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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.

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Work to Abolish all Control Units: Commemorate 10 Years of the Lockdown at Marion Work to Abolish all Control Units: Commemorate 10 Years of the Lockdown at Marion
Publisher: National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War; Prison Actions Committee; Committee to End the Marion LockdownYear: 1993Format: FlyerCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Advertisement on 10/17/1993 conference. Includes information on speakers.
Ka Ho'okolokolonui O Kanaka Maoli Ka Ho'okolokolonui O Kanaka Maoli
Publisher: Pro-Hawaiian Sovereignty Working GroupDate: 8/12/1993Volume Number: August 12-21Format: MonographCollection: Native Americans
The International Peoples' Tribunal-Hawaii- Document encourging people to attend the International People's Tribunal, and information about the colonization of the Hawaiian land.
Feiffer Cartoon Feiffer Cartoon
Publisher: This WorldDate: 4/18/1993Volume Number: 18-AprFormat: EphemeraCollection: Violence Against Women
Political Cartoon.
The Lessons of Marion: The Failure a Maximum Security Prison: A History and Analysis, with Voices of Prisoners The Lessons of Marion: The Failure a Maximum Security Prison: A History and Analysis, with Voices of Prisoners
Publisher: American Friends Service CommitteeYear: 1993Format: PamphletCollection: American Friends Service Committee
1993 ed. Includes introduction to new ed. By Marc Mauer
Pelican Bay Prison Express Pelican Bay Prison Express
Publisher: Pelican Bay Information ProjectYear: 1993Volume Number: Vol. 2-2 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Pelican Bay
Through the Wire Through the Wire
Publisher: Committee to Return Silcvia Baraldini to Italy; National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War and Political PrisonersYear: 1993Format: FlyerCollection: Prisons - Women
Letter to Letter to
Author: Paul SimonPublisher: United States SenateYear: 1993Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Reproduction of letter regarding appearance in sponsoring a conference entitled "American Prison and Sentencing Policy: Developing a National Agenda".
Letter to CEML ATTN: Jerome Gauntlett Letter to CEML ATTN: Jerome Gauntlett
Author: Warden TurnerPublisher: Federal Bureau of PrisonsYear: 1993Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
3/3/1993 Response to 2/14/1993 letter concerning current status of the water supply at US Penitentiary, Marion, Illinoise.
Barbaric Prison Conditions Hit Barbaric Prison Conditions Hit
Publisher: Prarie Fire Organizing CommitteeYear: 1993Volume Number: Vol. 17-1 SpringFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Breakthrough
Editorial: Queer Rights are Human Rights Are Queer Rights p. 1; Telling the World: a Retrospective Look at the Marches, Jewelle Gomez p. 3 - Gay and Puertorriqueno, Carlos Ortiz p. 6 - Ball-busting Feminist Dykes Unite! How the Backlash on Feminism Has Hurt Lesbians, Sally Thomas p. 12 - Voices of People with HIV: Letter to the Dead, Marlon Riggs p. 17 - Unmasking the Epidemic: Women with HIV Speak Out, Women Organized to Resist Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD) p. 22 - Buying Time, Moving Toward the Milennium, Ferd Eggan p. 25 - Lesbian Visions p. 28 - The Choice is Ours: Gays in the Military Michael Job p. 30 - Getting Down and This is Where I Was Born, poems, Chrystos, p. 35 - Fighting Operation Bigotry in Oregon, Suzanne Pharr p. 36 - I Am Your Sister: Blck Women Organizing Across Sexualities, Audre Lorde, p. 40 - Sexual Terror, poem, Tede Matthews p. 44 - Can't Jail the Spirit: Building Bridges, Lin Elliot p. 46 - Free Norma Jean Croy p. 49 - AIDS Wars: DC Jail, Susan Rosenberg p. 50 - Inside Looking Out: Thoughts on the March on Washington, Laura Whitehorn p. 52 - Remember your Sons and Daughters: Prisoner with HIV, Charles W. Perry, CMF-Vacaville p. 54 - Write Through the Walls p. 56
Brough to You by Amerikkka's "Control Units" Brough to You by Amerikkka's "Control Units"
Year: 1993Format: MonographCollection: Control Units
Reproduction of handwritten essay by prisoner