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

The Highest Example of Heroism The Highest Example of Heroism
Authors: Beatriz Allende Bussi and Fidel CastroPublisher: Cuban Book InstituteDate: 10/13/1973Volume Number: 13-OctFormat: MonographCollection: Chile
Speeches by Beatriz Allende (daughter of Salvador Allende) and Fidel Castro at the Rally held to mark the thirteenth anniversary of the Committes for the Defense of the Revolution on September of 1973.
New Chile New Chile
Author: The NACLA Chile ProjectPublisher: North American Congress on Latin AmericaYear: 1972Format: BookCollection: Chile
A reader aimed at acquainting the non-specialist with some of the most important issues surrounding the victory of the Unidad Popular in the 1970 Chilean presidential elections.
New Boundaries No. 5 New Boundaries No. 5
Publisher: New BoundariesVolume Number: No. 5 JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
On Native Peoples: I "Return Indian Land To the Indian People!" . . 1 II Since 1492 .................................. 7 III Marxist Errors on Native Peoples .......... 23 IV The Legacy of Land-Stealing ................ 31 V New Boundaries for Native Peoples ........... 39
The Air War: The Myth of Deescalation The Air War: The Myth of Deescalation
Publisher: The Air War Action CommitteeFormat: PamphletCollection: Vietnam
Pamphlet on the war in Indochina and the U.S. government's use of bombing.
Vietnam Newsletter Vietnam Newsletter
Publisher: The Union of Vietnamese in Canada and The Association of Vietnamese Patriots in the U.S.Volume Number: No. 3 May-June Format: PeriodicalCollection: Vietnam
Contents: Chinese Aggression and Indochina; Interview with Prime Minister Pham Van Dong; Chinese Invasion of Vietnam; Photos of Chinese Destruction in Vietnam; International Solidarity with Vietnam; Special Supplement on Vietnam-China-Kampuchea Relations; Reports from Kampuchea; Film Review of Deerhunter; Canada's Unjustified Expulsion of a Vietnamese Diplomat; more.