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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.
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.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 10/6/1973Call Number: NI 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
This is the first "Nothing Is More Precious Than" (Freedom and Independence) program. Begins with a report from the Union of Vietnamese, commentary on political prisoners. States that under the Thieu regime, huge numbers of people in concentration camps and prisons—more prisons have been built than schools and churches combined. The Union demands that all political prisoners be released, all US aid cut off, and implementation of the agreement take place. Update on Chile, actions against the fascist coup, reports on bomb explosions at ITT and ATT. Weather Underground communiqué read in full. News roundup of events and protests throughout Latin America, October 8th, the Day of the Heroic Guerrilla--international week of solidarity with Chile.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 10/13/1973Call Number: NI 002Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program includes reports on Chile and Bay Area solidarity demonstrations, Middle East, San Quentin Six, Black Liberation Army
Nothing is More Precious Than... Nothing is More Precious Than...
Date: 10/20/1973Call Number: NI 003Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Stories on political prisoners, Chile, Native American, Weather Underground, Joanne Chesimard, Mark Lane, Pedro Bissonette
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 11/17/1973Call Number: NI 007Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
San Quentin 6 report, David Johnson, prison interviews with Gabriel Torres and Herman Bell
Nothing is More Precious Than Nothing is More Precious Than
Date: 11/24/1973Call Number: NI 008Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude MarksProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Roundup of week's events, including Greek coup, Chilean repression, Union of Vietnamese statement with poetry, San Quentin 6, Ruchell Magee, Black Liberation Army on the shooting of Twymon Ford Myers, and reports on other political cases.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 11/6/1973Call Number: NI 005 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Lincoln Bergman report from Havana, annual ceremony of throwing flowers into the sea in memory of Camilo Cienfuegos. Continuing fascist repression in Chile, mobilization of resistance forces beginning. Report on an interview with Miguel Enriques, leader of the MIR—“those who make only half a revolution, dig their own graves.” Roundup of revolutionary activities throughout Latin America—Uruguay (the Tupamaros)—Argentina—Brazilian military maneuvers, guerrillas seize police station—Peru seeks nationalization of US Cerro de Pasco corporation—Latin American energy ministers meet (Venezuela considers nationalization)—wave of kidnappings in Mexico, reactionary violence in Mexico—USIA paid to stop the showing of Sacco and Vanzetti film in Mexico. Panama, Torrijos—United Fruit/Xerox/Chase Manhattan cultural penetrations. Massive student strikes in Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus shut down, amidst intensified campaign to free the nationalist Puerto Rican political prisoners—strikes in Colombia, offensive against guerrillas failing—reports on the horrible blood business in many Latin American countries.
Nothing is More Precious Than Nothing is More Precious Than
Date: 1/6/1974Call Number: NI 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Latin American news roundup, Chile, Argentina, Peru; report on Assata Shakur upcoming trial, report on Wounded Knee and related Native American news.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 5/11/1974Call Number: NI 027Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Nixon-related possible impeachment stories, followed by wide selection of international news, Africa, Portugal, Latin America, Northern Ireland, Chile, then national/local trials/repression.
Nothing Is More Precious Than Nothing Is More Precious Than
Date: 6/15/1974Call Number: NI 032Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, CamomileProgram: Nothing Is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program opens with reading of communique from Weather Underground on bombing of Gulf Oil in Pittsburgh, PA, with extensive history of Portuguese colonialism and national liberation movements. Other Africa news follows. Then story of acquittal of policeman in shooting of Clifford Glover in NYC, then stories on Chile and protests against ship coming to San Francisco, and then a birthday tribute to Che Guevara.
Nothing is More Precious Than Nothing is More Precious Than
Date: 9/21/1974Call Number: NI 039Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Roundup of movement news, including demonstration in San Francisco about Chile, acquittal of Dennis Banks and Russell Means, reports on Assata Shakur, Marilyn Buck, Puerto Rico solidarity.