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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

Leila Khaled - Yasser Arafat with Reverend Elias-Khouryi - Penelope Williams Leila Khaled - Yasser Arafat with Reverend Elias-Khouryi - Penelope Williams
Date: 11/1/1969Call Number: CE 220Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About women in the movement for Palestinian liberation. Leila Khaled discusses women in the PFLP, Arafat describes prominence of women in the Palestinian liberation movement and Israeli brutalities against them. Reverend Khouryi describes the torture he witnessed while a prisoner in Israel. Penelope Williams - artist and doll-maker - describes visits to Palestinian refugee camps, living in Beirut, and her American friend being hit by Israeli napalm while driving through Beirut.
Ideology of the Palestinian Guerillas Ideology of the Palestinian Guerillas
Date: 4/29/1970Call Number: CE 225Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Few and the Many: Ideology of the Palestinian GuerrillasCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The history of the Palestinian independence movement and motives and philosophies of various Palestinian resistance organizations. Interviews with revolutionary leaders and soldiers.
Black September Outs Black September Outs
Call Number: CE 338Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Various people present during Black September in Jordan 1970. John Bonar describes what he saw during Black September in Jabal Hussein, the oldest refugee camp (1948 refugees) in Jordan. Analysis by on the need for the Palestinian Resistance Movement to operate outside of Jordan. The position of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on their strategy and the different fronts of struggle against their enemy, Israel. Criticism of the role of journalists who were not present in the main areas of fighting, for creating accounts from their hotels. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine on the events leading up to Black September. The Palestinian Resistance Movement’s analysis of Jordan before Black September and goal of creating unity among various Palestinian organizations for recognition and integration into the political life of Jordan. Challenging that Bedouins intentionally injured guerillas (fedayeen) in the hospitals. Bonar expressed resentment at the US government for providing weapons to the Jordanian government. Jordanian government prevented the Red Cross and Palestinian Red Crescent Society to get humanitarian aid to the wounded and dead; brief description of the reasons for the creation of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. Jordanian position on the Palestinian Resistance movement in Jordan, that it needs leave.