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

Death to the Klan! Death to the Klan!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1986Format: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Newspaper of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee
Repression in the Land of the Free Repression in the Land of the Free
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1986Format: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Articles on police repression
The Brother from Another Planet The Brother from Another Planet
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer advertising the 3/15/1986 spaghetti dinner and showing of the John Sayles film.
Letter to Friends Letter to Friends
Author: Beth BartlettPublisher: Committee to end the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter asking for support 11/20/1986
Open Letter Open Letter
Authors: Daniel Berrigan, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Morton SobellPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter to CEML members about 4/18/1986 demonstration and asking for donations, as well as open letter requesting attendance
Letter to Friends Letter to Friends
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter to Friends detailing the Second Conference for Education and Action on 11/1/1986.
Correspondence between Paul Simon and Edward Corwin Correspondence between Paul Simon and Edward Corwin
Authors: Edward Corwin, Paul SimonPublisher: United States SenateYear: 1986Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of letters of Protest and response regarding the Lockdown at Marion and Lewisburg and the appointment of Harold Miller as Warden
Stop the Marion Lockdown! A Conference for Education and Action on the Third Anniversary of the Marion Prison Lockdown Stop the Marion Lockdown! A Conference for Education and Action on the Third Anniversary of the Marion Prison Lockdown
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for Marion Lockdown third anniversary conference on 11/1/1986.
Demonstrate! March to the Bureau of Prisons at Metropolitan Correctional Center Demonstrate! March to the Bureau of Prisons at Metropolitan Correctional Center
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for demonstration on 12/6/1986.
The Murder of Fred Hampton The Murder of Fred Hampton
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement for film screening on 12/4/1986