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.

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8 Poets From Third World Communications 8 Poets From Third World Communications
Date: 4/1/1972Call Number: RP 014 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Eight Poets From Third World Communications lift their voices in poetry expressing the collective rage in their respective communities.
8 Poets From Third World Communications 8 Poets From Third World Communications
Date: 4/1/1972Call Number: RP 014 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Raul Torres, Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Eight Poets From Third World Communications lift their voices in poetry expressing the collective rage in their respective communities.
United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s
Date: 7/14/1972Call Number: RP 026 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
The Third World Poets read and perform their work at a benefit for the United Farmworkers at St. Peter’s Hall on Alabama St. in San Francisco
United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s
Date: 7/14/1972Call Number: RP 026 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
The Third World Poets read and perform their work at a benefit for the United Farmworkers at St. Peter’s Hall on Alabama St. in San Francisco
United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s United Farm Workers (UFW) Poetry reading at St. Peter’s
Date: 7/14/1972Call Number: CD 573 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The Third World Poets read and perform their work at a benefit for the United Farmworkers at St. Peter’s Hall on Alabama St. in San Francisco.