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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.
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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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Rabo de Nube (Tail of a Tornado) Rabo de Nube (Tail of a Tornado)
Date: 1/1/1982Call Number: Vin 002Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Silvio RodriguezCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs that celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Silvio Rodriguez was part of music movement called Nueva Trova Cubana, or New Cuban Song, that revolutionized Cuban music. Songs reflect the political and social culture of post-revolution Cuba. Includes liner notes with translations and contextual information.
Cuba Va!: Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba Cuba Va!: Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: Vin 007Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, the Experimental Sound Collective of the Institute of Cinematographic Arts, Industries.Collection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs in celebration of the new cultural identity of Revolutionary Cuba. Spanish songs written by Silvio Rodriguez, Noel Nicola, and Pablo Milanes. Includes Paredon Records catalogue from 1971.
Rabo de Nube (Tail of a Tornado) Rabo de Nube (Tail of a Tornado)
Date: 1/1/1982Call Number: Vin 021Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Silvio RodriguezCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs that celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Silvio Rodriguez was part of music movement called Nueva Trova Cubana, or New Cuban Song, that revolutionized Cuban music. Songs reflect the political and social culture of post-revolution Cuba. Includes liner notes with translations and contextual information.
Cuba Va!: Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba Cuba Va!: Songs of the New Generation of Revolutionary Cuba
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: Vin 023Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, the Experimental Sound Collective of the Institute of Cinematographic Arts, Industries.Collection: General materials
Songs in celebration of the new cultural identity of Revolutionary Cuba. Spanish songs written by Silvio Rodriguez, Noel Nicola, and Pablo Milanes. Includes Paredon Records catalogue from 1971.
Rabo de Nube (Tail of a Tornado) Rabo de Nube (Tail of a Tornado)
Date: 1/1/1982Call Number: Vin 026Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Silvio RodriguezCollection: General materials
Songs that celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. Silvio Rodriguez was part of music movement called Nueva Trova Cubana, or New Cuban Song, that revolutionized Cuban music. Songs reflect the political and social culture of post-revolution Cuba. Includes liner notes with translations and contextual information.
Cuba: Nueva Trova Cuba: Nueva Trova
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 037Producers: Discos Pueblo, Silvio Rodriguez, Pablo MilanesCollection: General materials
Songs from the Nueva Trova, a movement in Cuban music characterized by an emergence of a new political and social consciousness following the Cuban revolution. Silvio Rodriquez and Pablo Milanes founded the Nueva Trova, encouraging introspection and expression about the social struggles of the Cuban people in the 1960s and 70s.
Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez
Call Number: LA 210Format: Cass A & BCollection: Cuba
Music and songs by Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez, a Cuban folk singer who writes about love and revolutionary politics.
Moncada Anniversary Moncada Anniversary
Date: 7/27/1985Call Number: FI 166Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Nina Serrano, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Marks anniversary of July 26, 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks, with original poetry ("The Night Before Moncada" by Lincoln Bergman; International Women's Day poem by Nina Serrano; and others); Cuban revolutionary music, tribute to "Raul, El Poeta" who was killed trying to escape Batista's troops, reading of reflections of Haydee Santamaria on the attack.
Pablo Menendez Interview Pablo Menendez Interview
Date: 7/25/1981Call Number: FI 233Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tribute to Moncada Barracks in Cuba, featuring interview with Cuban/North American musician Pablo Menendez (son of Barbara Dane), also promoting an upcoming Berkeley event with noted singers and musicians to mark Moncada and express solidarity with El Salvador.Pablo speaks of the Nueva Trova, the new song movement in Cuba. One of the songs, by Barbara Dane and Pablo Menendez, is in memory of Cuban woman revolutionary Celia Sanchez, who had recently died of cancer.
FMC IV Congreso FMC IV Congreso
Date: 1/1/1985Call Number: Vin 098Format: VinylCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Silvio and Pablo came together with their orchestras to pay homage to the FMC. FMC stands for El Federation de Mujeres Cubanas, The Cuban Women's Federation. This albums is a celebration of the organizations existence and longevity.