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.

Search Results

Out of the Darkness Out of the Darkness
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: Vin 048Producers: Fire on the Mountain, Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, Holly Near, Don Lange, Cris Williamson, Charlie King, Jesse Colin Young, Dick Gaughan, Sweet Honey in the RockCollection: General materials
A compilation of protest songs against nuclear energy and war sung by folk singers, including Pete Seeger, Kate Wolf, and Jesse Colin Young. Themes include peace and environmental justice.
John Lennon- Shaved Fish John Lennon- Shaved Fish
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: Vin 050Producers: Apple Records, John Lennon, Plastic Ono BandCollection: General materials
A compilation of singles from John Lennon's post-Beatles years. "Shaved Fish" sees John Lennon experimenting with topical song writing, with songs like "Give Peace a Chance," "Power to the People," and "Imagine."
La Guerra: Ya Basta! La Guerra: Ya Basta!
Date: 11/13/1971Call Number: CD 835 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Raul Torres, Hal Levin, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Reflecciones de la RazaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Chicano contingent in the November 6, 1971 peace march in San Francisco. Chicano attitudes towards the war in Vietnam and the Chicano movement. Dolores Huerta gives speech.
Berrigan Raps: Father Daniel Berrigan, S.J. Berrigan Raps: Father Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: Vin 074Format: VinylProducers: CaedmonCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Father Berrigan is recorded giving a sermon from the underground, talks about America political and social issues, and reads his poetry. Included also is a interview with Marc Weiss at Cornell in April 1, 1970. Topics include the Vietnam war, drugs, poverty and US government.