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

The Hidden War: A preliminary Report: Laws-Courts Prisons The Hidden War: A preliminary Report: Laws-Courts Prisons
Publisher: Prison Information CommitteeFormat: ReportCollection: Prison Conditions
Reveals the hidden war taking place in which the government controls people by the direct and indirect use of force and violence. Includes handwritten notes.
Paint a Mural with the Young People's Program of the Moncada Library Paint a Mural with the Young People's Program of the Moncada Library
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
An Open Call to the Park Slope Community: STOP RACIST VIGILANTE PATROLS! GET SCAN OUT OF PARK SLOPE! An Open Call to the Park Slope Community: STOP RACIST VIGILANTE PATROLS! GET SCAN OUT OF PARK SLOPE!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Moncada Library
Phamlet with information about the creation of SCAN and their activites in Park Slope.
Stop Racist Terror in Park Slope! Stop the Attacks on the Moncada Library!! Stop Racist Terror in Park Slope! Stop the Attacks on the Moncada Library!!
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryVolume Number: 14-OctFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Flyer with information on the recent bombings and attacks on Moncada Library and its members as well as details about police harrassment and the library's mission.
Who's Behind the Police Vest Campaign? Who's Behind the Police Vest Campaign?
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
List of known businesses and induviduals who supported the police vest campaign.
Stop Killer Cops! Fact Sheet Stop Killer Cops! Fact Sheet
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
List of some of the victims of police homocide in New York City throughout the 1970's.
Stop White Racist Terror in Park Slope! Stop White Racist Terror in Park Slope!
Publisher: The Moncada Library and Women's Committee Against GenocideFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
Information about the assault on Ramon Vidal by white men in Park Slope and the campaign against police terror. Includes a petition to DA Eugene Gold with demands for justice.
Stop Killer Cops! Stop Killer Cops!
Publisher: The Moncada LibraryFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library
SCAN Builds the Klan/Stop SCAN/ Stop Killer Cops/ Death to the Klan SCAN Builds the Klan/Stop SCAN/ Stop Killer Cops/ Death to the Klan
Publisher: The Moncada Library and John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Moncada Library