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

Celebrate Gay Day! Celebrate Gay Day!
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Flyer connecting colonialism to patriarchy and gay rights and national liberation.
National Phone-In Campaign to Menard Correctional Center National Phone-In Campaign to Menard Correctional Center
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Urges supporters to call and demand better health and living conditions for POW Luis Rosa.
Stop the War Against Women Political Prisoners Stop the War Against Women Political Prisoners
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
What you can Do What you can Do
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Flyer with suggestions to support Puerto Rican political prisoners and prisoners of war.
Did You Know That There are 6 Puerto Rican Women Prisoners of War Serving from 35-90 Years in Prison? Did You Know That There are 6 Puerto Rican Women Prisoners of War Serving from 35-90 Years in Prison?
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Half-sheet in support of Puerto Rican women political prisoners.
Sample letter to Attorney General Janet Reno Sample letter to Attorney General Janet Reno
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Sample letter calling for the unconditional amnesty for all Puerto Rican political prisoners confined in prisons and jails in the US.
Latest News / Ultima Hora Latest News / Ultima Hora
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Flyer with updates on the kidnapping of Alfredo Mendez.
The Struggle Continues!! The Struggle Continues!!
Format: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Flyer distributed after the US government captured Wilfredo Santana and Oscar Lopez.
National Conference Against Repression: A Call to Resist National Conference Against Repression: A Call to Resist
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Proposition of a national conference against repression and fascism to discuss the many ramifications of US imperialist repression, and to develop a national strategy and program against fascism.
90 Years of Colonialism 90 Years of Colonialism
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political PrisonersYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: Free Puerto Rican POWs and Political Prisoners
Celebrate the Grito de Lares (Birth of the Puerto Rican nation)