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 about John Lennon Interview about John Lennon
Call Number: KP 248Format: CassetteProducers: Lincoln BergmanCollection: General materials
Brief interview with Stew Allbert on John Lennon's politics.
Music Special Tribute to John Lennon Music Special Tribute to John Lennon
Date: 12/13/1980Call Number: FI 123Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
"The music is the message," a tribute to many kinds of music as part of the struggle for freedom and in memory of John Lennon. Includes a produced Beatles medley, with short elements of many songs and poetic narration.
John Lennon and the FBI John Lennon and the FBI
Date: 4/25/1981Call Number: FI 129Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview with activist/Yippie Stew Albert about the politics of John Lennon and his harassment by the FBI and US immigration. Includes voice of John Lennon speaking out against British imperialism and in support of Northern Irish struggle, and songs by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
John Lennon- Shaved Fish John Lennon- Shaved Fish
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 050Producers: Apple Records, John Lennon, Plastic Ono BandCollection: General materials
A compilation of singles from John Lennon's post-Beatles years. "Shaved Fish" sees John Lennon experimenting with topical song writing, with songs like "Give Peace a Chance," "Power to the People," and "Imagine."
John Lennon Tribute with Stew Albert John Lennon Tribute with Stew Albert
Date: 12/12/1987Call Number: FI 215Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Interview with activist/Yippie Stew Albert about the politics of John Lennon and his harassment by the FBI and US immigration. Includes voice of John Lennon speaking out against British imperialism and in support of Northern Irish struggle, and songs by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.