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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.

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"Black Friday" Twentieth Anniversary May 13, 1980 "Black Friday" Twentieth Anniversary May 13, 1980
Date: 5/13/1980Call Number: KP 281AFormat: Cass AProducers: National Public RadioCollection: General materials
Short news report about the May 13, 1960 "Black Friday" protest of hearings from the House on Un-American Activities Committee that sought out alleged Communist activities. Speakers include author William Mandell and radio documentary producer Elsa Kight Thompson.
Xavier Viramontes: A Life in Print Xavier Viramontes: A Life in Print
Date: 1/1/2008Call Number: V 661Format: DVDProducers: Michel FraserCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A profile of Xavier Viramontes, one of the most influential Hispanic artists of our time. His iconoclast silk screen poster, BOYCOTT GRAPES, for the United Farmworkers, awakened a nation and rallied the Chicano movement in art.
Freedom March Freedom March
Call Number: V 727Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Freedom March features the San Francisco civil rights protest march of May 26, 1963, sponsored by Bay Area black churches and the labor movement in the shocked aftermath of the Birmingham, Alabama bombing of a black church, killing five children. The film shows the march down Market Street and the rally with speakers at the Civic Center.
Why was Patricia Hearst Kidnapped? Why was Patricia Hearst Kidnapped?
Publisher: The RealistDate: 2/1974Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This periodical is dedicated to the conspiracy that the SLA was colluding with the FBI and the CIA and uses many of Mae Brussell's conspiracy theories.
Is SLA's Cinque the First Black Lee Harvey Oswald? Is SLA's Cinque the First Black Lee Harvey Oswald?
Authors: Mae Brussell and Stephanie CaruanaDate: 4/19/1974Volume Number: 19-AprFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article includes an interview of Mae Brussell, a conspiracy researcher by writer Stephanie Caruana. Mae Brussell gives an explanation of why she believes that the Symbionese Liberation Army is a hoax by the C.I.A.
The War for Patty The War for Patty
Publisher: NewsweekDate: 5/27/1974Volume Number: 27-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This article by Newsweek recaps the Los Angeles shootout of six SLA members. It outlines the day of the shootout and predicts where Patty Hearst may have escaped to.
Compilation of Correspondances between Elsa Knight Thompson re: request for funds, etc. Compilation of Correspondances between Elsa Knight Thompson re: request for funds, etc.
Author: Elsa Knight ThompsonFormat: CompilationCollection: Mental Health
Letter regarding the "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference
A Clockwork Orange?: Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners Schedule A Clockwork Orange?: Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners Schedule
Publisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersFormat: AgendaCollection: Mental Health
Schedule of speakers for the "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference
A Clockwork Orange?: Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners Flyer A Clockwork Orange?: Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners Flyer
Publisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Mental Health
Flyer for "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference
NAPA Demonstrates at St. Mary's- Public Forum Demanded NAPA Demonstrates at St. Mary's- Public Forum Demanded
Publisher: Network Against Psychiatric AssaultDate: 6/11/1975Volume Number: 11-JunFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Mental Health
Network Against Psychiatric Assault calls for a rally to continue its campaign against the psychiatric treatment program at St. Mary's McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute in San Francisco.