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.

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New York Three Freedom Campaign West Coast Committee Dear Friend New York Three Freedom Campaign West Coast Committee Dear Friend
Publisher: New York Three Freedom Campaign West Coast CommitteeFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: New York 3
Letter soliciting support for the NY3
Greetings Comrades, Brother and Sisters Greetings Comrades, Brother and Sisters
Publisher: Fela & NazapaFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: New York 3
Postcard to Governor Ronald Reagan Regarding Prison Cell Size Postcard to Governor Ronald Reagan Regarding Prison Cell Size
Publisher: Delancy Street FoundationFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: United Prisoners Union
Open Letter Open Letter
Authors: Linda Castro, Richard Doctoroff, Brian Glick, Eve Pell, Patti Roberts, Deidre StonePublisher: Prison Law CollectiveFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: United Prisoners Union
Appeal for support
Correspondence to Judge Benjamin Miller Correspondence to Judge Benjamin Miller
Author: James ThompsonPublisher: Illinoise Governor's OfficeFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Pontiac Brothers
Regarding trial of the Pontiac Brothers. Letter of contest to the dismissal of over 400 defense motions before beginning of trial.
To the Human Rights/Amnesty Campaign To the Human Rights/Amnesty Campaign
Authors: Alan Berkman, Timothy Blunk, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Susan rosenberg, Laura WhitehornFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
Reproduction
To the Meeting to Form a National Human Rights Campaign: We Send Greetings of Solidarity To the Meeting to Form a National Human Rights Campaign: We Send Greetings of Solidarity
Authors: Alan Berkman, Timothy Blunk, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Susan rosenberg, Laura WhitehornFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
Reproduction
Letter to National Human Rights Campaign Letter to National Human Rights Campaign
Authors: Alan Berkman, Timothy Blunk, Marilyn Buck, Linda Evans, Susan rosenberg, Laura WhitehornPublisher: "Resistance Conspiracy Case" DefendantsFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
Reproduction
Letter to "Friends" Letter to "Friends"
Publisher: Committee to End Grand Jury RepressionFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Grand Jury
Letter is to inform Bay Area progressive groups of the latest developments in the Special Federal Grand Jury which has convened to investigate the SLA.
Letter regarding Freedom Now! Letter regarding Freedom Now!
Author: S. Michael YasutakePublisher: Prisoners of Conscience ProjectFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction. Form letter.