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

Interview with Farika Interview with Farika
Date: 4/8/1984Call Number: SS 047Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Farika about the Rastafari movement in Jamaica.
Interview with Dr. Carlos Belli Bello Interview with Dr. Carlos Belli Bello
Date: 9/2/1984Call Number: SS 055Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Dr. Carlos Belli Bello on the status of the African countries.
Interview with Pearl Marsh Interview with Pearl Marsh
Date: 11/1/1984Call Number: SS 101Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Pearl Marsh about South Africa.
Interview with Farika Birhan Interview with Farika Birhan
Date: 11/29/1984Call Number: SS 113Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Farika Birhan on Maroons of Jamaica.
Hugo Pinell Interview with Arthur Cribbs. Hugo Pinell Interview with Arthur Cribbs.
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: V 017Format: BetaCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Hugo Pinell Interview with Arthur Cribbs.
Hugo Pinell Hugo Pinell
Date: 1/1/1984Call Number: V 019Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Interview with Hugo Pinell. Arthur Cribbs reporting.
San Quentin anti-prison demonstration San Quentin anti-prison demonstration
Date: 9/1/1984Call Number: V 059Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Raw footage of anti-repression/anti-prison demonstration outside the gates of San Quentin.
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 1/30/1984Call Number: JH 164Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Gabino Palomares,Comite International de la Nueva Cancion
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 4/27/1984Call Number: JH 165Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Nicaragua: the other invasion, Jackie Reiter and Wof Tirado, filmmakers working in Nicaragua
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 5/31/1984Call Number: JH 166Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Committee for Health Rights in Central America-CHRICA: Ayuda Medica a Centro America