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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.

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Alberto Rodriguez Parole Committee Alberto Rodriguez Parole Committee
Publisher: Alberto Rodriguez Parole CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Alberto Rodriguez Parole Alberto Rodriguez Parole
Collection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Poster in protest of the imprisonment of Alberto Rodriguez and other Puerto Rican Prisoners of War
FALN Communique 2-28-1982 FALN Communique 2-28-1982
Publisher: FALNVolume Number: February 28Format: CommuniqueCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Communique claiming responsibility for the bombings on Wall Street on Sunday February 28, 1982.
The Indispensables The Indispensables
Publisher: Editorial El conquiFormat: MonographCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
The struggle and ideals of Puerto Rican prisoners of war Edwin Cortes, Alejandrina Torres and Alberto Rodriguez and of political prisoner Jose Luis Rodriguez
Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War Freedom for the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War
Publisher: ProLibertadFormat: PamphletCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Pamphlet on the campaign to free Puerto Rican political prisoners and prisoners of war. 2nd copy incomplete. Includes: What is ProLibertad?; Who Are the Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War?; Puerto Rico's colonial case; Arrests; Punitive Sentences; Human Rights violations. Includes call to action.
Rompiendo Barrotes Rompiendo Barrotes
Authors: Rafael Cancel Miranda, Angel Garcia TrochePublisher: Comite Ofensiva '92 Are OesteVolume Number: 33817Format: PeriodicalCollection: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN)
Porque ni piense en probatoria - Why not consider the evidence & other news
Albizu Campos and the Ponce Massacre Albizu Campos and the Ponce Massacre
Author: Juan Antonio CorretjerPublisher: World View PublishersCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
A personal account of the Ponce Massacre and events leading up to the riot. Includes information on Bolivar marquez, Albizu Campos.
Oscar Coliazo:Prisionero 70495 Oscar Coliazo:Prisionero 70495
Author: Carmen Zoraida CollazoPublisher: Editorial El CoquiFormat: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Introduction by Juan Antonio Corretjer.
The Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Violations of their Human Rights The Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Violations of their Human Rights
Publisher: United Church of ChristFormat: MonographCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Introduction by Juan Manuel Delgado. Account of the history of Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and the Resistance Movement. Information on Edwin Cort
Albizu Campos: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Albizu Campos: Puerto Rican Revolutionary
Author: Frederico R. TovarPublisher: Plus UltraFormat: BookCollection: Puerto Rico Small Books and Monographs
Biography of Puerto Rican liberation leader Albizu Campos. The leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party for over 30 years, Campos has been called one of the most inspirational political leaders of the 20th century.