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

Interview with Elias Toma Interview with Elias Toma
Call Number: CE 347Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Israeli-Arab Economist Elias Toma explains the situation of Palestinian citizens of Israel. He laments their minority status; living under military rule; discrimination in education, employment; and land confiscation since 1948. He exposes Israeli expropriation of Arab land for Jewish-only settlements. He also blames the Arab regimes as well as the Jewish militias for creating the refugee problem. He explains that the return of refugees to their homes is impractical and argues for their resettlement to non-Arab countries. The Israeli-Arabs connections to other Arabs are threatened by the racism of the Israeli state. He also expresses the desire of Israeli-Arabs to be equal citizens in Israel while not challenging its basic existence. Toma discusses Arab-Israeli participation in Israeli politics including their criticisms of the State. He also argues that Arabs need to recognize the state of Israel. He argues for Jerusalem to be under international control given Israel’s discrimination towards Palestinians and other Arabs.
Sacramento Rally Sacramento Rally
Call Number: CE 788Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Audio from a rally in Sacramento against tuition and budget cuts. Unnamed speakers talk about lowering the voting age to 18, oppressed people, tuition and budget cuts, minimum wage on campus, unionizing, and other issues. The tape ends with a performer singing about Governor Reagan and the future of the university, making fun of Reagan as an actor and governor.