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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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Children of The Stones Children of The Stones
Publisher: Palestinian Center for the Study of Non-ViolenceYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Human Rights in Palestine
Political Women Prisoners in the US Political Women Prisoners in the US
Publisher: Revoltin LesbiansYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Out of Control: Lesbian Committee to Support Women Prisoners
Written and produced by Revolting Lesbians. Printed May 1988. First printing July 1987. Revised edition.
Outline of Book Outline of Book
Author: Bill DunneYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Handwritten outline of book describing the mechanisms and conditions of USP Marion, IL.
Joint Commission on the Conviction and Treatment of Prisoners in the United States of Cuba Joint Commission on the Conviction and Treatment of Prisoners in the United States of Cuba
Authors: Diana de Vegh, Adrian DeWind, Peter Bell, Howard Hiatt, Aryeh Neier, Herman Schwartz, Julia Sweig, Luis RembautPublisher: Institute for Policy studiesYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of preliminary report regarding inquiry into present prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners in Cuba. Part of Packet: 4
Reflections on Five Years of the Lockdown Reflections on Five Years of the Lockdown
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Collection of short letters prisoners detailing their experiences at Marion.
Protestors Confront Head of Bureau of Prisons Protestors Confront Head of Bureau of Prisons
Author: Nancy KurshanPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Personal account of the Quinlin protest at the 40th annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology.
Genocide Waged Against the Black Nation Through Behavior Modification/Orchestrated by Counterinsurgency and Low-intensity Warfare in the U.S. Penal System Genocide Waged Against the Black Nation Through Behavior Modification/Orchestrated by Counterinsurgency and Low-intensity Warfare in the U.S. Penal System
Authors: Dr. Mutulu Shakur, Anthony X Bradshaw, Malik Dinguswa, Terry D. Long, Mark Cook, Adolfo Matos, James HaskinsPublisher: Research Committee on International law and Black Freedom Fighters in the United StatesYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Mutulu Shakur
Control Unit Prisons: Health and Human Rights Violations Control Unit Prisons: Health and Human Rights Violations
Publisher: Health Committee of the Campaign to Abolish Lexington Control UnitDate: 11/15/1988Volume Number: 15-NovFormat: MonographCollection: Control Units
Presented to the American Public Health Association on November 15, 1988 by the Socialist Caucus. Contents include: The Health Affects of Control Unit Prisons; APHA Opposes Lexington High Security Unit; The Women of Lexington Prison; Victory in Lexington Lawsuit; The Marion Control Unit; United Nations Position on Puerto Rican POWs; Public Health Decimates Puerto Rico; Oye-Listen; What is Torture?; Stress and Illness Biography
Who Are the Political Prisoners in the USA? Who Are the Political Prisoners in the USA?
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Freedom Now
Includes 1988 press release and information on political prisoners
Position in Opposition to the Prisoners' Commission; Why a Separate Commission for Prisoners Position in Opposition to the Prisoners' Commission; Why a Separate Commission for Prisoners
Authors: Maggie Smith, Linda BackielYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
2 short memos on single leaflet.