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.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Interviews and News Segments- June 7, 1967 Interviews and News Segments- June 7, 1967
Date: 6/7/1967Call Number: CE 616Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Tape begins with an interview with Alexi Kosygin, Russian Premier, who recently arrived in New York City to speak in front of the UN. An interview with the Egyptian ambassador follows (responses are muffled and difficult to hear.) News commentaries on how the Great Powers will respond to the Middle East Crisis. Tape concludes with President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking at a national foreign policy conference in which he summarizes American foreign policy and goals in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and specifically a focus on Vietnam and the Middle East.
UN Security Council: USSR calls for emergency special session- after June 7th UN Security Council: USSR calls for emergency special session- after June 7th
Call Number: CE 621Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
This tape contains speeches from delegates from the USSR and Israel. The delegate from the USSR speaks first, condemning Israeli aggression and laying out the facts of the conflict. Premier Alexi Kosygin calls for emergency special session of UN. The Israeli delegate counters with Israel’s diplomatic position.