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

Sparks Fly V Sparks Fly V
Publisher: Women Against Imperialism; Out of Control; National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and PPsFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Flyer for Sparks Fly V 2/11/?. Virtual holdings only.
Program Program
Publisher: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Program leaflet with women political prisoners contact information
Lexington Control Unit Opens - Shut It Down! Lexington Control Unit Opens - Shut It Down!
Publisher: Committee to Fight RepressionFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Reproduction of flyer with outline of Lexington issues.
Lexington Control Unit--What can I do About it? Lexington Control Unit--What can I do About it?
Publisher: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners; Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control UnitFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Flyer to advertise letter and phone campaign as well as writing to prisoners
There are Women Political Prisoners in the USA; What Is a Political Prisoner; Who is Out of Control? There are Women Political Prisoners in the USA; What Is a Political Prisoner; Who is Out of Control?
Publisher: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
General information on definition fo political prisoner and Out of Control
Shut Down Lexington Control Unit: Demonstrate Shut Down Lexington Control Unit: Demonstrate
Publisher: Committee to Shut Down Lexington Control UnitFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Reproduction of flyer for 1/28 demonstration on behalf of Silvia Baraldini. Virtual holdings only
What You Have Just Seen Is Real What You Have Just Seen Is Real
Publisher: Committee to Shut Down Lexington Control UnitFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Flyer distributed as part of 1/28 demonstration and Guirilla theater project.
There Are Women Political Prisoners in the US There Are Women Political Prisoners in the US
Publisher: Committee to Shut Down Lexington Control UnitFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Educational flyer including quotes from Silvia Baraldini
Women Political Prisoners in the United States Women Political Prisoners in the United States
Authors: Lisa, ZachPublisher: Women Against Imperialism; Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience; Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Version of educational pamphlet. Virtual holdings only
Women Political Prisoners in the United States Women Political Prisoners in the United States
Publisher: FireWorx; Interfaith Prisoners of Conscience: Project of the Bay Area; National Committee to Free Puerto rican Prisoners of War; Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political PrisonersYear: 1993Format: FlyerCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Virtual holdings only.