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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.
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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KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 5/25/1974 KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) 5/25/1974
Date: 5/25/1974Call Number: KP 262Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Comrades, family and friends pay tribute to the fallen members of the SLA.
KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) KPFA Memorial Show for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Date: 5/25/1974Call Number: KP 268Format: CassetteCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
KPFA tribute show to SLA featuring an audio collage of community members responding to the police attack on the SLA which left 6 members dead.
Student rally at Regents Meeting Student rally at Regents Meeting
Date: 12/18/1964Call Number: CE 680Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: KPFKCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Jack Weinberg, UC Berkeley FSM organizer, and Jim Berland, a student organizer at UCLA (as well as an unidentified speaker) speak at a student rally at the December 1964 Regents Meeting at UCLA. Topics discussed include frustration with bureaucracy and a sense that administrators are “stalling,” the effects of the movement in building political awareness and a warmer community on campus at Berkeley and UCLA, power dynamics and the lack of formal hierarchy in the movement, and censorship of research in relation to corporate connections of university administrators. There is a short section at the end which is unintelligible due to being very sped up.
Is SLA's Cinque the First Black Lee Harvey Oswald? Is SLA's Cinque the First Black Lee Harvey Oswald?
Authors: Mae Brussell and Stephanie CaruanaDate: 4/19/1974Volume Number: 19-AprFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article includes an interview of Mae Brussell, a conspiracy researcher by writer Stephanie Caruana. Mae Brussell gives an explanation of why she believes that the Symbionese Liberation Army is a hoax by the C.I.A.
Editorial: May 18, 1974 Editorial: May 18, 1974
Author: David BerryPublisher: Free Form Media Productions, IncDate: 5/18/1974Volume Number: 18-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This editorial by the Free Form Media Productions announces that it will rescind its coalition to try and negotiate with the corporate structure.
An Activist Radical Views the SLA An Activist Radical Views the SLA
Author: Tom HaydenPublisher: Los Angeles TimesDate: 5/26/1974Volume Number: 26-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article appearing in the Los Angeles Times on May 26, 1974 was written by Tom Hayde and is an overview of the Symbionese Liberation Army after the shootout on May 17. Hayden gives the negatives and the positives of the SLA and his own response on the shootout.
Those Who Do Nothing Make No Mistakes Those Who Do Nothing Make No Mistakes
Author: Martin Sostre & Weather UndergroundPublisher: Bay Area Research CollectiveFormat: PamphletCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This pamphlet is a response by Martin Sostre and the Weather Underground to the shootings of SLA members on May 17, 1974 in Los Angeles. Martin commemorates actions taken by the SLA and mourns the loss of those members. The Weather Underground also celebrates the SLA and pushes to continue the revolutionary armed struggle.
The War for Patty The War for Patty
Publisher: NewsweekDate: 5/27/1974Volume Number: 27-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article by Newsweek recaps the Los Angeles shootout of six SLA members. It outlines the day of the shootout and predicts where Patty Hearst may have escaped to.
Fiery End for Six of Patty's Captors Fiery End for Six of Patty's Captors
Publisher: TimeDate: 5/27/1974Volume Number: 27-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article by Time Magazine reports about those in the SLA killed in the Los Angeles Shootout. It gives a biography about each of the known dead members and a description of the scene and shootout.
The Dragnet Spreads for Patty The Dragnet Spreads for Patty
Publisher: NewsweekDate: 6/3/1974Volume Number: 3-JunFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article by Newsweek is an overview of the aftermath of the SLA shootout in Los Angeles.