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

Puerto Rican Prisoners of Colonialism Puerto Rican Prisoners of Colonialism
Publisher: ProLibertadCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Flier on campaign to free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
FALN 11 Taken to Court FALN 11 Taken to Court
Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article on capture of FALN 11
The Indispensables The Indispensables
Publisher: Editorial El conquiFormat: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
The struggle and ideals of Puerto Rican prisoners of war Edwin Cortes, Alejandrina Torres and Alberto Rodriguez and of political prisoner Jose Luis Rodriguez
Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Publisher: ProLibertadFormat: PamphletCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Pamphlet on the campaign to free Puerto Rican political prisoners and prisoners of war. 2nd copy incomplete. Includes: What is ProLibertad?; Who Are the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War?; Puerto Rico's colonial case; Arrests; Punitive Sentences; Human Rights violations. Includes call to action.
Despite 17 Years Behind Bars, Militant has no Regrets Despite 17 Years Behind Bars, Militant has no Regrets
Author: Charles J. HanleyFormat: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article profile on FALN member Oscar Lopez Rivera and demonstrations for his release; Also current report on the Puerto Rican independent movement
Red Red
Publisher: National Boricua Human rights NetworkYear: 2005Format: PeriodicalCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Includes condolences for the family of Rev. Jose Torres.
Jailed Activist Stirs Compassion, Dispute Jailed Activist Stirs Compassion, Dispute
Author: Karen R. LongPublisher: Plain Dealer ReporterFormat: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Article profile on FALN member Oscar Lopez Rivera and demonstrations for his release
Fallece el reverend boricua Jose Torres Fallece el reverend boricua Jose Torres
Author: Clemente NicadoYear: 2005Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Carlos Alberto Torres is denied the right to attend his father's funeral.
Negado el Permisoo a Carlos Torres Negado el Permisoo a Carlos Torres
Author: Manuel Ernesto RiveraPublisher: El Nuevo DiaYear: 2005Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Carlos Alberto Torres is denied the right to attend his father's funeral.
El Viejo Vive: En la memoria de nuestra gente El Viejo Vive: En la memoria de nuestra gente
Publisher: Juan Antonio Corretjer Puerto Rican Cultural CenterYear: 2005Format: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Program: Memorial service given in honor of Reverend Jose "El Viejo" Torres