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

Prison Movement Roundup Prison Movement Roundup
Date: 7/17/1976Call Number: FI 012Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Prison movement related: Gary Tyler, women prisoners, San Quentin 6 trial, Graham & Allen, Gibson & Justice with attorney actuality. Khatari poem performed by Sukari Tate.
Doc Holiday Speaks Doc Holiday Speaks
Date: 7/23/1977Call Number: FI 084Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Don FosterProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
New York electrical blackout, speech by Doc Holiday at event in support of political prisoners, emphasizes unity, rejuvenation of the movement, with history of California prison struggle.
Economic Wrap-up and Skyhorse Mohawk Case Economic Wrap-up and Skyhorse Mohawk Case
Date: 7/10/1977Call Number: FI 090Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Economic wrap-up, benefit for Graham and Allen case, detailed report on Skyhorse and Mohawk case. Sweatshop conditions in US prisons. Music "Prison Blues" mix.