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.

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Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Autumn No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Contents 3 WHERE WE STAND 7 PRISON: BREAK THE CHAINS 14 REVIEW: Three Books about Women 16 Fighting For Our Film 18 WUO Bombs Kennecott 19 Defend the Portuguese Revolution 22 TOOLBOX: Socialism 23 Boston: The Battle Rages 26 FIREWORKS. Korea: The First Defeat 28 THE TRAIL More Stories from a Truck Stop 30 Country Music
Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975-76Volume Number: Winter 1975-76 No. 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Contents: 3 WHERE WE STAND 7 CLASS STRUGGLE IN NY: The Truth Behind Default 13 FICTION: THE CLIFFS 14 FIREWORKS: John Brown 16 MO MORE BROKEN TREATIES 18 FIGHTING BACK 24 TOOLBOX: Surplus Value 25 YOUR JOB IS KILLING YOU 28 REVIEW: Labor Radical 30 EYE OF THE STORM: Armed Struggle* The SLA
Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Spring No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Contents: 3 WHERE WE STAND DON'T MOURN, ORGANIZE! 7 THE BATTLE OF BOSTON: An Investigation of ROAR 13 POPULATION CONTROL 15 TOOLBOX INTERNATIONAL!SM 18 THE WAR COMES HOME: Roots of the Economic Crisis 25 FIREWORKS SMOKE SIGNALS 27 REVIEW: CUBAN WOMEN NOW 31 US. FAILURE IN CAMBODIA
Common Victories Common Victories
Publisher: Common Victories; Old Berkeley Tribe; Weather Underground OrganizationDate: 2/23/1973Volume Number: 23-FebFormat: MonographCollection: Weather Underground Organization
Arm the Spirit: For Revolutionary Resistance Arm the Spirit: For Revolutionary Resistance
Publisher: Arm the SpiritYear: 1992Volume Number: No. 11 January-FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arm the Spirit For Revolutionary Resistance
Arm the Spirit: For Revolutionary Resistance Arm the Spirit: For Revolutionary Resistance
Publisher: Arm the SpiritYear: 1992Volume Number: No. 13 June-JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arm the Spirit For Revolutionary Resistance
Arm the Spirit: For Revolutionary Resistance Arm the Spirit: For Revolutionary Resistance
Publisher: Arm the SpiritYear: 1992Volume Number: No. 14-15 August-DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arm the Spirit For Revolutionary Resistance
Arm the Spirit: For Revolutionary Resistance Arm the Spirit: For Revolutionary Resistance
Publisher: Arm the SpiritYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 10 October-DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Arm the Spirit For Revolutionary Resistance
Huey Says Panthers are Not Parties to Extortion Huey Says Panthers are Not Parties to Extortion
Author: Huey NewtonPublisher: The Black Panther PartyDate: 2/14/1974Volume Number: 14-FebFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
A letter from Huey P. Newton of the Black Panther Party to Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Hearst. The letter volunteers the Black Panthers to distribute the food as part of the bargain from the SLA to return Patricia Hearst to her family.