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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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George W. Bush Addresses the U.N. General Assembly George W. Bush Addresses the U.N. General Assembly
Date: 9/12/2002Call Number: V 182Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains George W. Bush's 2002 address to the U.N. General Assembly in which Bush attempts to make links between the Iraqi state and the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In his address, Bush claims that crimes of Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi regime's "expanding" chemical weapons production and stockpiles, WMD programs, and supposed nuclear weapons capabilities, mark a "grave and gathering danger" and threat to world security. Bush also blames Iraqi civilian death from imposed sanction on Hussein's refusal to comply with the sanctions regime. He also threatens the U.N. itself stating that it "will serve its purpose or be irrelevant," and Claims that liberty for Iraqi people is a "great cause" and a "great strategic goal." Tape also contains footage of Democratic leader Thomas A. Daschle applauding and supporting Bush's statements.
Interview with Paul Fitch Interview with Paul Fitch
Call Number: LA 158Format: CassetteCollection: El Salvador
Paul Finch, a former Co-Administrator from the Lutheran church in El Salvador, talks about his experience during the war in El Salvador in the 1970s. Finch worked for the children who were displaced after the war, organizing activities for children who were in their shelter with his wife. The Church had open doors for whoever needed help, even when the Army of El Salvador began to settle in the church. He mentions how in the beginning of the war, the Guerillas and the Salvadorian Army used different tactics to attack one another, some more drastic than others. Citizens and anyone who were against the Salvadorian government were being tortured to death. He also discusses how he managed to get out of jail before being killed.
Journal of Palestine Studies Journal of Palestine Studies
Publisher: The Institute for Palestine Studies and Kuwait UniversityYear: 1971Volume Number: Vol. 1-1 AutumnFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
War and Peace in the Middle East; Israel's Nuclear Options; The Middle East Conflict in US Strategy 1970-1971; Recent Knesset Legislation and the Arabs in Israel; University Students in Lebanon and the Palestinian Resistance; The Fall of Jerusalem 1967; more.