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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.
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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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Role of Mujeres in the Party and Chicano movement Role of Mujeres in the Party and Chicano movement
Date: 9/3/1972Call Number: LA 011AFormat: Cass ACollection: Xican@
La Raza Unida national convention: first time La Raza Unida as a political party has met on a national level, and women met to discuss their roles. Evelina Alarcon speaks about the role of women.
Interview with Eva Royale Interview with Eva Royale
Date: 10/1/1995Call Number: SS 140AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Eva Royale from United Farm Workers.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 3/26/1992Call Number: JH 353AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Tiin Tan, Abuso a trabajadores Mexicanos, Javier Montoya cantante y compositor Colmbiano-Venozolano; Alma Herrera; Asociacion latina de Trabajadores, Day labor Program
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 11/5/1992Call Number: JH 385AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Danzon dedicado al Encuentro del Canto Popular; Noticia de El Salvador; Danzon; Noticia de columbia; entrevista telefonica jose Samperio de los Trabajadores Generales S.F.(day laborers)
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 11/12/1992Call Number: JH 386AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Comite de trabajadores generales Jose Samperio; Luis Medina, Instituto laboral de la raza; Juan Lopez Zanabria-trabajador inmigrante
Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman Vicki Garvin interview by Lincoln Bergman
Call Number: KP 152AFormat: Cass AProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Garvin, Vicki
This is the second cassette in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by her step-son Lincoln Bergman about her life. In this interview Vicki talks about her experience with the Communist Party and how she was ultimately expelled. She also speaks about becoming the head of the Negro Labor Council and organizing their first convention October 1951 in Cincinnati. Here Ms. Garvin speaks about her friendship with Paul Robeson. She wrote for his publication entitled, “Freedom.” She also begins to speak about her friendship with Dubois who she met while working on his campaign for state senate in 1948.
Vicki Garvin interviewed by Lincoln Bergman Vicki Garvin interviewed by Lincoln Bergman
Call Number: KP 155AFormat: Cass AProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: Garvin, Vicki
This is the fourth and final cassette in a series. Vicki Garvin is interviewed by Lincoln Bergman. In this portion Ms. Garvin speaks further about her experience living and teaching in China during the cultural revolution. Also she describes details her return to the U.S. after many years abroad and her relationship with her family. She discusses organizing with the Friendship Committee and Black Liberation Committee in Chicago after the death of her mother. This tape has a long block of unintelligible noise.
Fuerza Unida Boycotts Levis Fuerza Unida Boycotts Levis
Call Number: CV 060AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Workers demand Levis to stop sending jobs overseas, monetary compensation from Levis for loss of jobs, and to meet Levis' Chief Executive director Bob Haus.
Margarita Martinez - Watsonville Canning Strike Margarita Martinez - Watsonville Canning Strike
Call Number: CV 068AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Chuy Varela interviews striking frozen food cannery worker Margarita Martinez 11 months into Watsonville Canning Strike (probably in 1986). They discuss the difficulty of supporting a family while on strike, the success of the strike's solidarity, and future plans of the workers.
Watsonville Cannery Interviews Watsonville Cannery Interviews
Call Number: CV 069AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interiews by Chuy Varela about the decertification election for the Watsonville Canning Strike in 1986. Varela interviews strike leader Gloria Betancourt and Teamsters Local 912 Secretary Treasurer Sergio Lopez about the importance of the election, the support for the strike, and the participation of the Teamsters International in the boycott of the plant's products.