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

Native American society: Women Native American society: Women
Call Number: JG/ 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Matriarchal and matrilineal traditions among Native American societies: Iroquois, Cherokee, many east coast nations. Women and crops, child raising, no property ownership, but women as central to decision making and determination of leadership. Pauline Oakes NY International Treaty Council (Cherokee), The Rights of Indian Women in Colombia, sterilization, international solidarity, genocide. Buffie Sainte- Marie (music) Ends with Wanrow case in mid story.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 4/13/1974Call Number: NI 024Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrrett, Mark Schwartz, Nina Serrana, Sue Matross, Kathy StineProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Continuing coverage of Symbionese Liberation Army and related trials, Wounded Knee trials, California prisons, and many stories on women's movement and issues.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 1/4/1975Call Number: NI 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
First program of 1975, opens with poem and New Year's statement from the Black Liberation Army, reports on San Quentin 6, Ruchell Magee, Willie Tate; report on Menominee Indian occupation of Wisconsin estate; Vietnam, and series of reports on Puerto Rico and sterilization of women in Puerto Rico.
Zimbabwe and COINTELPRO Zimbabwe and COINTELPRO
Call Number: FI 076Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Sterilization of Native American and Puerto Rican women; Zimbabwe breakthrough in negotiations; housing issues; hearings with statistics about COINTELPRO dirty tricks.
Forced Sterilization and Police-Klan violence Forced Sterilization and Police-Klan violence
Date: 9/24/1977Call Number: FI 219Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Two inserts: 1) Demonstration in San Francisco against the Hyde amendment, protesting against forced sterilization of women. 2) Demonstrations in many cities against increased police killings of Black people and other attacks by racist right-wing forces. Poor quality recording.