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

Judi Bari Event at Unitarian Church, Berkeley (II) Judi Bari Event at Unitarian Church, Berkeley (II)
Date: 4/25/2002Call Number: JB 036Format: DV CamProducers: Bernandine MellisCollection: Materials shot and collected in the making of The Forest for the Trees
Peg Millet sings songs she used to sing with Bari, and talks of her years in prison, mentions Geronimo Pratt and Leonard Peltier. Speaks about her court case, FBI labeled them as "ecomaniacs." Songs: "What's Left of the West," "How Can I Keep from Singing?," "Love is Queen of All," Ghost of Chance," and "Forever Wild." In car with Cunningham, discussing mixed feelings on the event - sense of vulnerability, strangeness, marginality, hopeless innocence and naivety, amazing faith, enery, and determination, and how they sustain one another. Cunningham says, "I take myself in and out of the 'we.'" Discusses insane struggles, and the energy and talent that goes into it. Says he loves Serra, as he uses his rage and moves on. His mistakes/regrets. Speaks eloquently about Bari, compares her to Bloom. Pensive about what happened to Bari and why. Legal team emerges from courthouse. Rosenfeld and Cunningham discuss happenings.
Interview with Peg Millet Interview with Peg Millet
Date: 5/1/2002Call Number: JB 038Format: DV CamProducers: Bernandine MellisCollection: Materials shot and collected in the making of The Forest for the Trees
Mellis interviews Peg Millet. Discusses her naivety, thinking that respecting the earth would not be something to lead to an infiltration, and her experience with COINTELPRO. Cunningham and Rosenfeld in car.