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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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The Women of Lexington Prison The Women of Lexington Prison
Authors: William A. Reuben, Carlos NormanPublisher: The NationYear: 1987Format: ArticleCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
reproduction of 6/27/1987 article. Includes intervies with Silvia Baraldini; Marilyn Buck; Susan rosenberg; Laura Whitehorn.
Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL Women's Control Unit: Marianna, FL
Authors: Silvia Baraldini, Marilyn Buck, Susan rosenberg, Laura WhitehornPublisher: Anti-Imperialist Political PrisonersYear: 1992Format: ArticleCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Fall 1992 article: "This paper was written to break with the secrecy and silence on Shawnee Unit; to recognize women as wqual participants in the struggle to shut down all control units; and to be responsible to ongoing political struggle."
If They Can Close Lexington in Nine Months, Why Not Today? If They Can Close Lexington in Nine Months, Why Not Today?
Authors: Shelley Miller, Louise HarterPublisher: San Francisco Bay GuardianYear: 1987Format: ArticleCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Reproduction of 11/1987 opinion piece on the US BOP decision to close Lexington Control Unit with a 9 month interim.
Article - Lexington Appeal Decision and Women Political Prisoners Article - Lexington Appeal Decision and Women Political Prisoners
Author: Susan RosenbergFormat: ArticleCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Includes handwritten notes by Jane Segal
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.
December 7 1987 Letter to Friends December 7 1987 Letter to Friends
Publisher: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political Prisoners; Campaign to Abolish the Lexington Women's Control UnitYear: 1987Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
12/7/1987 Letter announcing the formation of Out of control
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
[Request for Donations] [Request for Donations]
Author: Julie StarobinPublisher: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Political PrisonersYear: 1988Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Reproduction of 3/15/1988 open letter requesting donations to help with advertising.
Correspondence to Alice Krupit Correspondence to Alice Krupit
Author: James B. JonesPublisher: US Department of JusticeYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Reproduction of 8/10/1990 letter in response to "inquiry regarding Through the Wire, which was recently aired by the Public Broadcasting System"
Reflections on Being Buried Alive Reflections on Being Buried Alive
Author: Susan RosenbergPublisher: Covert ActionYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Reproduction of article featured in Number 31 (Winter 1989) issue of Covert Action.