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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.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Press Conference 12/1 Press Conference 12/1
Date: 12/1/1966Call Number: CE 761Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Audio from a press conference with participants in the strike and the previous day's action. This Q&A session took place before noon on December 1st (before strikers decided whether to continue the strike). Mario Savio and an unidentified student speak on the efficacy of a strike, the cause of the strike, demands, amnesty for the arrested demonstrators, the possibility of an investigation by the state (threatened by Governor Reagan), whether demonstrators seek to "destroy the university," and other questions.
UC Noon Rally Reel 1 UC Noon Rally Reel 1
Date: 12/1/1966Call Number: CE 762Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Reel 1 of audio from the the noon rally at which the strikers were to decide whether to continue the strike. Students and faculty as well as grad students speak at the rally, all of whom are essentially for continuing the strike. Robert Mundy from the strike committee talks about education, law, the administration, etc. Announcement is made that there was a rumor that Mario Savio would be arrested if he came on campus, so if he did come, he was to get the mic straight away before the police got him. A speaker from SDS talks about the Navy table incident. Hal Draper discusses demands, amnesty, Navy recruitment, and non-students. Dan McIntosh, president of the ASUC, talks about the ASUC vote to support the strike and announces support from the National Student Association. Bob Atkins from the AFT (TA union) talks about the effect of a labor union striking. Two professors (Rogen and Hearst?) speak on the role of faculty. At the end, the group votes to maintain the same demands.
UC Noon Rally Reel 2 UC Noon Rally Reel 2
Date: 12/1/1966Call Number: CE 763Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Reel 2 of audio from the noon rally on December 1st, 1966 determining whether or not to continue the strike into the next day.
UC Noon Rally UC Noon Rally
Date: 12/1/1966Call Number: CE 764Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Audio from the noon rally, December 1, 1966.
FSM 11/30 FSM 11/30
Date: 11/30/1966Call Number: CE 780Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Reflection on the events of November 30th, 1966 revolving around the sit-in against the treatment of students protesting the Navy table in the ASUC building. Tape opens with mention of Clark Kerr's dismissal and Ronald Reagan's impact on the UC system. Contains interviews of Professors Peter Scott and George Stocking.