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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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Chile Event at Glide, Part 2 Chile Event at Glide, Part 2
Date: 10/1/1973Call Number: CAA 005 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Stan JohnstonProgram: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poetry reading in protest of the Chilean coup at Glide memorial Church bringing together poets in protest. First public assembly condemning the events of September 11, 1973. Dolby Stereo
Salvador Allende’s Last Speech Salvador Allende’s Last Speech
Date: 9/11/1973Call Number: CAP 027 R1Format: Reel 1Collection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Salvador Allende’s last speech to the people of Chile over radio on the morning of September 11th, 1973.
Chile - Leading up to the Coup Chile - Leading up to the Coup
Date: 11/25/1973Call Number: CAP 044 R3Format: Reel 3Collection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Events leading up to the 1973 coup in Chile, the economic situation after the coup and effect on education in Chile. Includes conflicting reports of the number of deaths as a result of the coup. Explores the effect that the Junta had on the education system in Chile. Junta quote, “Books are more dangerous than bombs.”
Interview with Walter Heitman, Ambassador to Chile Interview with Walter Heitman, Ambassador to Chile
Date: 3/12/1974Call Number: CAP 048Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy Miller, NPRCollection: Political issues of the time – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
An interview Walter Heitman, the ambassador from Chile, 3/12/1974 by Judy Miller of NPR. Questions concern the current condition of Chile, the government, and prisoners. He is asked about the charges against the prisoners, the conditions on Dawson Island Prison, how the Chilean constitution can justify a coup.
Moncada Memorial Moncada Memorial
Date: 7/26/1986Call Number: FI 077Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
This is the memorial program for the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Cuba
Frente Sandinista Frente Sandinista
Call Number: JG/ 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
FSLN (Frente Sandinista Liberacion Nacional) speaker about revolutionary work after electoral defeat.
El Salvador FMLN El Salvador FMLN
Call Number: JG/ 014Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Paul Fitch, a Lutheran church worker who was exiled from El Salvador after setting up a refugee center in San Salvador during the Nov-Dec '89 FMLN offensive to help folks in the face of the governments indiscriminate counter attack.
FENASTRAS in El Salvador FENASTRAS in El Salvador
Date: 12/1/1989Call Number: JG/ 017Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Julio Cristalis (?) about FENASTRAS (Federation of Workers) about the repression from the ARENA government. Discusses support of the FMLN, and the most recent bombings by ARENA of FENASTRAS' offices
Interview about ecological devastation in El Salvador Interview about ecological devastation in El Salvador
Date: 9/1/1989Call Number: JG/ 028BFormat: Cass BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with Daniel Faber, the research director at the Environmental Project on Central America (EPOCA). He discusses the ecological devastation in El Salvador.
Bolivia: Drug War Bolivia: Drug War
Date: 8/25/1989Call Number: JG/ 033AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
ACLA (Atlantic Committee on Latin America) show. Covers Bolivia following the murder of 2 Mormon missionaries the crackdown on left wing guerilla organizations and the US War on Drugs , FBI involvement and $11 million for War on Drugs in 1989. Uruguay from a article in the "Guardian" on massive unemployment, the exodus of youth and youth withdrawal from activism. El Salvador on the ARENA party and Salvadorian refugees in the US and the repression they face when trying to organize against right wing ARENA. Vieques: 4 month stand off between Puerto Rican residents and the US Navy, history of resistance on Vieques and the living/environmental conditions.