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

Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance Partial sessions from Roots of Resistance
Call Number: CD 089Format: ProTools CDProducers: Freedom ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Pro Tools audio materials from Women, Vietnam Victory from Roots of Resistance
Ramsey Clark: The Situation in North Vietnam Ramsey Clark: The Situation in North Vietnam
Date: 8/14/1972Call Number: KP 221Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Vietnam
Press conference given by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark upon his return from a trip to North Vietnam in 1972. Clark meets with the Prime Minister and many other officials and describes his tour of the war ravaged country. Clark states that the U.S. government is keeping this information from the public, and urges for a peaceful resolution.
Laura Whitehorn COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage Laura Whitehorn COINTELPRO 101 Extra Footage
Call Number: C 10 127Collection: COINTELPRO 101 Raw Materials
Radical activist and former political prisoner/WUO member who was targeted by the federal government.
News Coverage of Anti- Viet Nam War Rallies News Coverage of Anti- Viet Nam War Rallies
Call Number: CE 559Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A collection of news reports on anti-Viet Nam War rallies and protests in both the United States and Vietnam. - ABC covers an anti-Viet Nam war protest led by various labor groups, student groups and the Buddhist Women’s Association - CBS covers the 2510th anniversary of Buddha celebration at the Buddhist Institute in Saigon. Thich Tam Chau announces his resignation from the Buddhist Institute. - A press conference with Nha Hung at San Francisco State University discussing the possibility of a democratic election in Vietnam. - ABC News report in Huey, Vietnam. - A news report discussing “youth shock troops” and women’s involvement in Vietnam against US troops. The report states that ¼ million Vietnamese are involved in the war.