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

Cultural Perspectives: Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Bay Area Poetry Cultural Perspectives: Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Bay Area Poetry
Date: 12/19/1987Call Number: JG/ 050Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Nina SerranoCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Readings of poetry of Bay Area Poet, Activist, Dance Teacher Kathy Levell (recently deceased prior to show’s date). Kathy Levell was Co-Founder of “The Recovery Project”, a women’s healing group based on attitudinal healing through creativity. Poems (Read by Nina Serrano): “Cancer”, “Ex Husband”, “About Writing”, “Second Memorial”, “Third Nuptial” Review of Theatre Play by Bay Area Theatre Group (El Teatro De La Esperanza) “Hijos” (Once a Family) Acoustic guitar and voice performance by Jim Metzner - Song titled, “Kathy’s Song”. Spanish Music Pieces Billy Holiday Music Pieces
Democratic Palestine Democratic Palestine
Publisher: Popular Front for the Liberation of PalestineYear: 1987Volume Number: No. 25 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
A revolutionary Palestinian magazine in the English language dedicated to the struggle for liberation and return. Cover Story: "West Bank and Gaza Strip 20 Years After, the Struggle Continues"