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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.
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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Mario Cuellar of the FMLN Mario Cuellar of the FMLN
Date: 2/19/1993Call Number: CV 179AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Mario Cuellar, of the FMLN youth component, discusses the direction of El Salvador and the FMLN in the aftermath of the civil war. Cuellar optimistically reflects on the moment of peace, openness, and reconciliation that he awaits in the coming years also the importance of progressive politics improving life for the youth.
La Guerra En El Golfo Persico La Guerra En El Golfo Persico
Date: 3/5/1991Call Number: CV 215Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Panel at Modern Times on the Persian Gulf War and Latin American perspectives. The panel is led by Argentinian economist Enrique Mario Asis and includes Edwin Rodriguez, director of the Centro para Refugiados Centroamericanos (CARECEN), Mexican author Sara Levi Calderon, and Guatemalan prfessor and novelist Arturo Arias. The panel discusses the US military-industrial complex and the impetus for war. Edwin Rodriquez discusses how war in the middle east impacts El Salvador. Levi Calderon discusses the role of the left and the mass media. Arias talks about the historical and political impact of US intervention role in undermining the regional sovereignty and the stability of Latin America.
Speeches on Race and Immigration (Part 2) Speeches on Race and Immigration (Part 2)
Call Number: CD 606Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Speeches from a Vietnamese-American, Mayan-Guatemalan, Japanese-American and an El Salvadoran on racism and immigration experiences in the United States. Copy of SS 034B
Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (CDHES) Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (CDHES)
Date: 12/4/1987Call Number: CV 217BFormat: Cass BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Oscar Hernandez, from the CDHES, is about human rights abuses during the Salvadoran Civil War of the 1980's. He speaks about political persecution, death squads, torture, disappearances and assassination as well as US support of the Salvadoran military.
Fruits of War Fruits of War
Date: 1/1/2007Call Number: CD 637Format: DVDProducers: Josiah Hooper - The Rake ProductionsCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Tells the stories of members of Mara Salvatrucha (MS 13) and 18th Street gangs after they were deported from the US to El Salvador. Follows four young men as they transition from gang members to deportees, and ultimately into activists.
Let the People Speak Let the People Speak
Date: 2/1/1986Call Number: V 359Format: VHSProducers: Trella LaughlinCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Photos and testimonies from Co-madres and Let the People Speak in solidarity against disappeared activists.
Chile Event at Glide, Part 1 Chile Event at Glide, Part 1
Date: 10/1/1973Call Number: CD 647Format: CDProducers: Stan JohnstonProgram: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Poetry reading in protest of the Chilean coup at Glide memorial Church bringing together poets in protest. First public assembly condemning the events of September 11, 1973. Dolby Stereo - Decoded A Dolby
Chile Event at Glide, Part 2 Chile Event at Glide, Part 2
Date: 10/1/1973Call Number: CD 648Format: CDProducers: Stan JohnstonProgram: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Poetry reading in protest of the Chilean coup at Glide memorial Church bringing together poets in protest. First public assembly condemning the events of September 11, 1973. Dolby Stereo - Dolby A Decoded
South Africa and Central America Reports South Africa and Central America Reports
Date: 11/12/1977Call Number: FI 094Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber Dreher, Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Report on South Africa economic measures on "war footing." El Salvador anti-government occupation and Guatemala elections, repression and resistance.
El Salvador 1989 El Salvador 1989
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 022Format: CassetteProducers: Judy GerberProgram: A Defiant HeartCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
News of continual violence and government repression in El Salvador between during the months of December 1989 and January 1990 and following the FMLN offensive of November 11th. News from El Salvador taken from “El Salvador Online,” funded by Washington Center For Central American Studies.