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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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Los Teatros Latinos en Aztlan y America Latina Los Teatros Latinos en Aztlan y America Latina
Date: 6/30/1973Call Number: RP 075Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Andres Alegria, Emiliano Echeverria, Isabel Alegria, Lillian del Sol, Nina Serrano Rodrigo Reyes, Bernice Ramirez, Chata GutierrezCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Program covers various Latino Teatros, including recordings and interviews with members of Teatro Campesina, Teatro Experimental de Cali, Colombia; CLETA (Centro Libre de Experimentacion Teatral Artistico), Mexico; Los Mascarones de Mexico; Los Topos, Teatro Aztlan. Also, Coverage of political developments in Chile since the attempted coup of June 30, 1973, b/c 7/12/1973
Teatro Experimental Teatro Experimental
Date: 3/10/1972Call Number: CAA 073Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: E. EcheverriaCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
A series of skits on Chicano themes performed by Bill Grajeda and Barbara Melick (Contadi), written by themselves and one by Luis Valdez. Barbara explains the portions they don’t enact. Themes: machismo, dogs, & racism, Music between skits. Same as CD-418
Teatro Experimental:Los Topos Teatro Experimental:Los Topos
Date: 3/20/1972Call Number: CAA 076Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Theatrical skits on Chicano themes, performed by Bill Grajeda and Barbara Melick (Contardi) . Some original skits and an acto by by Luis Valdez (Los Vendidios) . Barbara reads a poem by Phil Vargas. Recorded music between skits. Themes: racism, street iife in barrio, machismo. They explain how they became “Los topos” Same as CD-418
Teatro Experimental: Los Topos Teatro Experimental: Los Topos
Date: 3/20/1972Call Number: CD 418Format: CDProducers: Emilianio EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Theatrical skits on Chicano themes, performed by Bill Grajeda and Barbara Melick (Contadi) . Some original skits and an act by by Luis Valdez (Los Vendidios) . Barbara reads a poem by Phil Vargas. Recorded music between skits. Themes: racism, street life in barrio, machismo. They explain how they became “Los Topos” Same as CAA-076 A series of skits on Chicano themes performed by Bill Grajeda and Barbara Melick (Contadi), written by themselves and one by Luis Valdez. Barbara explains the portions they don’t enact. Themes: machismo, dogs, & racism, Music between skits. Same as CAA-073