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

Bad News Bearers Part 1 Bad News Bearers Part 1
Date: 2/5/1989Call Number: KP 244Format: Cass A & BProgram: Bad News BearersCollection: General materials
In part 1 or 2, five journalists present their views on politics and the media during the Reagan years and first month of GHW Bush's presidency. Topics and comments include the emanate end of the Cold War, the conflict in Nicaragua, the manipulation of the media by the Reagan administration through PR rather than policy, the end of the Red Scare tactic in journalism and politics, and the "sameness" of both the news reported and those reporting it.
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Publisher: American Educational TrustYear: 1985Volume Number: Vol. 4-8 November 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Open Letter to President Reagan on bringing peace to the Middle East.
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Publisher: American Educational TrustYear: 1985Volume Number: Vol. 4-10 December 30Format: PeriodicalCollection: US and British Foreign Policy on Palestine
Special Report on Jonathan Jay Pollard stealing US secrets for Israel.