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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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RE: Crisis Response RE: Crisis Response
Author: Paul BoothPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Proposals for local coordinators to discuss before the May 9th SDS meeting at Swarthmore College
Statement on Student March on Washington Statement on Student March on Washington
Authors: Norman Thomas, A.J. Muste, Bayard Rustin, Robert W. Gilmore, H. Stuart Hughes, Ed Clark, Roget Lockard, Emily Parker Simon, Alfred Hassler, Charles Bloomstein, Harold TaylorPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 4/16/1965Volume Number: 16-AprFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Statement on the eve of the March on Washington
A Call to All Students to March on Washington to end the War in Vietnam A Call to All Students to March on Washington to end the War in Vietnam
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 4/17/1965Volume Number: 17-AprFormat: FlyerCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Flyer providing detailed information on the April 1965 Anti-War March on Washington
March Agenda March Agenda
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: AgendaCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Schedule for the March on Washington to end the war in Vietnam
Urgent: SDS Chapters, March coordinators and other local groups Urgent: SDS Chapters, March coordinators and other local groups
Authors: Paul Booth and Todd GitlinPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Includes a plan of action for the weeks following the March on Washington, including end the war in Vietnam week, May 9th Conference on Summer Program, and a National Teach-in.
Weather Underground Attack Kennecott Corporation Headquarters Weather Underground Attack Kennecott Corporation Headquarters
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationVolume Number: September 4Format: CommuniqueCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Communique released by WUO taking responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of Kennecott Corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Prarie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism Prarie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism
Author: Bill AyersPublisher: Communications Co.Format: BookCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Details the ideological position of the Weather Underground Organization and American history from their perspective. The flame that sparked Prairie Fire Organizing Committee, Ayer's manifesto details the basis for overthrow of imperialist war-driven domination and the establishment of a socialist society.
Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: April-May Vol. 2-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Contents: 6 PUERTO RICO 12 REVIEW: AKWASASNE NOTES 16 FIREWORKS: THE WAR OF 1898 17 THE VOLUNTEER ARMY 21 TOOLBOX: SELF-DETERMINATION 22 ZIONISM IS RACISM 24 EYE OF THE STORM: ANGOLA 26 PAUL ROBESON 27 CHOU EN-LAI
Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: June-July Vol. 2-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Contents: 3 NEWS 6 i CUBA Si! 9 OUT OF WORK 12 FIREWORKS : RECONSTRUCTION 14 FREDERICK DOUGLASS1 4th OF JULY SPEECH 16 WHERE WE STAND 21 EYE OF THE STORM: BOSTON 23 200 YEARS OF DECEIT & DISGRACE 24 TOOLBOX: SUPEREXPLOITATION 25 FICTION: THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE
Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Summer No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Contents: 6 A MIGHTY ARMY: An Investigation of Women Workers 14 THE POLITICS OF DAYCARE 15 VICTORY IN VIETNAM 18 THE TRIAL: STORIES FROM A TRUCK STOP 20 VICTORY TO THE PONCE CEMENT STRIKE 22 IMPERIALISM = HUNGER 29 June 25th: MOZAMBIQUE INDEPENDENCE DAY 32 The Unemployed Get Organized 33 REVIEW: LONGTIME CALIFORN1