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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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The Prisoners Union Welcomes You to Their 10th Anniversary Celebration The Prisoners Union Welcomes You to Their 10th Anniversary Celebration
Publisher: Prisoners UnionFormat: AgendaCollection: Prisoners Union
Agenda with a schedule and list of speakers for the celebration
Agenda: Human Rights for Political Prisoners Formative Meeting Agenda: Human Rights for Political Prisoners Formative Meeting
Publisher: Human Rights for Political PrisonersYear: 1988Format: AgendaCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
For 12/10/1988 meeting.
Agenda: Human Rights for Political Prisoners Formative Meeting Agenda: Human Rights for Political Prisoners Formative Meeting
Publisher: Human Rights for Political PrisonersYear: 1988Format: AgendaCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
For 6/18/1988 meeting.
Agenda: Human Rights for Political Prisoners Formative Meeting Agenda: Human Rights for Political Prisoners Formative Meeting
Publisher: Human Rights for Political PrisonersYear: 1988Format: AgendaCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
For 10/1/1988 meeting. 1 copy missing title page. Reproduction
Proposed Agenda -- National Steering Committee of Freedom Now! Proposed Agenda -- National Steering Committee of Freedom Now!
Publisher: Freedom Now!Format: AgendaCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduced with handwritten notes.
Human Right Conference: Special International Tribunal on Violations of Human Rights to Political/POW Prisoners in US Jails and Prisons (Tentative Program) Human Right Conference: Special International Tribunal on Violations of Human Rights to Political/POW Prisoners in US Jails and Prisons (Tentative Program)
Year: 1990Format: AgendaCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction. Includes handwritten notes
Tear Down the walls Conference Program: Draft Tear Down the walls Conference Program: Draft
Publisher: Tear Down the WallsYear: 2001Format: AgendaCollection: Tear Down The Walls Political Prisoner Conference
Draft of conference: June 19. 2001
Tear Down the Walls Agenda Tear Down the Walls Agenda
Year: 2001Format: AgendaCollection: Tear Down The Walls Political Prisoner Conference
Some notes for paper banner women Some notes for paper banner women
Publisher: Women Against ImperialismFormat: AgendaCollection: Women Against Imperialism
Instructions to bannerwomen for International Women's Day march, 1991.
Agenda National Campaign to Stop Control unit Prisons November 8-10, 1996 [in Chicago, IL] Agenda National Campaign to Stop Control unit Prisons November 8-10, 1996 [in Chicago, IL]
Publisher: Bonnie Kerness, American Friends Service CommitteeYear: 1996Format: AgendaCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Agenda for 11/8/1996 meeting. 1 copy Part of 10/23/1996 mailing. 1 copy part of 10/15/1996 mailing.