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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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Students for a Democratic Society & SNCC: Currents & Cross Currents Students for a Democratic Society & SNCC: Currents & Cross Currents
Date: 3/7/1969Call Number: KP 002Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Bernardine Dohrn discusses SDS’s organizational struggle with class, how they plan to move out of “ruling class schools” and insure that racism and imperialism are not abstract terms. Phil Hutchins discusses broadening the base of SNCC, particularly in the South and government repression.
Students for a Democratic Society in 1969 and the American Scene Students for a Democratic Society in 1969 and the American Scene
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: KP 006Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: KPFA Public AffairsCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Dohrn and Klonsky discuss the inception, numbers, politics and repression of Students for a Democratic Society in 1969.
David Gilbert Interview David Gilbert Interview
Date: 7/31/1998Call Number: V 036Format: VHSProducers: Sam GreenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
David Gilbert interviewed at Great Meadows Prison in New York about his political history and development as an anti racist, anti sexist, anti imperialist person. Includes commentary on the development of SDS (Student for a Democratic Society), the Black Power Movement, the Black Panther Party (BPP), Black Liberation Army (BLA), COINTELPRO and many other issues from the 60s forward. VHS copy of DV camera originals, Part 1
David Gilbert Interview David Gilbert Interview
Date: 7/31/1998Call Number: V 037Format: VHSProducers: Sam GreenCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
David Gilbert interviewed at Great Meadows Prison in New York about his political history and development as an anti racist, anti sexist, anti imperialist person. Includes commentary on the development of SDS (Student for a Democratic Society), the Black Power Movement, the Black Panther Party (BPP), Black Liberation Army (BLA), COINTELPRO and many other issues from the 60s forward. VHS copy of DV camera originals, Part 2
SDS and SNCC SDS and SNCC
Call Number: KP 305Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Kay LindseyCollection: North American Anti-Imperialists
Interview about SDS and SNCC, includes Bernardine Dohrn and Phil Hutchings speaking about their organizations' plans and strategies. Emphasizes each of the organization's plans to expand their base. Maybe 1968.
David Gilbert – A Lifetime of Struggle David Gilbert – A Lifetime of Struggle
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesProducers: Lisa Rudman, Claude MarksCollection: Freedom Archives Productions
This 30-minute video was edited in March 2002 by Claude Marks and Lisa Rudman, and is based on an interview done in July of 1998 at Great Meadows Prison, Comstock, New York by Sam Green and Bill Siegel. Camera: Federico Salsano. This is a rare opportunity to go behind prison walls for a discussion with David Gilbert, a lifelong anti-imperialist activist and former member of the Weather Underground Organization. David is now serving a life sentence in prison for activities in support of the Black Liberation Movement. He explains why he joined the movement, what led him to go underground, and frankly discusses the strengths and errors of the movement and the WUO.
The Peace Movement: New Possibilities? The Peace Movement: New Possibilities?
Authors: Tom Hayden and Richard FlacksPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: MonographCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
A piece on the viability of the peace movement in early 1960s America.
Student Social Action Student Social Action
Author: Tom HaydenPublisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 3/1962Volume Number: MarchFormat: TranscriptCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
From a speech delivered at Challenge- University of Michigan, March, 1962.
SDS Bulletin SDS Bulletin
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyYear: 1964Volume Number: Vol. 2-6 MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Contents include: The National Council: A reply to the President's Report; Swarthmore Political Action: A History; Read I.F. Stone's Weekly Muckraking Journalism at its Best. Also, Chapter reports; Kentuckians March on Capitol; Report on San Francisco and Berkeley; SDS Project Reports; Civil Liberties, Academic Freedom and University Reform; Civil Rights New Briefs and Up to Date Literature List.
SDS Bulletin SDS Bulletin
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyYear: 1964Volume Number: Vol. 2-7 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Contents include: Enthusiasm for Organizing Marks Hazard Conference; The Palace Siege: Employment and Housing in the San Fran. Bay Area; Get the US Out of Vietnam. Also, President's report; Chapter Reports; ERAP Report; The Nashville Movement; NSA Civil Rights and Reform Caucuses; Cracks in the Washington Monolith; March on Frankfort-Inside Story; Sigal's Going Away Book Review; Up to Date Literature List.