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

Ralph David Abernathy: Nixon Administration and the Vietnam War Ralph David Abernathy: Nixon Administration and the Vietnam War
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: KP 009Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Anti-War
A speech given to huge outdoor rally in SF Bay Area in 1969 condemning imperialism and the war in Vietnam. GREAT materials!
GI March, 1969 GI March, 1969
Date: 6/4/1969Call Number: KP 055Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Anti-War
An antiwar sound montage with sounds from the battlefield over Beatles music and community voices.
GI Peace March April 6, 1969 GI Peace March April 6, 1969
Date: 4/6/1969Call Number: KP 067Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Anti-War
Sound samples taken from different marches and protests against the Vietnam war, interviews with supporters of war, friction between police and protesters, all set to music.
GI March inserts GI March inserts
Call Number: KP 079Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Anti-War
antiwar protesters chant, “Join the march,” and “Get out of Vietnam” as students clash with pro-war bystanders. Inserts for montage KP 067 Same as CD 398
Kent State: 1977 Kent State: 1977
Date: 7/10/1977Call Number: KP 163AFormat: Cass ACollection: Anti-War
Attempts by the May 4th Coalition to prevent the construction of a gymnasium at Kent State on the site of the May 4, 1970 shooting of four anti war protesters by the National Guard are discussed. The focus is on this coalition’s encampment created on the proposed construction site. Includes interviews with various activists in this camp and recordings of their eviction.
May Day Pentagon demonstrations May Day Pentagon demonstrations
Date: 5/2/1971Call Number: KP 302Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Anti-War
Report on May Day demonstrations at the Pentagon. Midnight Washington time, summary of day's events.
Stop the Draft Week Stop the Draft Week
Date: 10/13/1967Call Number: KP 348Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Elsa Knight ThompsonProgram: Open HourCollection: Anti-War
Interview with representatives of four organizations who are planning demonstrations at Oakland draft board. These will be the demonstrations that became known as "Stop the Draft Week" which later led to the case against activists who became known as the Oakland 7 and who were eventually acquitted.
Mayday Report #1 Mayday Report #1
Date: 5/1/1971Call Number: KP 368Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Anti-War
First report on Pentagon antiwar demonstrations in Washington DC.
Mayday Report #2 Mayday Report #2
Date: 5/2/1971Call Number: KP 369Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Anti-War
Second report on Pentagon antiwar demonstrations in Washington DC.
Mayday Report #3 Mayday Report #3
Date: 5/2/1971Call Number: KP 370 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Anti-War
Third report on Pentagon demonstrations.