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

Interview with Bernie Beadreaux Interview with Bernie Beadreaux
Date: 3/1/1992Call Number: SS 121AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Bernie Beadreaux on Oxfam in El Salvador.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 1/9/1992Call Number: JH 345Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Poesia Indigena, Musica de los Andes, Rosita Peñate-Acuerdos de Paz en El Salvador; Rain forest-Victor minoty
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 2/6/1992Call Number: JH 347Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
El Salvador
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 2/20/1992Call Number: JH 349Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Mario Mata, Jorge Mendoza: Reconstuccion de El Salvador
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 2/27/1992Call Number: JH 350Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
ASOSAL-Blanca Ferrufino; CARECEN David Rodriguez
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 11/5/1992Call Number: JH 385AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Danzon dedicado al Encuentro del Canto Popular; Noticia de El Salvador; Danzon; Noticia de columbia; entrevista telefonica jose Samperio de los Trabajadores Generales S.F.(day laborers)
Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback Lynn’s El Salvador Reportback
Date: 4/3/1992Call Number: LA 081Format: CassetteCollection: El Salvador
An East Bay women’s delegation speaks of their recent trip to El Salvador immediately following the peace accords ending the civl war there. They worked closely with a women’s delegation newly started there, learning and teaching, as well as visited a FMLN camp to see the conditions of the women soldiers there. A lot of good information about the condition of women in El Salvador paralleled with the delicate political situation there.
FMLN and El Salvador government peace settlement FMLN and El Salvador government peace settlement
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: JG/ 090Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Gladis Sibrion, representative of the FMLN, regarding the New Year’s peace settlement between the FMLN and government of El Salvador. Sibrion sees the settlement as a victory for all Salvadorans because it represents the defeat of military control over civilian life. She outlines the major points of the settlement presented by the FMLN: cleansing of the military, establishing a new civilian police including FMLN representatives, dismantling civilian defense forces, reforming the judicial system, and establishing human rights oversight. Sibrion believes that while the U.S. wants to end the Salvadoran conflict, it also wants to retain a strong presence, which she believes requires a weakening of the FMLN. She notes mixed popular reaction to the settlement by the Salvadoran people - both of optimism and skepticism.
Judy Gerber's Report on El Salvador Judy Gerber's Report on El Salvador
Date: 3/29/1992Call Number: JG/ 112Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberProgram: slide show presentationCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Audio recording of a slide show presentation. Gerber describes the country two months after the Feb. 1st cease-fire, particularly in terms of women's conditions and rights. Issues of health care, land ownership, sexual and domestic abuse, single female heads of households, illiteracy, and women-as-property are addressed amid discussion of El Salvador's path to reconstruction.