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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.
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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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Poetry by Alejandra Degadillo & Report on the First Constitutional Convention of the United Farm Workers Poetry by Alejandra Degadillo & Report on the First Constitutional Convention of the United Farm Workers
Call Number: CD 311Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The first half of this CD includes poetry read by Chicana poet Alejandra Delgadillo. Her poems include “La Lola”, “Lagrimas en la noche triste”, Vivir, morir”, “Lagraria de una Chicana”, & “Was I”. The second half of the CD is a report by Jose Maria Lopez on day one of the First Constitutional Convention of the United Farm Workers at the Falon Arena. Also included are interviews with various delegates from the conference including a farm workeer from Ohio, a Coca-Cola worker from Florida, and a delegate from Coachella. COPY of: 2nd half of CAA 019 & all of CAA 043
Demonstrations/Mobilizations including Dolores Huerta Demonstrations/Mobilizations including Dolores Huerta
Date: 7/26/1991Call Number: CV 307Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Segments from demonstrations and mobilizations in San Francisco including an interview with Dolores Huerta.
Dolores Huerta Assault Dolores Huerta Assault
Date: 9/15/1988Call Number: CV 308AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Much of tape was recorded at press conference against farm workers unions the day after Delores Huerta was brutally attacked by San Francisco PD
Informatico aka Daniel del Solar Informatico aka Daniel del Solar
Call Number: CD 842Format: DVDProducers: Daniel del SolarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This dvd features a variety of media, film, community TV and segments from McArthur Prize performance artists Gomez Pena.
Prop. 187 Protest 11/9/1994 taped by Sammy Leigh Webster Prop. 187 Protest 11/9/1994 taped by Sammy Leigh Webster
Date: 11/9/1994Call Number: CV 320AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interviews with protesters during a march in San Francisco against the passing of California Proposition 187. Gauging their reactions to the proposition, which would have required those who seek social services to have their immigration statuses verified. With this proposition the state hoped that without social services, undocumented people would leave California.