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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.

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Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 9/8/1971Call Number: RD 004Producers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Talks about the retaking of Attica prison in the struggle for humane treatment of prisoners. The demands include that they be moved to a non-imperialist country. Also news of inequality for Black students in public education, riots in San Diego, CA; Police brutality in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Puerto Rican youth struggle with the police in Hoboken, NJ. Also mention of Los Angeles and San francisco racist acts and killings.
Clark Kerr- Multi-versity Clark Kerr- Multi-versity
Call Number: CE 704Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Colin Edwards interviews the president of UC Berkeley Clark Kerr about his idea of multi-versity. Multi-versity basically describes the changing role of the university in society and Clark Kerr’s desire to further establish links to business and industry, expand the bureaucracy of the university and lessen its emphasize on abstract ideas and exploration and increase its role as a knowledge factory. Within the interview, Kerr discusses the role of professors, undergraduates vs. graduate students, the role of research, the role of universities in society, the role of truth and morality at the university, the autonomy of the university, educational reform on campus and the role of the president as the mediator in the multi-versity.
Clark Kerr Excerpts Clark Kerr Excerpts
Call Number: CE 705Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
This recording contains excerpts from Clark Kerr taken from interviews and speeches. Most of the focus is on the FSM, his concept of the mulit-versity and the state of universities in society. *Tape should be played sparingly to ensure preservation
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.
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.
Who are the Terrorists? Aspects of Zionist and Israeli Terrorism Who are the Terrorists? Aspects of Zionist and Israeli Terrorism
Publisher: Institute for Palestine Studies and The Arab Women's Informations CommitteeYear: 1972Format: MonographCollection: Institute for Palestine Studies
A record of facts and testimonies by eyewitnesses concerning Zionist and Israeli terrorist activities in the Palestine conflict.
Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 2/1981Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter with updates on Mayor Ed Koch's Police policies, SCAN and the Fox and Agrillo case. Also includes information on SWAPO and the Dollars for Bullets campaign, the Pontiac brothers case and the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee National Day of Action in Washington D.C. for the Reagan inauguration.
Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 10/1981Volume Number: OctoberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter featuring articles on the Azanian liberation movement, the Anti-Springboks Five, Native American Sovereignty and the encampment at Yellow Thunder, Park Slope's "anti-drug" campaign, women and police intimidation, and the Chairman of P.A.C.'s visit to Harlem.
Moncada Library Newsletter Moncada Library Newsletter
Author: Moncada LibraryPublisher: May 19th Communist OrganizationDate: 1/1982Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Moncada Library
Newsletter with updates on the murder of Augustin Muniz and other attacks by police in Park Slope, January's month of solidarity with African Liberation, SCAN, and the Solomon Brown case.