Michael J. "A Selected Annotated Bibliography on the Writings of Dorothy Day," 1984. |
| D-8 | 2 | 25 | Purpura, Mary, "Dorothy Day: Legacy of a Catholic Radical," Senior honors thesis, Wesleyan University, 1984. |
| D-8 | 2 | 26 | Jordan, Patrick, "Dorothy Day: Still a Radical," Commonweal 112 (29 November 1985): 665-669. |
| D-8 | 2 | 27 | Tavani, Bob, "Beauty will Save the Earth: A Memory of Dorothy Day," Minneapolis Catholic Worker 10 (April 1986): 6-8. |
| D-8 | 2 | 28 | Miller, William D., "The Gospel of Peace: Dorothy Day and Father John Hugo," Studies in Formative Spirituality 7 (November 1986): 371-380. |
| D-8 | 2 | 29 | Miller, William D., "Dorothy Day & Simone Weil: Two Who Loved God," New Oxford Review 55 (March 1988): 22-25. |
| D-8 | 2 | 30 | O’Connor, June, "Dorothy Day and Gender Identity: The Rhetoric and the Reality," Horizons 15 (Spring 1988): 7-20. |
| D-8 | 2 | 31 | Hanley, Boniface, O.F.M., "A Hunger for Justice," Anthonian 62 (1988): 3-29. |
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| D-8 | 2 | 32 | Brandon-Falcone, Janice, "A Different Voice: Women and the American Peace Movement [Jane Addams and Dorothy Day]," Paper presented at the University of Illinois, March 1989. |
| D-8 | 2 | 33 | Deedy, John, "Dorothy Day: The Rich Life of a Poor Woman," Salt 9 (November/December 1989): 16-21. |
| D-8 | 2 | 34 | O’Connor, June, "Dorothy Day’s Christian Conversion," Journal of Religious Ethics 17 (Spring 1990): 159-180. |
| D-8 | 2 | 35 | O'Connor, June, "Dorothy Day as Autobiographer," Religion 20 (1990): 275-295. |
| D-8 | 2 | 36 | Lynch, Thomas A., "Dorothy Day & Cardinal McIntyre: Not Poles Apart," Church 8 (Summer 1992): 10-15. |
| D-8 | 2 | 37 | Merriman, Brigid, O.S.F., "Called to Be Holy: Dorothy Day and the Retreat Movement," Notre Dame, IN: Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, University of Notre Dame. Working Paper Series 24, No. 2, Fall 1992. |
| D-8 | 2 | 38 | O’Brien, David J., "Transforming the Tension: The Example of Dorothy Day," CCICA Annual 11 (1992): 53-64. |
| D-8 | 2 | 39 | Scott, David, "The Downward Path that Leads to Salvation: Toward a Theology of Dorothy Day," M.A. thesis, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, 1992. |
| D-8 | 3 | 1 | Ryan, Cheney, "The One Who Burns Herself for Peace," Hypatia 9 (Spring 1994): 21-39. |
| D-8 | 3 | 2 | Wuller, Mary K., "The Lay Spirituality of Dorothy Day," Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting, October 1995. |
| D-8 | 3 | 3 | Mize, Sandra Yocum, "Dorothy Day’s Apologia for Faith after Marx," Horizons 22 (Fall 1995): 198-213. |
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| D-8 | 3 | 4 | Gregory, David L., "Dorothy Day’s Lessons for the Transformation of Work," Hofstra Labor Law Journal 14 (Fall 1996): 57-150. |
| D-8 | 3 | 5 | Jordan, Patrick, "An Appetite for God: Dorothy Day at 100," Commonweal 124 (24 October 1997): 12-17. |
| D-8 | 3 | 6 | Jablonski, Carol, "Inventing a Reputation: Holy Celebrity and its Problems," Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Convention, November 1997. |
| D-8 | 3 | 7 | Casarella, Peter, "Sisters in Doing the Truth: Dorothy Day and St. Thérèse of Lisieux," Communio 24 (Fall 1997): 468-498. |
| D-8 | 3 | 8 | Zwick, Mark and Louise, "Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement," Communio 24 (Fall 1997): 415-467. |
| D-8 | 3 | 9 | "The Dorothy Day Centennial, 1897-1997," Fellowship 63 (November/December 1997). Special issue, guest edited by Patrick G. Coy, with contributions from Charles Chatfield, Eileen Egan, and Rosalie G. Riegle. |
| D-8 | 3 | 10 | Jensen, Sande Kelsey, "Heaven’s Hinge: An Exploration of Dorothy Day’s Devotion to the Undeserving Poor," M.Div thesis, Saint Francis Seminary, 1997. |
| D-8 | 3 | 11 | Coles, Robert, "On Moral Leadership: Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in Tandem," America 178 (6 June 1998): 5-14. |
| D-8 | 9 | 2 | Jablonski, Carol J. . “Declining Honors: Dorothy Day’s Rhetorical Resistance to the Culture of Heroic Ascent,” in Doing Rhetorical History: Concepts and Cases , pp. 191-206 (University of Alabama Press), 1998. |
| D-8 | 3 | 12 | Murray, Harry, "Dorothy Day, Welfare Reform, and Personal Responsibility," St. John's Law Review 73 (Summer 1999): 789-804. |
| D-8 | 3 | 13 | Jablonski, Carol J., "Dorothy Day's Contested Legacy: 'Humble Irony' as a Constraint on Memory." Journal of Communication and Religion 23 (March 2000): 29-49. |
| D-8 | 9 | 3 | Pfeil, Margaret R. “Active Nonviolence in Times of War: The Witness of Dorothy Day,” Modern Peacemakers Conference, Villanova University, 23 March 2002. |
| D-8 | 9 | 4 | Hooper, J. Leon, “Dorothy Day’s Transposition of Therese’s Little Way,” Theological Studies, 63 (March 2002): 68-86. |
| D-8 | 9 | 5 | Sampson, Robert D., “Red Illini: Dorothy Day, Samson Raphaelson, and Rayna Simons at the University of Illinois, 1914-1916,” Journal of Illinois State Historical Library 5 (Autumn 2002): 170-196. |
| D-8 | 3 | 14 | Bozza, Mary Louise, "Dorothy Day: On Love for God, Neighbor, and Self," Senior honors thesis, Boston College, 2003. |
| D-8 | 3 | 15 | Yohe, Katherine M., "Dorothy Day: Love for One's Daughter and Love for the Poor." Horizons, 31 (2004): 272-301. |
| D-8 | 3 | 16 | Smith, Karen, "Dorothy Day: An Ordinary Saint?" Perspectives in Religious Studies, 31 (2004): 71-82. |
| D-8 | 3 | 17 | Lee, Randy, "Dorothy Day and Innovative Social Justice: A View from Inside the Box," William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law 12 (2005): 187-204. |
| D-8 | 3 | 18 | Fannin, Coleman, "Solidarity, Compassion, Truth: The Pacifist Witness of Dorothy Day." M.A. thesis, Baylor University, 2006. (available online) |
| D-8 | 9 | 6 | Bullivant, Stephen,“Caseylike Christs in Carl Sandburg and Dorothy Day,” Steinbeck Review, 4 ( Fall 2007): 78-86. |
| D-8 | 9 | 7 | Hamilton, Matthew, “Dorothy Day & Francis de Sales: Teachers and Exemplars of Holiness,” 13 December 2008. |
| D-8 | 3 | 19 | Rush, Katie Louise, "Dorothy Day and the Matter of Authority: A Rhetorical Analysis." M.A. thesis, University of Georgia, 2008. (available online) |
| D-8 | 3 | 20 | Astell, Ann W., "The Earthquake of 1906, the Christian Anarchy of Dorothy Day, and the Opened 'Tomb' of Rene Girard." Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture 15/16 (2008-2009): 19-44. |
| D-8 | 3 | 21 | Pauli, Ben, "Faith, Authority, and Anarchism: Dorothy Day as Leader and Believer." Paper presented at annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 7 January 2009. |
| d-8 | 9 | 8 | Hebbeler, Michael H., "The Sister Karamazov: Dorothy Day's Encounter with Dostoevsky's Novel," M.A. thesis, University of Dayton, 2009. |
| D-8 | 3 | 22 | Pfeil, Margaret R., "Love and Poverty: Dorothy Day's Twofold Diakonia," Journal of Moral Theology 1 (2012): 1-11. |
| D-8 | 9 | 9 | O'Keefe, Meaghan, “Sainthood as rebuke: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Strategic Canonization of Dorothy Day,” Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric 3, (2013): 1-16. |
| D-8 | 3 | 23 | Richey, Lance Byron. "Stages Along Life's Way: House of Hospitality and the Development of Dorothy Day's Spirituality," American Catholic Studies 126 (2015): 25-41. |
| D-8 | 10 | 8 | Cook, Vaneesa, "The Unaffiliated Revolution of Dorothy Day," Raritan, 37, (Spring 2018). |
| D-8 | 10 | 9 | Best, Judith, "'Si, se puede,' anything is possible with God," Global Sisters Report, June 22, 2023. |
| D-8 | 3 | 24 | Geddes, Mary, "An Interview with Dorothy Day," undated. |
| D-8 | 3 | 25 | Pol, Heinz, "The Woman Washington Fears," (Translation-German into English), undated |
| D-8 | 3 | 26 | Tellings, Francois, S.J. Dorothy Day: L’amour mène à Dieu. No.55 in series "Convertis du XXe Siècle." Brussels: Foyer Notre-Dame, undated |
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NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
| Series | Box | Box Title |
| D-8 | 4 | Newspaper Clippings,1914-1925, 1934-1980 |
| D-8 | 5 | Newspaper Clippings, 1981-1996 |
| D-8 | 6 | Newspaper Clippings, 1997- |
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SCRIPTS
| Series | Box | Folder | Folder Title |
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| D-8 | 10 | 1-2 | Fielder, Richard, "Heartfire: The Passion of Dorothy Day," 1984 |
| D-8 | 10 | 3 | Gustafson, Julie and Oakes, Michael, "Program Sketch for Dorothy Day Movie,." 1984 |
| D-8 | 10 | 4 | Cronin, Harry Cornelius, "Dorothy: A Play," 1990 |
| D-8 | 2 | 40 | Wells, John, "Dorothy Day [Fifth draft of script for Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story],"1992 |
| D-8 | 10 | - | Holben, Lawrence |
| D-8 | 10 | 5 | "Love Is the Measure, 1995 |
| D-8 | 10 | 6 | "The Long Loneliness, " treatment for a feature film, undated |
| D-8 | 10 | 7 | "The Long Loneliness, Episode 2 of 6-part series for television, undated |
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SUBJECT FILES
| Series | Box | Folder | Folder Title |
| D-8 | 7 | 1 | Academic Transcript from the University of Illinois (photocopy), 1916 |
| D-8 | 7 | 2 | Birthday Cards and Letters, 1976-1979, undated |
| D-8 | 7 | 3 | Canonization Process, 1982- |
| D-8 | 7 | 4 | Cards and Scrolls Depicting Dorothy Day, or Quoting from her Writings, ca. 1991, undated |
| D-8 | 7 | 5 | Day, Donald, 1915, 1940, 1942, 1945-1948, 1966, 1993, undated |
| D-8 | 7 | 6 | Day Family, ca. 1897-1997 |
| D-8 | 7 | 7 | Funeral and Memorial Services, 1980-1986 |
| D-8 | 8 | 1 | Letters to Dorothy Day from School Children, 1978, 1980 |
| D-8 | 8 | 2 | Poems sent to Dorothy Day, 1938-1980, undated (By Raymond E. F. Larsson, Daniel Marshall, Deane Mowrer, et al) |
| D-8 | 8 | 3 | Remembrances of Dorothy Day Sent to the New York Catholic Worker, 1981, undated |
| D-8 | 8 | 4 | Spanish Camp, 1994-2000, undated |
| D-8 | 8 | 5 | Spanish Camp, 2001-2006, 2009 |
| D-8 | 8 | 6 | Varia about Dorothy Day, 1948-1980, undated |
