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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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Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Date: 12/12/1971Call Number: CAA 121Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Puerto Rrcan borrn poets Rafael Ramirez, Orlando Otriz, and Bin Rivas, read thier poetry with music. Same as CD 385.
Pedro Pietri Pedro Pietri
Call Number: CAA 118Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Pedro Pietri reads his poems. Recorded at an event for Malcolm X. Same as CD 385.
Rodrigo Reyes reads the poetry of Luis Talamantez Rodrigo Reyes reads the poetry of Luis Talamantez
Date: 10/25/1972Call Number: CAA 108Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Two poems of Luis Talamantez of the San Quentin Six - “Un Lamento” and “Al Pueblo-For Juan Corona.” Same as CD 384
Luis Talamantez poem Luis Talamantez poem
Date: 9/13/1973Call Number: CAA 109Format: 1/4 15 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Ruben Ruybal reads a poem of Luis Talamantez, with Phil Serrano on guitar. “Juan Lopez Caballos.” Same as CD 384
Cayetano Nani reads his poetry Cayetano Nani reads his poetry
Date: 2/15/1973Call Number: CAA 124Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanProgram: RefleccionesCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Cayetano Nani, an organizer of the UFW, reads his poetry. Rodrigo Reyes translates. Untitled poems deal with the personalities of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, the life and struggles of the campesino. Same as CD 384.
Poems of Roberto Vargas (1971-1974) Poems of Roberto Vargas (1971-1974)
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: CAA 001Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poems read and written by Roberto Vargas, recorded at Longshoremen’s Hall in San Francisco 2/18/1972; November 1972 at the Mission Community Organization Convention; Dover Hall in San Francisco 9/13/1973; Kpfa 3/15/72. 1-Homanaje al Tercer Mundo 2-Howard Hughes 3-It Seems 4-They Blamed It On Reds 5-Sketches 6-Canto Pa Allende 7-Carta/Poema A Cardenal 8-Sketches Also a song perfomed by Osvaldo Ocassio and Nero De Graza “Libertad Con Guaguanco” Same as CD 386
City Lights Poetry Reading City Lights Poetry Reading
Date: 3/15/1972Call Number: CD 393Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Original unedited poetry reading by Victor Hernandez Cruz, and Jose Revueltas at City Lights Bookstore. Fernando Alegria introduces Jose Revuelta Revueltas reads in Spanish. Roberto Vargas introduces Victor Hernandez Cruz. Cruz reads in English and Spanish and Spanglish Same as CAA 008
Rodrigo Reyes reads the poetry of Luis Talamantez Reube Ruybal reads Luis Talamantez poem Cayetano Nani reads his poetry Rodrigo Reyes reads the poetry of Luis Talamantez Reube Ruybal reads Luis Talamantez poem Cayetano Nani reads his poetry
Date: 2/15/1973Call Number: CD 384Format: CDProducers: Comunicacion AztlanProgram: ReflexionesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Two poems of Luis Talamantez of the San Quentin Six - “Un Lamento” and “Al Pueblo-For Juan Corona.” Same as CAA 108 Ruben Ruybal reads a poem of Luis Talamantez, with Phil Serrano on guitar. “Juan Lopez Caballos.” Same as CAA 109 Cayetano Nani, an organizer of the UFW, reads his poetry. Rodrigo Reyes provides some English translation for his poems. Titles for the five poems are not given; however, they deal with the personalities of Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, the life and struggles of the campesino. Same as CAA 124.
El Festival Del Sexto Sol - Part 2 El Festival Del Sexto Sol - Part 2
Date: 7/3/1974Call Number: CD 392Format: CDProducers: Andres Alegria, Nina SerranoProgram: RefleccionesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
First Chicano/Latino Encuentro held at Stanford in 1974. Poetry from the historic conference that includes: Nina Serrano, Alejandro Murguia, Carmen Olivares, Fernando Alegria,Pamela Donnegan, Jose Montoya, Dorinda Moreno,Roberto Vargas, Victor Hernandez Cruz and Arturo Madrid. Same as CAA 009
Against Contra Aid Against Contra Aid
Date: 3/14/1986Call Number: CD 394Format: CDProducers: Emiiiano Echeverria, Nina SerranoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A radio broadcast of poetry against Contra aid to Nicaragua. Intro and outro louder than rest of tape. A poetry reading by Roberto Vargas, Vida Luz Meneses, Victor Hernandez Cruz, David Henderson, & Janice Mirikitani. Translations read by Nina Serrano. MC, Alejandro Murguia Same as CAA 010