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

Interview with Pearl Marsh Interview with Pearl Marsh
Date: 11/1/1984Call Number: SS 101Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Pearl Marsh about South Africa.
Interview with Ruth Cadwalader Interview with Ruth Cadwalader
Date: 4/10/1989Call Number: SS 105AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Ruth Cadwalader on Cambodia.
Interview with Ruth Cadwalater Interview with Ruth Cadwalater
Date: 4/18/1991Call Number: SS 105BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Ruth Cadwalater on Thailand.
Women in Grenada Women in Grenada
Call Number: SS 109Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
"Women in Grenada" includes many conversations with Grandians in 1985 after the invasion by the United States. Produced for Pacifica.
Interview with Farika Birhan Interview with Farika Birhan
Date: 11/29/1984Call Number: SS 113Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Farika Birhan on Maroons of Jamaica.
Interview with Pedro Noguera Interview with Pedro Noguera
Date: 8/4/1988Call Number: SS 117Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Pedro Noguera on the politics and education in Grenada.
Interview with Sharon Parker Interview with Sharon Parker
Call Number: SS 120AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Sharon Parker from the National Institute for Women of Color.
Interview with C.T. Vivian Interview with C.T. Vivian
Call Number: SS 120BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with C.T. Vivian, the director of Center for Democratic Renewal-watchdog of racist organizations.
Interview with Bernie Beadreaux Interview with Bernie Beadreaux
Date: 3/1/1992Call Number: SS 121AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Bernie Beadreaux on Oxfam in El Salvador.
Interview with Martin Cano Interview with Martin Cano
Date: 3/1/1992Call Number: SS 121BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Martin Cano a diversity consultant on racism, sexism and homophobia.