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.

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Quinto Festival Quinto Festival
Date: 7/1/1974Call Number: CD 402Format: CDProducers: Daniel del SolarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Conchero music and songs at Tajin, Vera Cruz (festival closure). Meeting of Frente Latiniamericano de los Trabajadores de la Cultura (full meeting is on CD 405). Opening ceremony at Tajin with campesino speaking in Nahuatl about poverty, imperialism and the return to indigenous roots, restoring history and pride. Luis Valdez translates. Interview with Cesar del Angel, president of the Socialist Workers Party (PST), the tobacco workers union. Nueva cancion.
Quinto Festival - TENAZ Quinto Festival - TENAZ
Date: 9/8/1974Call Number: CD 403Producers: Daniel del SolarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
TENAZ meeting in San Juan Bautista with Mariano Leyva giving a post festival report and explaining the expulsion of Los Mascarones from CLETA.
Quinto Festival - Interviews Quinto Festival - Interviews
Date: 7/1/1974Call Number: CD 404Format: CDProducers: Daniel del SolarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Various interviews with guerilla fighters & campesinos living in hiding in the Sierra in Mexico. Children sing anti-government and anti-US protest songs. Campesino leader speaks to community about government forces trying to kill or capture them, economic strangulation, encourages resistance. One speaker addresses the vital role of women and the importance of women’s voices and opinions. Children’s puppet show.
Performance in Chile Performance in Chile
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: LA 181Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chile
Includes Andean music, a one-act play and poetry by Fernando Alegria. Same as CD 604
Performance in Chile Performance in Chile
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CD 604Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Includes Andean music, a one-act play and poetry by Fernando Alegria. Copy of LA 181