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.

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Hot Damn! Hot Damn!
Call Number: V 733Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Hot Damn! is a short film with unique footage of the Bay Area peace movement at a time when the Vietnam War was escalating rapidly. Segments include the Berkeley troop train demonstrations; peace marches from Berkeley to Oakland, ending in a massive confrontation with local police; the Oakland Army Induction Center draft protests, draft card burning, and the sit-ins of 1964-1965.
With a little help from our friends With a little help from our friends
Format: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Rally in support of the Oakland 7
Screening of Introduction To The Enemy Screening of Introduction To The Enemy
Publisher: The Indochina Peace CampaignFormat: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Introduction To The Enemy is a documentary by Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden about the effects of the war in Vietnam. Event held at Pitt Graduate School of Public Health
Support The Vietnamese 7 Point Peace Plan Flyer Support The Vietnamese 7 Point Peace Plan Flyer
Publisher: The Revolutionary UnionYear: 1972Format: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Flyer in support of the Vietnamese 7 Point Peace Plan.
Support the 9pt Agreement/Anti-War Fair Support the 9pt Agreement/Anti-War Fair
Year: 1972Format: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Anti-War Fair with speakers, educational booths and guerrilla theater.
People's Blockade of S.F. Bay People's Blockade of S.F. Bay
Format: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Rally at Oakland Army Terminal.
The American People Demand Out Now- March Against the War The American People Demand Out Now- March Against the War
Publisher: Northern California Peach Action CoalistionFormat: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Rally in San Francisco
Stop The Terrible War! Action Flyer Stop The Terrible War! Action Flyer
Publisher: Friends Committee on Legislation of CaliforniaDate: 4/19/1971Volume Number: 19-AprFormat: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Flyer calling for supporters to write or wire their congressperson to end the war in Vietnam.