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.

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Commission on Human Rights- Meeting 1271, Mrs. Allende. 25 Feb. 1974 Commission on Human Rights- Meeting 1271, Mrs. Allende. 25 Feb. 1974
Call Number: CAP 047Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
“A nation suffering from a state of internal war” according to Gen. Pinochet, imposed by his own troops who obey the servants of fascism that represents foreign interests.” Mrs. Hortensia Allende speaks out at the United Nations about the condition in Chile after the military coup on Sept. 11, 1973. She talks not only about the death of her husband but also about the murders of the people of Chile and the loss of their fundamental rights. She talks about the conditions on Dawson Island, the sentencing of the prisoners, the Chilean Constitution, economic policy, and the involvement of the United States. She ends with a call for international support for the Chilean people.
Native-American Struggle - 1 Native-American Struggle - 1
Date: 5/12/1976Call Number: FI 009Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber, BarbaraProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Pine Ridge Trials for killing of FBI agents, attempt to extradite Peltier, William Kunstler speaks on racism of media. Vern Harper on government attacks on Native culture and traditions--Native Americans and socialism. Building of ties between African-Americans and Native-Americans.
Paul Robeson sings Paul Robeson sings
Call Number: KP 057Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson, sings “Joe Hill”.
PFLP Interviews PFLP Interviews
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 400Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews from members of the PFLP. Leila Khaled explains the PFLP strategy to target US imperialism by preventing tourism and weapons from entering occupied Palestine. An unidentified PFLP member talks about the differences in ideology between the PDFLP and the PFLP.