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

Prisoners Union Journal Proposal 1981-1982 Prisoners Union Journal Proposal 1981-1982
Publisher: Prisoners UnionYear: 1982Format: ProposalCollection: Prisoners Union
Includes: Definition and Purpose; Sentencing Laws; Civil and Human Rights; Prisoners' Work in Prisons; Visiting Prisoners and Return to Society; Prisoners Union Journal; Budget; Exhibit A
In Search of an Intelligent Monthly Newsletter Proposal In Search of an Intelligent Monthly Newsletter Proposal
Format: ProposalCollection: HRC: Human Rights Campaign
Handwritten notes. Reproduction
A Proposal Submitted to NCSCUP for the November, 1996 Meeting A Proposal Submitted to NCSCUP for the November, 1996 Meeting
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit Prisons, Midwest RegionYear: 1996Format: ProposalCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Proposal to examine and consider Bill Dunne's set of proposals for implementation. Part of 11/1996 mailing.
Youth institute education and action project summer of '97 Youth institute education and action project summer of '97
Publisher: National Campaign to Stop Control Unit PrisonsYear: 1996Format: ProposalCollection: American Friends Service Committee
Proposal for Chicago summer institute for young people interested in involvement in the program. Part of 11/1996 mailing.
Principles of Unity Proposals Principles of Unity Proposals
Publisher: Puerto Rican Solidarity CommitteeVolume Number: 1-MarFormat: ProposalCollection: New Movement
Reproduction
Proposal to Crossroads Foundation Proposal to Crossroads Foundation
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1997Format: ProposalCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Proposal to fund Youth Institute in Summer 1998
Action Proposal Action Proposal
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1995Format: ProposalCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Regarding action component of the national campaign
Grant Proposal for establishment of a Maximum Psychiatric Diagnostic Unit Grant Proposal for establishment of a Maximum Psychiatric Diagnostic Unit
Publisher: California Council on Criminal JusticeDate: 11/11/1971Volume Number: 11-NovFormat: ProposalCollection: Mental Health
Grant proposal for the California Department of Corrections to establish a Maximum Psychiatric Diagnostic Unit
Grant Proposal to Publish Booklet of A Clockwork Orange Conference Grant Proposal to Publish Booklet of A Clockwork Orange Conference
Authors: Elsa Knight Thompson, Pete SteffensFormat: ProposalCollection: Mental Health
Grant proposal to publish to proceedings from "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference
Elsa Knight Thompson Handwritten Proposal Elsa Knight Thompson Handwritten Proposal
Authors: Elsa Knight Thompson, Pete SteffensFormat: ProposalCollection: Mental Health
Rough draft of grant proposal to publish to proceedings from "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference