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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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Poetry by Elias Hruska-Cortes Poetry by Elias Hruska-Cortes
Date: 8/8/1973Call Number: CD 371Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Several poems written and read by Elias Hruska- Cortes, recorded in the San Francisco studio of Comunicacion Aztlan, “The Barn”. Same as CAA 065 and CAA 066.
Poetry By Avotja Jiltonibro and Poetry and Interview with Dorinda Moreno Poetry By Avotja Jiltonibro and Poetry and Interview with Dorinda Moreno
Date: 10/19/1972Call Number: CD 372Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Six poems written and read by poet Avotja Jiltonibro and interview with and poems by Dorinda Moreno. Same as CAA 044 and CAA 045
Festival del Sexto Sol: SFState Gallery Lounge #2 Festival del Sexto Sol: SFState Gallery Lounge #2
Date: 4/1/1974Call Number: CAA 016Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Live poetry reading, includes: Roberto Vargas. Alejandro Murguia, Raul Salinas, Alurista and his music group. Same as CD 378.
Festival del Sexto Sol: Palace of Fine Arts, #1 Festival del Sexto Sol: Palace of Fine Arts, #1
Date: 3/31/1974Call Number: CAA 017Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Live poetry reading, includes: Natalia Rivas, Janice Mirikatani, David Henderson. Same as CD 378.
Festival del Sexto Sol: Palace of Fine Arts, #2 Festival del Sexto Sol: Palace of Fine Arts, #2
Date: 3/31/1974Call Number: CAA 018Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Live poetry reading, includes: Nina Serrano accompanied on guitar by Philip Serrano, Philip Serrano sings orignal Allende Song, Alejandro Murguia, reading from novel: “Summer of Vera Cruz” in 3 languages, Fernando Alegria accompnied by Alurista, Victor Hernandez Cruz reads a two-part poem. Second part is cut off. Complete tape is same as CD 376 and part of it is repeated on CD 378.
Chicana Poetry From KBBF Chicana Poetry From KBBF
Call Number: CAA 019Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poetry by Marta Bustamonte, and Alejandra Delgadillo. Both groups of poems read by Marta Bustamonte. Same as CD 376.
Festival del Sexto Sol: SF State Gallery Lounge #1 Festival del Sexto Sol: SF State Gallery Lounge #1
Date: 4/1/1974Call Number: CAA 015Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: CACollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poets: Alurista, Pamela Donnegan, Carmen Olivares, David Romero, Raul Salinas, Alejandro Murguia, Miquel Pinero, Natalia Rivas.
Festival del Sexto Sol Report Festival del Sexto Sol Report
Date: 3/1/1974Call Number: CAA 020Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion Atzlan; Lilian del Sol, and Andres AlegriaProgram: Refleciones de la RazaCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
This program contains music documenting the Festival del Sexto Sol, narrated by Lilian del Sol. Poets include: Fernando Alegria, Nina Serrano, Elias Hruska-Cortes, Alejandro Murguia, Raul Salinas, Miquel Algarin, Miquel Pinero, and Alurista accompanied by Juan Felipe Herrera, and Roberto Vargas.
Festival del Sexto Sol ( A) Festival del Sexto Sol ( A)
Date: 3/1/1974Call Number: CAA 021Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Festival del Sexto Sol poetry reading with Roberto Vargas as the MC. Poets include: Raul Salinas, and Dorinda Moreno and her daughter Cynthia accompanies her on guitar and sings her original song.
Pedro Pietri Reads Pancho Cruz’s Prison Poetry Pedro Pietri Reads Pancho Cruz’s Prison Poetry
Call Number: CAA 117Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AtzlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Pedro Pietri reads Nuyorican Pancho Cruz’s prison poems. Cruz was a prisoner in NYC, recorded in 1971. Same as CD 385.