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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.

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The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 1 The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 1
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: V 088Format: VHSProducers: David Paradine Productions, John Birt, David FrostCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Nixon interviewed about his presidency and events/people he was involved with during it:
The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 2 The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 2
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: V 089Format: VHSProducers: David Paradine Productions, John Birt, David FrostCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Nixon interviewed about his presidency and events/people he was involved with during it: Mao Tse Tung; US relations with China; US involvement with Israel; US relations with Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh; Brezhnev; the Cold War; Henry Kissinger; Kent State; US in Cambodia.
The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 3 The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 3
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: V 090Format: VHSProducers: David Paradine Productions, John Birt, David FrostCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Nixon interviewed about his presidency and events/people he was involved with during it:
The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 4 The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 4
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: V 091Format: VHSProducers: David Paradine Productions, John Birt, David FrostCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Nixon interviewed about his presidency and events/people he was involved with during it:
The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 5 The Nixon Interviews With David Frost, Volume 5
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: V 092Format: VHSProducers: David Paradine Productions, John Birt, David FrostCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Nixon interviewed about his presidency and events/people he was involved with during it:
Paul Robeson: The Tallest Tree in our Forest - a Biography Paul Robeson: The Tallest Tree in our Forest - a Biography
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: V 149Format: VHSProducers: Lloyd RichardsCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A fine documentary on the life of actor, activist and singer Paul Robeson, this study looks at Robeson's controversial politics and their influence on African-American society today.
Aids in Cuba, Mi Hermano Fidel, Los Ojos Como Mi Papa Aids in Cuba, Mi Hermano Fidel, Los Ojos Como Mi Papa
Date: 1/1/1977Call Number: V 608Format: VHSProducers: Santiago Alvarez, Pedro ChaskelCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Aids in Cuba: Successful Cuban efforts to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. Interviews and forums with HIV/AIDS patients that live in a sanatorium and their families. Statistics on who has AIDS, the most common ways to get AIDS, and who gets tested for AIDS in Cuba. The need for sexual education, condom use, and the misinterpreted linkage between HIV/AIDS and homosexuality. Mi Hermano Fidel. (1977) Fidel Castro interviews an old man who participated in the Sierra Maestra campaigns. Man has poor eyesight and does not realize that it is Fidel Castro who is interviewing him. Los Ojos Como Mi Papa:(1979) - Conversations among young adults and children of political refugees. Discuss Cuba and Latin America Topics include the Cuban Revolution, US influence, and socialism.