Dorothy Day - Catholic Worker Collection
Viva House Records (Baltimore, MD), 1968-2023, undated
Biographical History
Viva House is a Catholic Worker house founded in 1968 by Brendan Walsh and Willa Bickam. Viva house has provided services to the homeless and has been involved extensively in local activism regarding gentrification, war and armed conflict, the death penalty, and more.
Scope & Content
This collection is comprised largely of correspondence between the co-founders of Viva House, community members, and other members of the Catholic Worker movement, newsclippings regarding Viva House and its community service and outreach, newsletters sent by Viva House to community members, and artwork by Willa Bickam. Please note that because of the nature of the collection, when researching certain topics, one may need to cross-reference with other folders:
- Anniversaries & Celebrations: also found in Liturgies
- Artwork: also found in Calendars, Newsletters, Opposition to Bill 698, and Oversize.
- Correspondence: also found in HBO Show: The Wire, and Catholic Workers & Volunteers
- News Clippings, Martin Luther King Jr.: see also Activism: Anti- War Protests
- News Clippings, Protests for Armed Conflict: see also Activism: Anti- War Protests
| Series | Box | Folder | Folder Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| W-51 | 1 | - | Activism, |
| W-51 | 1 | 1 |
Arrest records & court papers, 1973, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2003 |
| W-51 | 1 | 2 |
Anti-War protests, 1981, 1983-1988, 2001, 2003, 2008, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 3 |
Martin Luther King Jr. marches & protests, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997-1998, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 4 |
Protests for the Poor, 1977- 1980, 1982-1984, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 5 |
Resistance to colonial power in Northern Ireland, 1989, 1991, 1997 |
| W-51 | 1 | 6 |
Resistance to Gentrification, 1977, 1981, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 7 |
Resistance to Maryland executions, 1997, 2002, 2008, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 8 | Artwork, 1970, 1976, 1989, 1994, 1996, 2004-2005, 2017-2018, 2020-2021, 2023, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 9 | Calendar, 1997 |
| W-51 | 1 | 10 | Calendar, 1999 |
| W-51 | 1 | 11 | Catholic Workers and volunteers, 2017- 2018, 2023, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 12 | Community awards, 1981- 1982, 1984, 1987- 1988, 1999, 2008-2010, 2012 |
| W-51 | 1 | - | Correspondence, |
| W-51 | 1 | 13 |
Dan Berrigan to Viva House, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1995, 2003- 2008, 2011, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 14 |
Phil Berrigan to Viva House, 1968, 1970- 1974, 1981, 1988, 1996- 1997, 2001, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 15 |
Regarding new shelter at St. Martin's, 1979 |
| W-51 | 1 | 16 |
Viva House, 1972, 1980-1983, 1985, 1989, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2013, 2023, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 17 | Discourse regarding The Long Loneliness- Including news clippings- 1981-1982, 2008, 2015-2018, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | - | Events, |
| W-51 | 1 | 18 |
Anniversaries and celebrations, 1981, 1988, 1992-1993, 1998- 1999, 2008, 2013, 2018, undated |
| W-51 | 1 | 19 |
Annual Hot Sauce Festival, 1992- 1994, 1996 |
| W-51 | 2 | 1 |
Concerts & plays, 1983, 1994, 1996- 1997, 1999, 2011, undated |
| W-51 | 2 | 2 |
Talks with Viva House, Clarification of Thought, 1994, 1999, 2002 2004, 2006, 2012, undated |
| W-51 | 2 | 3 | HBO Show: The Wire, 1997, 2007-2010, 2015, 2018, 2022, undated |
| W-51 | 2 | 4 | Homelessness in America- Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, December 15, 1982 |
| W-51 | 2 | 5 | "Imagination, Reparation, Transformation: The Life and Work of Baltimore's Viva House, 1968-2011" Comments by John Bloom |
| W-51 | 2 | 6 | Liturgies, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1996, 2000, undated |
| W-51 | 2 | 7 | The Long Loneliness in Baltimore: A Study of Homeless Women (1981), by Bredan Walsh and Dorothy Davenport |
| W-51 | 2 | - | News clippings, |
| W-51 | 2 | 8 |
Martin Luther King Jr. marches & protests, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1998 |
| W-51 | 2 | 9 |
Protests for the Poor, 1978, 1980- 1985, 1990, 1995, 1997- 1998, 2004, 2014, undated |
| W-51 | 2 | 10 |
Protests regarding armed conflict (American & International,) & American justice system, 1973, 1976, 1978-1985 |
| W-51 | 2 | 11 |
Protests regarding armed conflict (American & International,) & American justice system, 1986-1987, 1991, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, undated |
| W-51 | 2 | 12 |
Resistance to colonial power in Northern Ireland, 1987, 1989, 1990-1992 |
DD-CW
W-51
| Series | Box | Folder | Folder Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| W-51 | 3 | - | News clippings, |
| W-51 | 3 | 1 |
Resistance to Gentrification, 1977- 1979 |
| W-51 | 3 | 2 |
1969-1979 |
| W-51 | 3 | 3 |
1980-1981 |
| W-51 | 3 | 4 |
1982-1983 |
| W-51 | 3 | 5 |
1984-1985 |
| W-51 | 3 | 6 |
1986-1987 |
| W-51 | 3 | 7 |
1988-1989 |
| W-51 | 3 | 8 |
1990-1992 |
| W-51 | 3 | 9 |
1993 |
| W-51 | 3 | 10 |
1995-1996 |
| W-51 | 3 | 11 |
1997-1998 |
| W-51 | 3 | 12 |
1999-2000 |
| W-51 | 3 | 13 |
2001-2002 |
| W-51 | 3 | 14 |
2003-2004 |
| W-51 | 3 | 15 |
2005-2006 |
| W-51 | 3 | 16 |
2007, 2009, 2011- 2012, 2015-2018 |
| W-51 | 3 | 17 |
Undated |
| W-51 | 3 | - | Newsletters, |
| W-51 | 3 | 18 |
1971-1973, 1976-1981, 1983-1984 |
| W-51 | 3 | 19 |
1985-1992 |
| W-51 | 4 | 1 |
Undated |
| W-51 | 4 | 2 | Opposition to Bill 698, 1977 |
| W-51 | 4 | 3 | Phil Berrigan & Viva House |
| W-51 | 4 | 4 | Press release & handouts, 1983, undated |
| W-51 | 4 | - | Published articles & letters by Brendan Walsh, Willa Bickham, David Walsh-Little, |
| W-51 | 4 | 5 |
1968, 1970- 1971, 1973, 1977-1979 |
| W-51 | 4 | 6 |
1980- 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| W-51 | 4 | 7 |
1996- 1998, 2000, 2002-2003, 2005-2008, 2012, 2018, 2020, undated |
| W-51 | 4 | 8 | Talks by Willa Bickam & Brendan Walsh, 1981, 1983-1984, 1986, 1996- 1997, 2001, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, undated |
| W-51 | 5 | Oversize | T-shirts, posters, and art prints by Willa Bickam, 1975, 1985, 1987, undated |
| W-51 | 6 | - | Multi-network coverage of Protest and Die-in for the Iraq War, March 1993 (VHS) |
| W-51 | 6 | - | Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Protest for the Poor, January 15, 1995 (VHS) |
| W-51 | 6 | - | Protest of police shooting, February 16, 1996: Ash Wednesday Vigil, February 21, 1996 (VHS) |
| W-51 | 6 | - | Coverage of 6th Annual Hot Sauce Festival (Benefit for Viva House,) September 14, 1996 (VHS) |
| W-51 | 6 | - | Photos, Filming of HBO's The Wire on set at Viva House, April 3, 2007 (CD-R) |
| W-51 | 6 | - | Documentary of Viva House, by Brendan Walsh, Willa Bickham, et al, undated (DVD-R) |
