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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.
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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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Ben Linder Memorial Herbst Hall, San Francisco May 4, 1987 Ben Linder Memorial Herbst Hall, San Francisco May 4, 1987
Date: 5/4/1987Call Number: LA 174Format: Cass A & BCollection: Nicaragua
Ben Linder Memorial service held at Herbst Hall, San Francisco California May 4, 1987. Engineer building hydro electric plants in Nicaragua from 1983 until he was killed by Contras April 28, 1987. Includes speakers and songs and short interview of Ben Linder in 1986 in which talks about Contra attacks.
"Cuba and the World" "Cuba and the World"
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: LA 176Format: Cass A & BProgram: Cuba and the WorldCollection: Cuba
"Cuba and the World" weekly review series from Jan. and Feb. 1975.Interview with Joan Jara wife of Victor Jara a revolutionary folk singer from Chile who was tortured and killed Sept. 11,1973. A descriptive reading of the events and detailed planning of the 1974 Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua.
Rita Clark - The Chant Rita Clark - The Chant
Date: 7/18/1991Call Number: LA 178Format: Cass A & BCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Rita Clark interviews the co-ordinator of the Nicaragua United States Friendship Office (July 18, 1991). The Chant reports from Atlanta on the controversy of using racist images in sports (October 23,1991).
Noticiero Ahora-Arturo Grigsby Noticiero Ahora-Arturo Grigsby
Date: 7/16/1994Call Number: CV 105Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Reports by Latino USA about misrepresentations of Colombians in the United States, and a film about Chola culture in Los Angeles. Varela interviews Nicaraguan economist Arturo Grigsby about the state of the Nicaraguan economy after the end of the civil war and Sandinista government. Grigsby talks about exiled caciques trying to reclaim land taken over by the Sandinista government, and the lack of US aid to the struggling economy.
Poems for Native Peoples Poems for Native Peoples
Date: 10/14/1992Call Number: CV 128Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Ernesto Cardinal, Nicaragua's Minister of Culture, recites poems for Indigenous peoples of the Americas. On the occasion of 500th anniversary of Columbus invasion.
Contragate: The Secret Team (part 2) Contragate: The Secret Team (part 2)
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: KP 383Format: Cass A & BProducers: The Other American RadioCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Daniel Sheehan of the Christic Institute speaks about US covert operations in Latin America, especially the Contra War in Nicaragua and against Cuba.
Margaret Randall - Feminism in Sandinista Government Margaret Randall - Feminism in Sandinista Government
Date: 3/9/1993Call Number: KP 420Format: Cass A & BCollection: Nicaragua
Reads an excerpt from her book "Gathering Rage" about the oppression and struggle of feminist women in the revolutionary Nicaraguan government.
Saul Landau on US Intervention in Central America Saul Landau on US Intervention in Central America
Call Number: KP 507Format: Cass A & BCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Saul Landau is the guest speaker discussing US foreign policy in Central America. Landau discusses what he calls the "national security" state, anti-communism, and the American public opinion. Landau makes connections between the Nixon and Reagan administrations, and discusses the Arias Plan. Followed by Q&A.
Saul Landau (3rd Thurs at La Pena) Aug 20, 1987 Saul Landau (3rd Thurs at La Pena) Aug 20, 1987
Date: 8/20/1987Call Number: CV 330Format: Cass A & BProgram: Friends of Nicaraguan CultureCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Latin Americanist Saul Landau gives a talk concerning Nicaragua, Iran-Contra, Reagan's foreign policy, American involvement in Central American affairs, and the invocation of national security for suppressing information