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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.

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Public Enema - camera original 1 Public Enema - camera original 1
Date: 10/30/1990Call Number: V 297Format: UmaticProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Footage shot for short documentary, Public Enema, in the streets of Pittsbugh, PA.
Public Enema - camera original 2 Public Enema - camera original 2
Date: 10/30/1990Call Number: V 298Format: UmaticProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Footage shot for short documentary, Public Enema, in the streets of Pittsbugh, PA.
Public Enema Public Enema
Date: 11/13/1990Call Number: V 299Format: UmaticProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A short documentary about youth who clandestinely post political art throughout Pittsburgh, PA. The creative works are photocopied and distributed to challenge people's thinking about art and politics. Produced by Claude Marks (then living as Greg Peters while he was living underground and as a fugitive), with Paul Martello and Ping.
Public Enema Public Enema
Date: 11/13/1990Call Number: V 300Format: UmaticProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A short documentary about youth who clandestinely post political art throughout Pittsburgh, PA. The creative works are photocopied and distributed to challenge people's thinking about art and politics. Produced by Claude Marks (then living as Greg Peters while he was living underground and as a fugitive), with Paul Martello and Ping.
Public Enema - digital Public Enema - digital
Date: 11/13/1990Call Number: V 301Format: Mini DVProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A short documentary about youth who clandestinely post political art throughout Pittsburgh, PA. The creative works are photocopied and distributed to challenge people's thinking about art and politics. Produced by Claude Marks (then living as Greg Peters while he was living underground and as a fugitive), with Paul Martello and Ping. Digital of Camera Original 1, Master and copy
Public Enema Public Enema
Date: 11/13/1990Call Number: V 303Format: UmaticProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A short documentary about youth who clandestinely post political art throughout Pittsburgh, PA. The creative works are photocopied and distributed to challenge people's thinking about art and politics. Produced by Claude Marks (then living as Greg Peters while he was living underground and as a fugitive), with Paul Martello and Ping.
Public Enema Public Enema
Date: 11/13/1990Call Number: V 304Format: Mini DVProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
A short documentary about youth who clandestinely post political art throughout Pittsburgh, PA. The creative works are photocopied and distributed to challenge people's thinking about art and politics. Produced by Claude Marks (then living as Greg Peters while he was living underground and as a fugitive), with Paul Martello and Ping.
Public Enema - Digital Public Enema - Digital
Date: 10/30/1990Call Number: V 304Format: Mini DVProducers: Claude MarksCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Digital of Dub Digital of Camera Original 2
Limericks and Songs of War, Peace, and the Middle East Limericks and Songs of War, Peace, and the Middle East
Date: 9/29/1990Call Number: FI 019Format: Cass A & BProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Poems and music such as "Blues for Palestine" "What's Going On?" and "Fragile." Speks against US involvement in the Middle East and the blind faith and ignorance of Americans as to the real issues surrounding it. Features performer, Owen Davis, "conga drums for social change" in an autobiographical call for massive social change at home and abroad.
200 Years of the Penitentiary 200 Years of the Penitentiary
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: PM 282Format: Cass A & BProducers: Robert Foxworth; Jeff HansonProgram: American Dialogues; Second OpinionCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Starting on the B side with American Dialogues, Linda Thurston of the American Friends Service Committee discusses the 200 Years of the Penitentiary project and the war on drugs. Second Opinion with Erwin Knoll features an interview with Brian Glick, author of 'War at Home: Covert Action Against U.S. Activists and What We Can Do About It' (continues onto A side). A side also includes a news program discussing the Iran-Contra affair and the war on drugs.