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

Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 7/28/1994Call Number: JH 455BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Musica de chicanos e Inmigrantes, Tony Huerta comentarious de la musica
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 8/22/1996Call Number: JH 505BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Mensaje de EZLN a los Chicanos
Guillermo Gomez-Peña and David Schein "Border X Frontera" Guillermo Gomez-Peña and David Schein "Border X Frontera"
Call Number: CV 061BFormat: Cass BProducers: MOCA, Sushi GalleryProgram: MOCA Territory of Art IICollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Radio performance by Guillermo Gomez-Peña and David Schein in 1986 for public radio. Mexican and US narratives on borders and crossing borders. San Diego and Tijuana, US and Canada are compared.
Food Not Bombs/Chicano poetry Food Not Bombs/Chicano poetry
Date: 9/15/1993Call Number: CV 133BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interviews with Chicano poets and music - Alejandro Murgia, Bernice Zamora, Lovie Garcia Robinson.
Music and Interview with Augustin Lira Music and Interview with Augustin Lira
Call Number: CV 174BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: La Onda VajitaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A song of resistance by Dr. Loco's Rockin Jalepeño Band, various other songs and an interview with Chicano activist and songwriter Augustin Lira.
UCLA Chicano Studies Program & Teotihuacan exhibition UCLA Chicano Studies Program & Teotihuacan exhibition
Call Number: CV 185BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Ricardo Chavaron discusses student protests at UCLA demanding a Chicano Studies program. Antonio Chavez about an exhibit of art from Teotihuacan and whether art should be displayed in other countries.
Chicano Intellectuals - Taking the Campus to the Community Chicano Intellectuals - Taking the Campus to the Community
Date: 11/15/1990Call Number: CV 201BFormat: Cass BProducers: UC BerkeleyProgram: UC BerkeleyCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Chicano Studies program at UC Berkeley. Speakers Gloria Romero and Rodolfo Acuna talk about Chicano issues including Chicanos in the US education system, Chicano identity.
Rolando Hinojosa Rolando Hinojosa
Date: 3/31/1992Call Number: CV 223BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Talks about his career and Chicano literature. An in-depth discussion about mainstream and independent publishing houses, bilingualism and Chicano identity. Hinojosa advocates for independent presses but does not ignore the importance of Chicano literature's mainstream success.
Labor Organizing and Latino Arts Labor Organizing and Latino Arts
Date: 9/1/1992Call Number: CV 224BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rene Castro speaks about how the Mission Cultural Center has sustained itself on their 15th anniversary.