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

Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969. Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969.
Date: 5/15/1969Call Number: KP 085Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: General materials
Live recording of the events that took place at People’s Park in Berkeley, California on May 15th, 1969. The battle is between the people of the community, who built it from a muddy parking lot into a park, versus the University and the Berkeley Police for trying to rip it down. Although the land was owned by the University, the people claimed it had been a muddy mess for years, and the people needed a park in South Berkeley. People were injured and killed by police in full riot gear, by guns as well as tear gas.
The Big Four State Their Case The Big Four State Their Case
Date: 5/29/1969Call Number: KP 338Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: General materials
Edited version of 4-part discussion of the People's Park situation, after shootings and the fence is put up around the Park. Speakers are Charles Palmer, ASUC President; Frank Bardacke, of People's Park Negotiating Committee; Wallace Johnson, Mayor of Berkeley; and Roger Heyns, UCB Chancellor.
Stew Albert Commentary Stew Albert Commentary
Date: 2/13/1969Call Number: KP 340Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: KPFAProgram: CommentaryCollection: General materials
Commentary by well-known activist Stew Albert talking about women's liberation, starting from a list of notable women in US that did not include hardly any who accomplished things on their own.
Interview with Paul Krassner Interview with Paul Krassner
Date: 4/29/1969Call Number: KP 392Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Elsa Knight ThompsonProgram: Open HourCollection: General materials
Elsa Knight Thompson interviews Paul Krassner, editor of The Realist, a satirical progressive newspaper that often "pushed envelope" relating to obscenity and humorous attacks on the Establishment.
Mass Arrests, Then Santa Rita Mass Arrests, Then Santa Rita
Date: 5/22/1969Call Number: KP 357Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: General materials
Documentary on mass arrests and imprisonment in Berkeley in connection with People's Park demonstrations, includes interviews with two of many arrestees, Paul Glusman and Robert Sheer.
Stew Albert Commentary Stew Albert Commentary
Date: 10/17/1969Call Number: KP 360Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFAProgram: CommentaryCollection: General materials
Well known activist/YIPPIE Stew Albert comments on his arrest during People's Park and experience in Santa Rita county jail.