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

Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che
Date: 2/12/1972Call Number: RP 009Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Mission Artists read poetry and play music. SENSITIVE LANGUAGE. Featuring poets Roberto Vargas, Elias Hruska Cortes, Alejandro Murgia; and musicians Richard Carrillo (guitar) and Nero de Grazia (Congas). Mission Arts Alliance and Writers Workshop.
La Raza All Stars La Raza All Stars
Date: 5/19/1973Call Number: RP 069Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez, Lillian Del Sol Nina Serrano, Andres Alegria, Jose Parra LopezCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Today Latino Music and Poetry, are featured on Reflecciones. Also interviews and current events. Also some of the latest Salsa, and news from San Francisco’s Mission District
Festival del Sexto Sol Report Festival del Sexto Sol Report
Date: 3/1/1974Call Number: CAA 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion Atzlan; Lilian del Sol, and Andres AlegriaProgram: Refleciones de la RazaCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
This program contains music documenting the Festival del Sexto Sol, narrated by Lilian del Sol. Poets include: Fernando Alegria, Nina Serrano, Elias Hruska-Cortes, Alejandro Murguia, Raul Salinas, Miquel Algarin, Miquel Pinero, and Alurista accompanied by Juan Felipe Herrera, and Roberto Vargas.
Festival del Sexto Sol ( A) Festival del Sexto Sol ( A)
Date: 3/1/1974Call Number: CAA 021Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Festival del Sexto Sol poetry reading with Roberto Vargas as the MC. Poets include: Raul Salinas, and Dorinda Moreno and her daughter Cynthia accompanies her on guitar and sings her original song.
Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che Mission Artists: Editorial Pocho-Che
Date: 2/12/1972Call Number: CD 571Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Mission Artists read poetry and play music. SENSITIVE LANGUAGE. Featuring poets Roberto Vargas, Elias Hruska Cortes, Alejandro Murgia; and musicians Richard Carrillo (guitar) and Nero de Grazia (Congas). Mission Arts Alliance and Writers Workshop.
Festival del Sexto Sol Report Festival del Sexto Sol Report
Date: 3/1/1974Call Number: CD 649Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion Atzlan; Lilian del Sol, and Andres AlegriaProgram: Refleciones de la RazaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This program contains music documenting the Festival del Sexto Sol, narrated by Lilian del Sol. Poets include: Fernando Alegria, Nina Serrano, Elias Hruska-Cortes, Alejandro Murguia, Raul Salinas, Miquel Algarin, Miquel Pinero, and Alurista accompanied by Juan Felipe Herrera, and Roberto Vargas.