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

Prison Psychiatry: The Clockwork Cure Prison Psychiatry: The Clockwork Cure
Author: Bernard WeinerPublisher: The NationYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 214-14 April 3Format: ArticleCollection: Mental Health
Article about aversion therapy, routinely practiced in California's prison system. Article further investigates medical and mental health practices at Vacaville Prison.
The Return of Lobotomy and Psychosurgery The Return of Lobotomy and Psychosurgery
Author: Hon. Cornelius E. GallagherPublisher: The Congressional RecordYear: 1972Volume Number: Vol. 118-26 February 24Format: Government DocumentCollection: Mental Health
The Return of Lobotomy and Psychosurgery
Mutilating' Surgery on The Brain Mutilating' Surgery on The Brain
Author: David PerlmanPublisher: San Francisco ChronicleDate: 4/7/1972Volume Number: 7-AprFormat: ArticleCollection: Mental Health
Original Article
Gene Marine Support Letter Gene Marine Support Letter
Author: Gene MarineDate: 5/21/1972Volume Number: 21-MayFormat: EphemeraCollection: Mental Health
Letter to Louis M. Rabinowitz Foundation regarding Elsa Knight Thompson and Pete Steffens applicationg for a grant to publish the procedings from the "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference
Press Conference: Memo to News Editors Press Conference: Memo to News Editors
Author: Elsa Knight ThompsonDate: 4/2/1972Volume Number: 2-AprFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Mental Health
Press Release regarding Dr. Peter Breggin speaking at the "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference
Experts to Talk on Highly Controversial Issues Experts to Talk on Highly Controversial Issues
Author: Elsa Knight ThompsonPublisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersDate: 3/22/1972Volume Number: 22-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Mental Health
Flyer for "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference