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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.
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.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Israeli Occupation Israeli Occupation
Date: 6/8/1970Call Number: CE 175Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Accounts of atrocities committed against Arabs, Christians, and Palestinians since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1948. Includes graphic descriptions of torture in Israeli prisons, mass arrests of Arab men, collective punishment of Arab villages, demolition of homes, curfews in occupied territories, IDF looting private homes and businesses, Israeli refusal to allow humanitarian aid into refugee camps and occupied zones, indiscriminate killings, bombings of villages.
Israeli Occupation Israeli Occupation
Date: 6/8/1970Call Number: CE 176Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Accounts of atrocities committed against Arabs, Christians, and Palestinians since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1948. Includes graphic descriptions of torture in Israeli prisons, mass arrests of Arab men, collective punishment of Arab villages, demolition of homes, curfews in occupied territories, IDF looting private homes and businesses, Israeli refusal to allow humanitarian aid into refugee camps and occupied zones, indiscriminate killings, bombings of villages.
Academic Senate Debates 1 Academic Senate Debates 1
Date: 12/8/1964Call Number: CE 706Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
The discussion revolved around the proposal of the senate's academic freedom committee endorsing the Free Speech Movement's basic positions on the disciplinary proceedings and the time, place, and content of speech and advocacy. Lewis Feuer of philosophy and Nathan Glazer of sociology opposed the committee's proposal. Feuer offered an amendment that committed the university to nonintervention in matters of speech and advocacy only when they were "directed to no immediate act of force and violence."
Faculty Interviews Nov. 30th Reel 1 Faculty Interviews Nov. 30th Reel 1
Call Number: CE 751Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Colin Edwards interviews three faculty members regarding the events of November 1966. Professor Peter Scott talks about football players working with the police and the role of non-students in the protest as well as explaining what that term actually means. Professor Zelnick talks about student, faculty, regent, administration views on the December 8th resolutions supposedly providing more power to the faculty and students for example regarding disciplinary issues.
Faculty Interviews Nov. 30th Reel 2 Faculty Interviews Nov. 30th Reel 2
Call Number: CE 752Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Part 2 of Colin Edwards interview with three faculty members following the November 30th 1966 events. Professor Stocking talks about his definition of the term non-student, talks about the cultural situation on the Berkeley campus and how the administration continues to misread the culture, and that the leaders of the protests are some of Berkeley's best and brightest students. The interview concludes with conversations on student amnesty, police brutality, faculty divisions and the fear of UC Berkeley of outside political forces.
UC Noon Rally Reel 1 UC Noon Rally Reel 1
Date: 12/1/1966Call Number: CE 762Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Reel 1 of audio from the the noon rally at which the strikers were to decide whether to continue the strike. Students and faculty as well as grad students speak at the rally, all of whom are essentially for continuing the strike. Robert Mundy from the strike committee talks about education, law, the administration, etc. Announcement is made that there was a rumor that Mario Savio would be arrested if he came on campus, so if he did come, he was to get the mic straight away before the police got him. A speaker from SDS talks about the Navy table incident. Hal Draper discusses demands, amnesty, Navy recruitment, and non-students. Dan McIntosh, president of the ASUC, talks about the ASUC vote to support the strike and announces support from the National Student Association. Bob Atkins from the AFT (TA union) talks about the effect of a labor union striking. Two professors (Rogen and Hearst?) speak on the role of faculty. At the end, the group votes to maintain the same demands.