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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.
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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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Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 9/13/1975Call Number: NI 036Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program that is centered on the second anniversary of the coup in Chile and the fourth anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion. Chile section features actuality of Salvador Allende speech at UN, Pete Seeger on Victor Jara. Attica section features actuality of Frank Smith, William Kunstler, Amiri Baraka and several unnamed prisoners on Attica conditions, the rebellion, and the state's brutal response. Program also includes updates on repression at Wounded Knee and against the American Indian Movement, and an update on the San Quentin 6 trial. Bruce Solloway reports on Attica trials and solidarity events (including Amiri Baraka talk in Buffalo), then Claude Marks/Lincoln Bergman mix of Attica actuality. Note: Some of the Attica actuality used on Freedom Archives “Prisons on Fire” CD.
Paul Robeson Show: Paul Robeson’s America Paul Robeson Show: Paul Robeson’s America
Date: 11/27/1982Call Number: PR 013Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Recordings of Robeson singing and excerpts from speeches, including a 1949 rally protesting the “Peekskill riots.” Pete Seeger & others speaking about Peekskill. Robeson recites Langston Hughes’ poem “Freedom Train.” Includes full performance of Ballad For Americans, sung by Robeson and the American People’s Chorus, recorded on CBS Radio, November 5, 1939. Also on CD 238, Track 3
Paul Robeson Show Paul Robeson Show
Date: 4/28/1984Call Number: PR 023Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Extensive comments by Pete Seeger on Paul Robeson’s activism, their close personal acquaintance, the 1949 Peekskill Concerts & Riots, recorded in 1968 & 1984. Recordings of Robeson singing. Same as CD 259, Track 1
Paul Robeson Show - Last of series. Paul Robeson Show - Last of series.
Date: 12/29/1984Call Number: PR 027Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Retrospective on Robeson, interspersed with recordings of his songs. Also includes excerpts from Howard Fast and Pete Seeger on the 1949 Peekskill concerts & riots, and from Joe Johnson, leader of the Marine Cooks & Stewards Union, on his friendship with Robeson and on Robeson’s relationship with the union. Additional materials from a 1949 rally protesting the Peekskill riots, from Robeson’s 1959 interview with a British journalist during his run of Othello in London, and from a concert he gave at AME Mother Zion Church, New York. (1 mil tape) Same as CD 261, Track 1
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
Paul Robeson: Peekskill Riots Paul Robeson: Peekskill Riots
Date: 1/1/1972Call Number: PR 053Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: David GelberCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
David Gelber (WBAI) narrates the story of the August 27, 1949 and September 4, 1949 riots at the Paul Robeson concerts in Peekskill, NY. Interviews with and eyewitness accounts by various individuals, including Howard Fast, Pete Seeger, Ellen Perlo, Victor Perlo, Freddy Hillerman (of Peoples Artists, the organization that sponsored the concerts), interspersed with excerpts from live radio broadcasts at the scene. Same as CD 286, Track 3
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 9/13/1975Call Number: NI 109Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Programs marks the second anniversary of the fascist coup in Chile and the 4th anniversary of the Attica prison rebellion, with major portions on both. Also reports on United Farmworkers, the case of Cameron Bishop, and the San Quentin Six.
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.
Sing Me a Song of Social Significance Sing Me a Song of Social Significance
Date: 1/30/1961Call Number: KP 329Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: John OligerCollection: General materials
Four songs of "social significance" on the atom bomb. Includes the famous Tom Lehrer "they're rioting in Africa.." and Talking Atomic Blues by Pete Seeger.
Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh Malcolm X and Ho Chi Minh
Date: 5/17/1980Call Number: FI 118Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano Echeverria, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Poetry. music, and speech collage as a tribute to Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X. Section on racism in Boston, interview with an African-American woman by Barbara Lubinski on racism in Boston.