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

Health Care, Police Brutality, Karen Silkwood Health Care, Police Brutality, Karen Silkwood
Date: 5/5/1979Call Number: FI 107Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Picket line actuality of 1600 lowest-paid hospital workers on strike in East Bay with SEIU. Crisis in health care system in Detroit and New York City. Case of Terrence Johnson, Black youth who defended himself against two policemen who were beating him. Report on anti-nuclear protest and report on suit by Karen Silkwood's family.
Mental Health Mistreatment Mental Health Mistreatment
Date: 5/31/1986Call Number: FI 226Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Analysis and critique of so-called mental health treatment and forced medication in US, including comments by those subjected to it, former patients, on the occasion of meeting of American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco.
The Cultural Perspective The Cultural Perspective
Date: 12/19/1987Call Number: FI 283Format: CassetteProducers: Nina SerranoProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Music and poetry with poetry of and tribute to Kathy Lavelle, a poet who died at 39 on November 21. She was also very involved in dance, theater, and healing. Also, a review of a new play at the Mission Cultural Center--Hijos: Once A Family.