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

Real Dragon Real Dragon
Call Number: RD 007Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Report on the release of "Word Is Out" about 26 gay men and women across the United States, directed by Peter Adair and the Mariposa Film Group of San Francisco. Made in the 1970s, this is the first film made shedding light on the lives of gay people on an individual basis, unmasking traditional and conventional stereotypes over what it is to be gay or lesbian. Includes actuality of an interview with Pat, a 53 year lesbian woman who spoke of her experiences growing up with the full knowledge and acceptance that she was a lesbian, and several stories from her days in WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps), and her perception of the lines of gender roles as she had seen them to be from the 40s to the 70s. Also speaks of the contained feeling felt by women who moved to San Francisco as their only refuge, and feared being trapped within only those bounds where they were accepted.
Interview with Doris Kwong Levinson Interview with Doris Kwong Levinson
Call Number: CE 662Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
North American woman discusses her experiences in Egypt and Tunisia, especially her impressions about the situation of women.
We Are All Whores 1 We Are All Whores 1
Call Number: FI 244Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Jahid Ashley, Rene MontaigneProgram: We Are All WhoresCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Documentary focusing on prostitution, its possible legalization/decriminalization, with actuality from the first "Hooker's Convention" held in San Francisco on June 26, 1974. The convention was initiated by the COYOTE organization and its leader Margo St. James, which also sought the unionization of sex workers. Program necessitated an "obscenity disclaimer."
We Are All Whores 2 We Are All Whores 2
Call Number: FI 245Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Jahid Ashley, Rene MontaigneProgram: We Are All WhoresCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Documentary focusing on prostitution, its possible legalization/decriminalization, with actuality from the first "Hooker's Convention" held in San Francisco on June 26, 1974. The convention was initiated by the COYOTE organization and its leader Margo St. James, which also sought the unionization of sex workers. Program necessitated an "obscenity disclaimer."
Women of All Red Nations Women of All Red Nations
Call Number: FI 257Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Discussion of the organization, Women of All Red Nations, founded in 1978 in South Dakota. and of the situation for Native American women and families, with emphasis also on Native American political prisoners and the right of women to self-defense, including the case of Yvonne Wanrow who is one of the speakers on this recording.