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

Prisons Replace Hospitals for the Nations Mentally Ill Prisons Replace Hospitals for the Nations Mentally Ill
Author: Fox ButterfieldPublisher: New York TimesYear: 1998Format: ArticleCollection: Medical Care In Prison
Clipping of 3/5/1998 article
Telemedicine Getting a Test in Efforts to cut Costs of Treating Prisoners Telemedicine Getting a Test in Efforts to cut Costs of Treating Prisoners
Author: Kate MurphyPublisher: New York timesYear: 1998Format: ArticleCollection: Medical Care In Prison
Clipping from 6/8/1998 article
The Prison-Industrial Complex The Prison-Industrial Complex
Author: Eric SchlosserPublisher: Atlantic MonthlyYear: 1998Format: ArticleCollection: Prison Labor
Reproduction of article from December 1998 issue
Robert F. Williams, "Black Power," amd the Roots of the African American Freedom Struggle Robert F. Williams, "Black Power," amd the Roots of the African American Freedom Struggle
Author: Timothy B. TysonPublisher: The Journal of American HistoryYear: 1998Volume Number: Vol. 85-2 SeptemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Robert F. Williams!
reprinted from orginal article
Hunger strike in protest of supermax Hunger strike in protest of supermax
Publisher: Dave Taylor (Tribune-Star)Year: 1998Format: ArticleCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Article on hunger strike protesting treatment of African-American inmates at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, IL. Part of 9/1998 mailing.
America's Prisoners America's Prisoners
Author: Lilliam RiveraPublisher: LatinaYear: 1998Volume Number: 36100Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Profiles on female FALN political prisoners Dylcia Pagan, Alicia Rodriguez and Carmen Valentin
Puerto Rican Inmate - a POW Puerto Rican Inmate - a POW
Author: Nora K. WallacePublisher: Santa Barbara News-PressYear: 1998Format: ArticleCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Profile on Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Adolfo Matos.
What a Prison Sentence Really Means What a Prison Sentence Really Means
Author: Jeff GoodmanPublisher: Star TribuneDate: 12/30/1998Volume Number: 30-DecFormat: ArticleCollection: Political Prisoners- General Info
A Plot to kill Castro Spotlights Powerful Exile Group A Plot to kill Castro Spotlights Powerful Exile Group
Authors: Ann Louise and Larry RohterPublisher: New York TimesDate: 5/5/1998Volume Number: 5-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Cuba
America's Political Prisoners America's Political Prisoners
Author: Lilliam RiveraPublisher: Latina MagazineDate: 11/1998Volume Number: NovemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Political Prisoners-Women
Reproduction of an article