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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.
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.

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Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 11/5/1992Call Number: JH 385BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Bety Pasiño y pablo Jasis sobre la historia del comite del encuentro del canto popular, unidad entre los trabajadores voluntarios del comite; musica de los encuentros
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 5/17/2001Call Number: JH 640BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Depto de sericios humanos de San Francisco rosa Hernandez de la Unidad de reclutamiento y licencias de crianza temporal; Musica indigena y del caribe
Poetry and Music by Ruben Ruyal & Phil Serrano; Audio from the documentary "Nueva Havana’" neighborhood in Chile Poetry and Music by Ruben Ruyal & Phil Serrano; Audio from the documentary "Nueva Havana’" neighborhood in Chile
Call Number: CD 411Format: CDProducers: Communicacion AztlanProgram: Communicacion AztlanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
This tape begins with a poem by Ruben Ruyal called ‘Cat in the Mission Nights’ about the conditions in San Francisco’s Mission district and how they connect to the larger US society. Ruben then reads one of his poems about about the conditions and struggles prisoners go through. Both poems are read while Phil Serrano plays guitar in the background. Phil then sings a song he wrote called ‘Graciano’ which is about a young man in college who was killed by police while he was protesting at Wounded Knee. The CD ends with audio from a Chilean film shown that night called ‘Nueva Havana’ about a neighborhood in Chile created by peasants and workers. It includes individual stories and some Chilean political history. Same as CAA 067
Poetry and Music by Ruben Ruyal & Phil Serrano; Audio from the documentary "Nueva Havana’" neighborhood in Chile Poetry and Music by Ruben Ruyal & Phil Serrano; Audio from the documentary "Nueva Havana’" neighborhood in Chile
Call Number: CAA 067Format: CDProgram: Communicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Ruben Ruyal reads poetry on the conditions in San Francisco’s Mission district and the struggles of prisoners. Phil performs his song, ‘Graciano’ about a young man who was killed by police at Wounded Knee. Ends with audio from the Chilean film, ‘Nueva Havana,’ about a neighborhood created by peasants and workers. Includes individual stories and some Chilean political history. Same as CAA 067
Kate Wolf Memorial Show Kate Wolf Memorial Show
Date: 12/17/1986Call Number: KP 274Format: Cass A & BProducers: KPFAProgram: Accross the Great DivideCollection: General materials
Robbie Osman hosts a Kate Wolf memorial show with Wavy Gravy, Hugh Shacklet, and Nina Gerber one week after her death (December 10th 1986). Includes unpublished music and poetry.
2nd Festival Latino in San Francisco 2nd Festival Latino in San Francisco
Date: 1/1/1994Call Number: CV 305AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Second Festival Latino, San Francisco. Puerto Rican singer Lucecita Benitez and Chicano singer Jose Montoya on the roots of their music.