Search Help

How does this work?
There are many ways to search the collections of the Freedom Archives. Below is a brief guide that will help you conduct effective searches. Note, anytime you search for anything in the Freedom Archives, the first results that appear will be our digitized items. Information for items that have yet to be scanned or yet to be digitized can still be viewed, but only by clicking on the show link that will display the hidden (non-digitized) items. If you are interested in accessing these non-digitized materials, please email info@freedomarchives.org.
Exploring the Collections without the Search Bar
Under the heading Browse By Collection, you’ll notice most of the Freedom Archives’ major collections. These collections have an image as well as a short description of what you’ll find in that collection. Click on that image to instantly explore that specific collection.
Basic Searching
You can always type what you’re looking for into the search bar. Certain searches may generate hundreds of results, so sometimes it will help to use quotation marks to help narrow down your results. For instance, searching for the phrase Black Liberation will generate all of our holdings that contain the words Black and Liberation, while searching for “Black Liberation” (in quotation marks) will only generate our records that have those two words next to each other.
Advanced Searching
The Freedom Archives search site also understands Boolean search logic. Click on this link for a brief tutorial on how to use Boolean search logic. Our search function also understands “fuzzy searches.” Fuzzy searches utilize the (*) and will find matches even when users misspell words or enter in only partial words for the search. For example, searching for liber* will produce results for liberation/liberate/liberates/etc.
Keyword Searches
You’ll notice that under the heading KEYWORDS, there are a number of words, phrases or names that describe content. Sometimes these are also called “tags.” Clicking on these words is essentially the same as conducting a basic search.

Search Results

Mannequins, millionettes, and women Mannequins, millionettes, and women
Date: 2/26/1976Call Number: CD 161Format: CDProducers: Frances EmleyCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Contrasts role models for women as portrayed by mass media with those who are not given coverage.
Pinochet assemblea Pinochet assemblea
Date: 11/1/1989Call Number: CD 266Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Pinochet addresses a group of people in Spanish about the liberty of the press in Chile as well as the difference in the conditions of the country from Allende’s time to the, then, present time.
Arundhati Roy: Public Power in the Age of Empire Arundhati Roy: Public Power in the Age of Empire
Date: 8/16/2004Call Number: CD 304Format: CDProducers: Alternative RadioProgram: ROY A8Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The U.S. is the world's greatest military power. Always projecting an image of reluctance and innocence, American presidents attack and intervene in the affairs of other countries. They routinely claim history, providence, destiny or some other abstraction has conferred certain obligations on Washington. The U.S. practices imperialism without formal colonies. Surrogates, often trained in the U.S., are recruited to rule. They implement and enforce Washington's rules. If the natives raise their heads and revolt the empire's centurions are called in. To effectively carry out its imperial projects the "free press" play the vital role of keeping the citizenry in the dark. What can the public do in the age of empire?
Radio Freedom - Radio Free Alcatraz Radio Freedom - Radio Free Alcatraz
Date: 1/1/2009Call Number: CD 634Format: CDProducers: Isaac OntiverosCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Two 'radio' mixes made for the "Signs of Change" exhibit by Just Seeds. Sounds of Radio Freedom - ANC Radio Free Alcatraz & AIM
Elsa Knight Thompson interview Elsa Knight Thompson interview
Date: 3/15/1982Call Number: CD 639Format: CDProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Lincoln Bergman talks to Elsa Knight Thompson about her career in broadcasting, time at BBC and KPFA, art of interviewing, and advice to young journalists. Also broadcast 2/12/1983 for memorial broadcast on Elsa's death.
They Know We're There - Pacifica Comes to Mississippi They Know We're There - Pacifica Comes to Mississippi
Date: 8/17/1964Call Number: CD 640Format: CDProducers: Elsa Knight ThompsonCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Elsa Knight Thompson interviews reporter Chris Koch who has just returned from 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi on what he witnessed there and the impact on the South of the civil rights movement.
Elsa Knight Thompson interview Elsa Knight Thompson interview
Date: 2/8/1972Call Number: CD 650BFormat: Cass BProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Excellent interview of Elsa Knight Thompson during a KPFA Marathon, just after Three Mile Island, and, at end, a wire recording of Elsa during a very early (late 1950s) KPFA Marathon
Greetings From Marilyn Buck Greetings From Marilyn Buck
Date: 1/1/2004Call Number: CD 687Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Short film made to the phone message from political prisoner, Marilyn Buck, to the Wild Poppies CD Release events.