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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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Correspondence Regarding 4/29/1989 Demonstration Correspondence Regarding 4/29/1989 Demonstration
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter informing members of the 4/29/1989 demonstration at Marion Prison sponsored by CEML and the National Committee to Free PR POWs.
Correspondence to Steven Whitman of Committee to End the Marion Lockdown Correspondence to Steven Whitman of Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Author: Gary L. HenmanPublisher: Federal Bureau of PrisonsYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
1/27/1989 Correspondence to Steven Whitman of CEML in response to inquiry about censorship of "Reflections on Five Years of the Lockdown" mailed to Marion prisoners
Letter of Thanks; Pickets Protest Marion Lockdown; Report on the April 29 Demonstration Letter of Thanks; Pickets Protest Marion Lockdown; Report on the April 29 Demonstration
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: CompilationCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter to Friend giving thanks for support of the 4/29/1989 demonstration; Graphic of protest reproduced from Southern Illinoisan 4/30/1989 taken by Jan Abbott; Report on the demonstration. 1 copy does not include graphic or CEML letterhead.
Correspondence to Warden Hanman Correspondence to Warden Hanman
Author: Steven WhitmanPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
6/19/1989 Letter regarding 5/5/1989 returned letter to Oscar Rivera.
Marion Penitentiary Targeted by Human Rights Protesters Marion Penitentiary Targeted by Human Rights Protesters
Authors: Theresa Livingston, Richard NunezPublisher: Daily EgyptianYear: 1989Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of 5/1/1989 article covering 4/29/1989 protest at USP Marion.
US EPA Proposes Cleanup Action US EPA Proposes Cleanup Action
Publisher: United State Environmental Protection AgencyYear: 1989Format: ReportCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of August 1989 proposal to correct contamination problems at the Crab Orchard National wildlife Refuge.
Excerpts of Letters from Prisoners About the April 29, 1989 Marion Demonstration Excerpts of Letters from Prisoners About the April 29, 1989 Marion Demonstration
Authors: Kojo Bomani Sababu, Bull Dunne, James Barrett, Oscar Lopez-RiveraPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Excerpt of letters from prisoners as messages to protesters at 4/29/1989 demonstration at USP Marion.
Conference on Racism and the Criminal Justice System Conference on Racism and the Criminal Justice System
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer for conference. Includes information on keynote speaker Judge Bruce Wright and list of workshops.
Demonstrate! Marion Prison - April 29th Demonstrate! Marion Prison - April 29th
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of war; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for demonstration on 4/29/1989
Stop the Marion Lockdown! Hear: Dave Dellinger; See: The Video, , Stop the Marion Lockdown! Hear: Dave Dellinger; See: The Video, ,
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1989Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for 3/13/1989 lecture and film screening.