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

FENASTRAS in El Salvador FENASTRAS in El Salvador
Date: 12/1/1989Call Number: JG/ 017Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Julio Cristalis (?) about FENASTRAS (Federation of Workers) about the repression from the ARENA government. Discusses support of the FMLN, and the most recent bombings by ARENA of FENASTRAS' offices
Leonard Peltier Interview Leonard Peltier Interview
Date: 8/1/1989Call Number: PM 326Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier is interviewed about his case and history.
An Israeli "Dove" An Israeli "Dove"
Date: 1/1/1989Call Number: CE 355Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Israeli Peace Movement activist and Filmmaker, Yitzhak Yeshorun discusses his prize winning film “Green Fields” and personal views about broader Palestinian-Israeli problem and Israeli Peace Movement. He claims that within Israel there are different interpretations of Zionism, but the majority do not support the discrimination against its Arab citizens. Although he claims to support the rights of Palestinians, by supporting the creation of two independent states, he supports the Zionist endeavor to maintain Israel as a militarized Jewish state.
Abbie Hoffman Memorial 1 Abbie Hoffman Memorial 1
Date: 4/15/1989Call Number: FI 270Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Memorial for radical activist Abbie Hoffman, who died on April 12, 1989. Poem on Abbie. Features complete 12/15/1969 interview with Abbie and others,"The Neon Oven," on Chicago conspiracy case, then in progress. Trial in detail, including chaining and gagging of Bobby Seale. Also discusses police-FBI murder of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark on 12/4/1969.
Abbie Hoffman Memorial 2 Abbie Hoffman Memorial 2
Date: 4/15/1989Call Number: FI 271Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Part 2 of memorial for radical activist Abbie Hoffman, who died on April 12, 1989. Continues rebroadcast of 12/15/1969 interview with Abbie and others,"The Neon Oven," on Chicago conspiracy case.
Eddie Palmieri Interview Eddie Palmieri Interview
Date: 10/1/1989Call Number: AS 254Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Art SatoProgram: In Your EarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Aired 10-1-1989; has notes attached. Same as AS 049.
Bob Bradford Interview Bob Bradford Interview
Date: 9/10/1989Call Number: AS 253Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Art SatoProgram: In Your EarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Aired 11-15-1992; has notes attached. Same as AS 048.
Bob Stewart Interview Bob Stewart Interview
Date: 8/29/1989Call Number: AS 252Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Art SatoProgram: In Your EarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Aired 2-5-1995; has notes attached
Ricky Ford Interview Ricky Ford Interview
Date: 6/19/1989Call Number: AS 251Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Art SatoProgram: In Your EarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Aired 8-25-1991; has notes attached.
Arthur Blythe Interview Arthur Blythe Interview
Date: 6/16/1989Call Number: AS 250Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Art SatoProgram: In Your EarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Original Interview over phone; aired 8-10-1989; has notes attached. Same as AS 045.