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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.

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A Look at Chile’s Spirit and Soul A Look at Chile’s Spirit and Soul
Call Number: CAP 017Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Carlos Hagen presents an experimental mosaic made up of some of the early Poetry of Pablo Neruda, and sounds, songs and music of Chile. Conveys through this montage some of the basic characteristics of the soul and spirit of Chile.
Tapes from Chile edited Tapes from Chile edited
Call Number: CAP 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Interview/ press conference with a Chilean general talking about the Chilean constitution both old and new. Several interviews in Spanish including one with Luis Renato Gonzales Cordo talking about his experience at la Moneda during the attack. Poem read in Spanish by Fernando Alegria. Interview with a person speaking about the desaparacidos in Chile.
Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 10/27/1976Call Number: PR 004Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Lincoln Bergman, Elsa JavkinProgram: Paul Robeson ShowCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Excerpts from speeches by Robeson on Actors Equity & Unity Theatre (in England), the Peekskill riots, his passport cancellation, Peace Arch, Excerpts from Alice Childress and Lloyd L Brown. Ode to Paul Robeson, by Pablo Neruda, read by Fernando Alegria. Recordings of Robeson singing I’m Going to Tell God All My Troubles When I Get Home, the Soviet National Anthem (sung in English), Chee Lai (sung in Chinese), the United Nations Song, Peet Bog Soldiers (sung in English & Yiddish), Zog Nit Keynmol (song of the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance, sung in English & Yiddish), Climbing Jacob’s Ladder, All Men Are Brothers (tune of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” sung in Russian), Old Man River, Going Back. Part 2 of 2 (with PR 003) Same as CD 208
Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 7/31/1982Call Number: PR 010Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Robeson sings, with excerpts from interviews He speaks about the unity of struggles of all peoples, Socialism, the Bandung Conference and the struggle against colonialism and racism. Fernando Alegria recites Pablo Neruda’s poem “Ode to Paul Robeson” Same as CD 236
Paul Robeson: Peekskill Story Paul Robeson: Peekskill Story
Call Number: PR 042Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Peekskill story with Howard Fast and the Weavers; Ode to Paul Robeson by Pablo Neruda, read by Fernando Alegria; recollections of Lena Horne; recollections of Sid Roger. Also includes Robeson’s and Pete Seeger’s comments at rally to protest the Peekskill riots, interspersed with Robeson songs. Same as CD 279, tracks 1-7
Poems for and by Pablo Neruda. Poems for and by Pablo Neruda.
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: CAA 041Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
A poem by Pablo Neruda read by Nina Serrano and a poem to Pablo Neruda written and read by Nina Serrano. Recorded by phone. Same as CD 395
Festival del Sexto Sol Festival del Sexto Sol
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: CAA 033Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poetry reading by Raul Salinas, Miguel Algarin, Miguel Pinero, and Roberto Vargas. Includes readings of select Pablo Neruda poems and a poem dedicated to Che Guevara.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 7/13/1974Call Number: NI 035Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark Schwartz, Camomile, Andreas Alegria, Nina SerranoProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Long many actuality report on San Quentin 6, then American Indian Movement and Black Liberation Army-related news, Vietnam/anti-war, and Chile.
Nothing is More Precious Than Nothing is More Precious Than
Date: 3/15/1975Call Number: NI 063Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark Schwartz, CamomileProgram: Nothing is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Major emphasis on national liberation advances in Indochine, then poems by women of the Weather Underground, the historical tradition of harboring fugitives, Native American women and children sit in at FBI in Rapid City, SD, then prison-related reports on Attica and San Quentin 6.
May Day Tribute May Day Tribute
Date: 5/5/1975Call Number: FI 079Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
A tribute to May Day, opening with poetry and "Hard Work" by John Handy. Poems: by Carl Sandburg, Nazim Hikmet, Pablo Neruda, David Diop, and Bertold Brecht recited by Lincoln Bergman.