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

La Raza All Stars La Raza All Stars
Date: 5/19/1973Call Number: RP 069Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez, Lillian Del Sol Nina Serrano, Andres Alegria, Jose Parra LopezCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Today Latino Music and Poetry, are featured on Reflecciones. Also interviews and current events. Also some of the latest Salsa, and news from San Francisco’s Mission District
Clay Stone Clay Stone
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: CAA 007Format: 1/4 15 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Three poems by Gregorio Landau reading his own poems,: King Kong, Bata, Dope, America Backed by music group Bata
Luis Talamantez poem Luis Talamantez poem
Date: 9/13/1973Call Number: CAA 109Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Ruben Ruybal reads a poem of Luis Talamantez, with Phil Serrano on guitar. “Juan Lopez Caballos.” Same as CD 384
Nina Serrano Live poetry Nina Serrano Live poetry
Date: 5/17/1973Call Number: CAA 042Format: 1/4 15 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poems written and read by Nina Serrano. 5/17/1973 1) To Roque Dalton 2) Memorium 3) Must I hear you bragging Conquistador? Longshoreman’s Hall on 2/18/72 4) Chinatown Fair 5) Woman Pirate 6) To Roque, before leaving to Fight in Unknown terrain Same as CD 395
Mission Poet-Ruben Ruybal Mission Poet-Ruben Ruybal
Date: 5/11/1973Call Number: KP 518Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: 247Program: Mission PoetCollection: General materials
Poetry written and recited by Ruben Ruybal on community themes, including use of drugs to oppress youth with rhythmic musical accompaniment.