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.

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Off Our Backs: A Women's Newsjournal Off Our Backs: A Women's Newsjournal
Publisher: Off Our Backs CollectiveYear: 1991Volume Number: Vol. 21-3 MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Cover Story: International Women's Day Match 8; Inside this Issue: "Reflections from a Promised Land"; "London Women's Conference on the Gulf Crisis"; "Sino-American Conference on Women's Issues"; "Rape: New Laws and Services in Mexico"; "An American in West Germany or: Did Lesbians Wear Pink Triangles?"; "On the Socialist Origins of International Women's Day"; more
Through the Looking Glass: A Women's and Children's Prison Newsletter Through the Looking Glass: A Women's and Children's Prison Newsletter
Publisher: Through the Looking GlassVolume Number: Vol. 2-10 DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Updates: more drugs, sexism, Vancouver; Inside this Issue: Rita Brown; "Chemical Chains - Who makes the $?"; "So who are they anyway?" (the George Jackson Brigade); Latin American prisoners; more
The Rallyer The Rallyer
Publisher: The RallyerYear: 1991Volume Number: No. 2 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Inside this Issue: A day to resist, a day to mourn; wall of women; vital drug banned; more.
NACLA Report On The Americas NACLA Report On The Americas
Publisher: The North American Congress On Latin AmericaYear: 1997Volume Number: Vol. 30-5 March-AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: NACLA
The Dominican Republic After The Caudillos. Plus Gay Rights in Latin American; Anniversary Essay on Religion
The Other Side of Sexual Assault: When a Woman is Raped by a Woman The Other Side of Sexual Assault: When a Woman is Raped by a Woman
Author: Victoria A. BrownworthPublisher: San Francisco Bay TimesDate: 8/1991Volume Number: AugustFormat: ArticleCollection: Violence Against Women
Original Article
Lesbian Consciousness and Male Violence Lesbian Consciousness and Male Violence
Author: Denslow tregarthen BrownPublisher: Fight Back!Format: ArticleCollection: Violence Against Women
Reproduction of original article.
Confronting Racism in Women's Community Confronting Racism in Women's Community
Author: Annie Laurie GaylorPublisher: Feminist ConnectionDate: 12/1983Volume Number: DecemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Violence Against Women
Original Article
Queer, Ain't It? Queer, Ain't It?
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeFormat: CompilationCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
A collection of writings from Prairie Fire Organizing Committee on AIDS and the liberation of women, lesbians and gay men.
Gay Liberation- 1981 What are we fighting for? Gay Liberation- 1981 What are we fighting for?
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Format: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
statement on whether the LBGTQ community can work within the system for liberation.
Stop the Attacks- Lesbians- Fight Back! Stop the Attacks- Lesbians- Fight Back!
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1981Format: FlyerCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Information on the Family Protection Act, the Moral Majority and its threat to LGBTQ liberation.