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

Sofia Montenegro Interview Sofia Montenegro Interview
Call Number: V 238Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tape Four: Sofia Montenegro one of the founders of the Sandinista Daily Paper, Barricada, is interviewed. She speaks on the development of a feminist movement in Nicaragua since the 1979 U.S. supported the insurgence of counterrevolutionaries. The women's movement originated out of necessity changed old military, economic and social values.Women began working manual labor jobs normally only given to men, lobbied for a national referendum on abortion, and participated in guerrilla warfare.
The Pete Seeger Show - 6 The Pete Seeger Show - 6
Date: 5/9/1987Call Number: FI 204Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Opens with excellent spoken commentary by Seeger on Central America and Latin America. Program is dedicated to the memory of Ben Linder, US solidarity activist murdered in Nicaragua.
Nicolas Guillen and Ernesto Cardenal Nicolas Guillen and Ernesto Cardenal
Call Number: LA 216Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Nina Serrano (Melon Studio, Robin Woodland).Collection: Struggles in Latin America
Poem by Nicolas Guillen of Cuba (Tengo/I Have--shortr segment in Spanish/full translation in English). Tape also includes many "takes" of an introduction to the Nicaraguan revolution and poet Ernesto Cardenal.