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.

Search Results

Mal Waldron Interview Mal Waldron Interview
Date: 6/11/1986Call Number: AS 019Format: Cass A & BProducers: Art SatoProgram: In Your EarCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
International Women's Symposium in Washington, D.C. (1986) International Women's Symposium in Washington, D.C. (1986)
Date: 9/17/1986Call Number: KP 526Format: Cass A & BCollection: General materials
Speeches from women speakers at Washington, D.C. International Women's Symposium on political/womens' issues in South Korea, the Philippines, South Africa, and the Middle East (Palestine). Topics include: national determination in each of these regions; effect of militarization on women in Asia/Pacific; sexual violence and exploitation; more
Madness Network News: A Journal of the Psychiatric Inmates' Liberation Movement Madness Network News: A Journal of the Psychiatric Inmates' Liberation Movement
Publisher: Madness Network News, Inc.Year: 1986Volume Number: Vol. 8-2 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Mental Health
Featured articles include Free All Psychiatric Inmates; Fasting for Freedom; Conference in Washington DC, Incest, Freud and the Movement; A Resolution to Abolish Psychiatric Drugs; Mad Librarian; more.
Liberating Madness Liberating Madness
Author: William PoolePublisher: San Francisco ExaminerDate: 6/29/1986Volume Number: 29-JunFormat: ArticleCollection: Mental Health
Original Article about the anti-psychiatry movement.
The Other Side of Crazy The Other Side of Crazy
Author: Lonny ShavelsonPublisher: East Bay ExpressYear: 1986Volume Number: Vol. 9-5 November 14Format: ArticleCollection: Mental Health
Original Article highlighting people who have been in and out of mental hospitals.
Death to the Klan! Death to the Klan!
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1986Format: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Newspaper of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee
Repression in the Land of the Free Repression in the Land of the Free
Publisher: John Brown Anti-Klan CommitteeYear: 1986Format: PeriodicalCollection: John Brown Anti-Klan Committee (JBAKC)
Articles on police repression
The Brother from Another Planet The Brother from Another Planet
Publisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Flyer advertising the 3/15/1986 spaghetti dinner and showing of the John Sayles film.
Letter to Friends Letter to Friends
Author: Beth BartlettPublisher: Committee to end the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter asking for support 11/20/1986
Open Letter Open Letter
Authors: Daniel Berrigan, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Morton SobellPublisher: Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1986Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Letter to CEML members about 4/18/1986 demonstration and asking for donations, as well as open letter requesting attendance