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

Native American Struggle - 4 Native American Struggle - 4
Date: 6/26/1976Call Number: FI 075Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Native American movement update including Leonard Peltier fighting extradition from Canada, Joanna LeDoux refusing to testify at Grand Jury. Reports on welfare issues in San Francisco and nationally, and a walk for disarmament for social justice tear gassed in Louisiana.
Fourth of July Music Medley Fourth of July Music Medley
Date: 7/4/1981Call Number: FI 141Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Frederick Douglass 4th of July speech dramatized by Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick, poetry, then music: My Country Tis Of Thy People You're Dying, anti-nuclear mix: Pete Seeger Japanese song, Malviina Reynolds, radiation song (unknown group), Sweet Honey in the Rock. Closes with Cuban poem and Hendricks Star-Spangled Banner.
Anti-Nuclear and Prison News Anti-Nuclear and Prison News
Date: 8/8/1981Call Number: FI 143Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Anti-nuclear commentary and music mix to mark anniversary of US atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Detailed news reports on Black prisoners case of Harris, Johnson, and others in Alabama prison; Janice Paynter women's self-defense murder case, and Seattle case of assassinated union leaders. Closes with "Warriors of the Rainbow" song.
The Archives of Freedom - 3 The Archives of Freedom - 3
Date: 7/12/1986Call Number: FI 193Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Rebroadcast with new introduction of the August 4, 1973 program (The Real Dragon with Lincoln Bergman and Claude Marks) with news and actuality on Hiroshima, Indochina, Watergate break-in, prison rebellions, GI resistance, and repeated theme of Richard Helms on "breaking and entering." Revolutionary song by active-duty GIs closes the show.
The Pete Seeger Show - 7 The Pete Seeger Show - 7
Date: 7/11/1987Call Number: FI 206Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emilkiano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Opens with Bergman memoir of important Pete Seeger concert in San Francisco, just before Seeger was imprisoned for refusal to talk to the HUAC, followed by related music selection of Seeger songs.
The Pete Seeger Show - 9 The Pete Seeger Show - 9
Date: 11/14/1987Call Number: FI 211Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Features music against the war in Vietnam and historical material on the Oakland 7 and Stop the Draft Week in Oakland, 1967.
The Pete Seeger Show #10 The Pete Seeger Show #10
Date: 9/12/1987Call Number: FI 264Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Anti-war theme, including song by Irene Paull sung by Barbara Tilseh, poetry by Hikmet, and original song dedicated to Brian Willson, who, on 9/1/1987, in protest against shipping of U.S. weapons to Central America, blocked railroad tracks at Concord, CA Weapons Station, was hit by a train, losing both legs below the knee, with severe skull fracture. He later learned he'd been on an FBI domestic "terrorist" list under Reagan's anti-terrorist task force provisions and the train crew had been advised not to stop the train. He has since continued his activism on many fronts.
Abbie Hoffman Memorial 1 Abbie Hoffman Memorial 1
Date: 4/15/1989Call Number: FI 270Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Memorial for radical activist Abbie Hoffman, who died on April 12, 1989. Poem on Abbie. Features complete 12/15/1969 interview with Abbie and others,"The Neon Oven," on Chicago conspiracy case, then in progress. Trial in detail, including chaining and gagging of Bobby Seale. Also discusses police-FBI murder of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark on 12/4/1969.
Abbie Hoffman Memorial 2 Abbie Hoffman Memorial 2
Date: 4/15/1989Call Number: FI 271Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Part 2 of memorial for radical activist Abbie Hoffman, who died on April 12, 1989. Continues rebroadcast of 12/15/1969 interview with Abbie and others,"The Neon Oven," on Chicago conspiracy case.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Call Number: FI 287Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Women's International League for Peace and FreedomCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
History of the longtime antiwar organization of women, founded at the Hague in 1914.