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

News Mix, 10/4/1970 News Mix, 10/4/1970
Date: 10/4/1970Call Number: KP 064Format: 1/4 15 ipsCollection: Vietnam
Mix of different news stories including Jimi Hendrix’s funeral, problems with overcrowded New York Jails, continued fighting in Vietnam, and the Cambridge, Massachusetts mayor’s remarks about ending drug dealing by “creating an army of bounty hunters.”
North Vietnamese Music of Revolution North Vietnamese Music of Revolution
Call Number: KP 315Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Vietnam
Eight Vietnamese liberation songs and marches taken from 45 rpm Dihavina Records from North Vietnam.
Union of Vietnamese Interview and Event Union of Vietnamese Interview and Event
Date: 9/2/1975Call Number: KP 474Format: CassetteProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Vietnam
Interview with representative of Union of Vietnamese Students in the US, on occasion of the first independence day after the victory over the US. Includes portion of speech from American Indian Movement (AIM), and live music by Holly Near at event celebrating the Vietnam victory.
Union of Vietnamese Interview and Event Union of Vietnamese Interview and Event
Date: 9/2/1975Call Number: CD 895Format: CDProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Vietnam
Interview with Dao, representative of Union of Vietnamese Students in the US, on occasion of the first independence day after the victory over the US. Includes portion of speech from American Indian Movement (AIM), and live music by Holly Near at event celebrating the Vietnam victory.