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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.
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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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Playing with Prisoners' Minds Playing with Prisoners' Minds
Author: Dave DellingerPublisher: FellowshipDate: 3/1988Volume Number: MarchFormat: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of article on control units at Marion, IL and Lexington, KY.
Aids in Prison: A forum for Education and Action Aids in Prison: A forum for Education and Action
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for educational event on Aids in the prison environment. Includes list of events.
The Film: Attica The Film: Attica
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for 2/19 film screening of documentary "Attica"
Joint Commission on the Conviction and Treatment of Prisoners in the United States of Cuba Joint Commission on the Conviction and Treatment of Prisoners in the United States of Cuba
Authors: Diana de Vegh, Adrian DeWind, Peter Bell, Howard Hiatt, Aryeh Neier, Herman Schwartz, Julia Sweig, Luis RembautPublisher: Institute for Policy studiesYear: 1988Format: MonographCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of preliminary report regarding inquiry into present prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners in Cuba. Part of Packet: 4
Marion Report Marion Report
Author: Nancy KurshanPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Report to Prairie Fire Organization Committee regarding Marion Work.
The Marionette The Marionette
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Volume Number: No. 36 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Cuba Has to Do More Than Fix Up Its Prisons Cuba Has to Do More Than Fix Up Its Prisons
Author: Richard SchifterPublisher: New York TimesYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 7/11/1988 opinion piece by the Secy. Of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs on the Cuban prison system.
Racism in Prison System is Topic of Lawyers Guild Meet Racism in Prison System is Topic of Lawyers Guild Meet
Publisher: People's Daily WordYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 7/23/1988 article on the Lawyers Guild luncheon discussion of the disproportionate numbers of African Americans in the US prison system
No More Poison Water at Marion! No More Poison Water at Marion!
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1988Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Petition to Michael Quinlan and John Clark of the BOP to end the contaminated drinking water supply.
America bars Cuban Prison Experts America bars Cuban Prison Experts
Authors: Adrian DeWind, Julia SweigPublisher: The Plain DealerYear: 1988Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 6/25/1988 article on US State Department's denial of visas to a delegation of Cubans requesting visits in American prisons.