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

Archbishop Oscar Romero Archbishop Oscar Romero
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesCollection: La Lucha Continua: a talking mural in San Francisco
Oscar romero speaks on involving himself as clergy in the people's struggle.
El Salvador Revista Internacional El Salvador Revista Internacional
Publisher: Frente Farabundo Marti Para La Liberacion NacionalYear: 1981Volume Number: No.4Format: PeriodicalCollection: El Salvador
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El Salvador Platform for the Democratic Revolutionary Government El Salvador Platform for the Democratic Revolutionary Government
Publisher: Frente Democratico RevolucionarioFormat: PamphletCollection: El Salvador
El Salvador Strategies of War Struggles for Peace El Salvador Strategies of War Struggles for Peace
Publisher: San Francsico Committee In Solidarity With The People of El SalvadorFormat: ReportCollection: El Salvador
A report that discusses various aspects of El Salvador before and after the war. Topics range from earthquakes to war strategies.
The War in El Salvador Current Situation and Outlook for The Future. The War in El Salvador Current Situation and Outlook for The Future.
Author: JOAQUIN VILLALOBOSPublisher: Frente Farabundo Marti Para La Liberacion NacionalYear: 1986Format: ArticleCollection: El Salvador
"The war in El Salvador" by Joaquin Villalobos originally appeared in spanish as "El Estado Actual de la Guerra y sus Perspectivas".
Senal de Libertad SIGNAL of FREEDOM Senal de Libertad SIGNAL of FREEDOM
Publisher: Radio VenceremosYear: 1984Volume Number: No.1Format: PeriodicalCollection: El Salvador
FMLN Diplomatic Tour FMLN Diplomatic Tour
Publisher: Frente Farabundo Marti Para La Liberacion NacionalYear: 1989Volume Number: No.4Format: PeriodicalCollection: El Salvador
Reform and Repression U.S POLICY in El Salvador 1950-1981 Reform and Repression U.S POLICY in El Salvador 1950-1981
Authors: Robert Armstrong, Phillip WheatonYear: 1982Format: ReportCollection: El Salvador
You Can Do It Helping to build the New El Salvador You Can Do It Helping to build the New El Salvador
Publisher: New El Salvador TodayYear: 1984Format: ReportCollection: El Salvador
Fundraising Manual for New El Salvador Today
U.S Military Involvement in EL SALVADOR 1947-1980 U.S Military Involvement in EL SALVADOR 1947-1980
Format: MonographCollection: El Salvador