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

Political Women Prisoners in the US Political Women Prisoners in the US
Publisher: Revoltin LesbiansYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Written and produced by Revolting Lesbians. Printed May 1988. First printing July 1987. Revised edition.
Women and imprisonment in the United States: History and current reality Women and imprisonment in the United States: History and current reality
Author: Nancy KurshanPublisher: Monkeywrench PressYear: 1995Format: MonographCollection: Prisons - Women
Women are in prison Women are in prison
Publisher: Workshop on Women PrisonersYear: 2002Format: MonographCollection: Prisons - Women
Stop Forced Sterilization Now!/ Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada Stop Forced Sterilization Now!/ Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada
Publisher: The Committee to Stop Forced SterilizationFormat: MonographCollection: Sterilization
Bilingual Monograph
Babaye: A Primer about Women and for Women Babaye: A Primer about Women and for Women
Publisher: GABRIELA-Mindanao and Womens Studies and Research Center (Philippines)Year: 1986Format: MonographCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Produced by organizers in the Filapino Womens Movement, this monograph provides a historical context of womens oppression, the coming the Spaniards and the destrcution of traditional womens roles, women in the Phillapine Revolution and the current status of Filapino women.
Our Voices Within: Our Journey Our Voices Within: Our Journey
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersYear: 2004Format: MonographCollection: Violence Against Women
Compilation of conference papers. Available through CCWP website
Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out Our Voices Within: Healing from the Inside Out
Publisher: California Coalition for Women PrisonersDate: 10/12/2003Volume Number: 12-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Violence Against Women
Compilation of conference papers