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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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Interview with Paul Halverson Interview with Paul Halverson
Date: 5/15/1974Call Number: KP 257Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Claude MarksProgram: KPFACollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Claude Marks talks with Paul Halverson, friend of Camilla Hall (Gabi) of the Symbionese Liberation Army, regarding the federal grand jury subpoena and the FBI. Discusses grand jury investigation as a way of attacking the left and suspending constitutional rights.
KPFA Memorial for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) KPFA Memorial for the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Date: 5/25/1974Call Number: KP 258Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProgram: KPFACollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Interview from the community, overview of shoot out in LA. Sound clips from rally on May 23, 1974 in San Francisco
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique from Kabrela 5/25/1974 Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique from Kabrela 5/25/1974
Date: 5/24/1974Call Number: KP 259Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: SLACollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Kabrela speaks to the expansion of combat unit operations after the raid of a Los Angeles home that left 6 SLA dead.
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique 6/7/1974 Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique 6/7/1974
Date: 6/7/1974Call Number: KP 260Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
SLA response to ambush in Los Angeles when Fahizah (Nancy Ling Perry), General Gelina (Angela Atwood), Cujo (Willie Wolfe), Cinque (Donald DeFreeze), Zoya (Patricia Soltysik), Gabi (Camilla Hall) died. Voices of Tania, Teko, and Yolanda.
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique 9/24/1975 Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communique 9/24/1975
Date: 9/24/1975Call Number: KP 261Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: SLACollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Yolanda aka Emily Harris, discusses government money being spent to find the SLA and the team of male lawyers surrounding Tania aka Patty Hearst attempting to destroy her sense of self-determination. Further discussion of the importance of solidarity of women in struggle, conditions in Southeast Asia and recent execution of freedom fighters in Spain by US backed fascist entities.
Interview with Paul Halverson Interview with Paul Halverson
Date: 5/15/1974Call Number: CD 560Format: CDProducers: Claude MarksProgram: KPFACollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Claude Marks talks with Paul Halverson, friend of Camilla Hall (Gabi) of the Symbionese Liberation Army, regarding the federal grand jury subpoena and the FBI. Discusses grand jury investigation as a way of attacking the left and suspending constitutional rights.
Communiques from Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiques from Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Call Number: CD 561Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Communiques from SLA soon after the kidnapping of Patty Hearst.
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiques and News Reports Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiques and News Reports
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: CD 562Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Communiques and news reports on the SLA.
KPFA news reports and Patty Hearst communique KPFA news reports and Patty Hearst communique
Call Number: CD 564Format: CDProducers: KPFACollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
KPFA Radio report on the SLA. Anchor reads demands of SLA shortly after the kidnapping of Patty Hearst.
Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiques (6/7/1974 & unknown date) Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) Communiques (6/7/1974 & unknown date)
Date: 6/7/1974Call Number: CD 569Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
In response to SLA ambush in Los Angeles that left six members dead.