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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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The Archives of Freedom - 3 The Archives of Freedom - 3
Date: 7/12/1986Call Number: FI 193Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Rebroadcast with new introduction of the August 4, 1973 program (The Real Dragon with Lincoln Bergman and Claude Marks) with news and actuality on Hiroshima, Indochina, Watergate break-in, prison rebellions, GI resistance, and repeated theme of Richard Helms on "breaking and entering." Revolutionary song by active-duty GIs closes the show.
The Pete Seeger Show - 9 The Pete Seeger Show - 9
Date: 11/14/1987Call Number: FI 211Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln Bergman, Emiliano EcheverriaProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Features music against the war in Vietnam and historical material on the Oakland 7 and Stop the Draft Week in Oakland, 1967.
Town Meeting of the World - Vietnam Town Meeting of the World - Vietnam
Date: 5/3/1965Call Number: CE 549Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: CBS, BBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Charles Collingwood, hosts a discussion with British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart, US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, former British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, US Senator Barry Goldwater, and Maurice Schumann, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the French National Assembly. The group discusses the nature of a possible peace settlement in Vietnam and the nature of peace negotiations versus the escalation of conflict between the United States, Europe, China and Vietnam. The group refers to the Geneva Convention of 1954 and the Neutrality of Laos agreement signed in Geneva in 1962.
Vietnam US Official Statements Vietnam US Official Statements
Call Number: CE 550Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
US official statements addressing and responding to criticisms of US involvement in Vietnam and questions on peace negotiations. 1 - LBJ at Johns Hopkins justifying the bombing campaigns in Vietnam 2 - LBJ at the White House 3 - Dean Rusk responds to questions concerning the Vietnam war at a press conference 4 - LBJ responds to questions concerning the Vietnam war at a press conference 5 - Nixon states his support for the presence of American troops in Vietnam
Lyndon B Johnson: Address To The Nation Lyndon B Johnson: Address To The Nation
Date: 3/31/1968Call Number: CE 551Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Johnson calls for the “substantial reduction” of violence in North Vietnam by restricting the bombing to “90 percent of North Vietnam,” with the demands to begin the process towards peace through serious discussion and negotiation with Hanoi. The bombings will not cease completely until discussions begin. Johnson states that the US will send 600,000 men to assist the soldiers of South Vietnam and calls for Congress’ involvement in supporting the economic and political implications of the war in Vietnam. He reports his decision to not run for reelection.
The New Left and Vietnam: Part 1 The New Left and Vietnam: Part 1
Date: 11/20/1965Call Number: CE 552Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The Vietnam Day Committee organized an anti-Vietnam rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland. 10,000-15,000 attended the rally to hear speakers Dan Haley of the Young Democrats, war veteran Don Duncan, and Robert Sheer, editor-in-chief of Ramparts magazine.
The New Left and Vietnam: Part 2 The New Left and Vietnam: Part 2
Date: 11/20/1965Call Number: CE 553Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: KPFACollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The Vietnam Day Committee organized an anti-Vietnam rally at DeFremery Park in Oakland. 10,000-15,000 attended the rally to hear speakers Dan Haley of the Young Democrats, war veteran Don Duncan, and Robert Sheer, editor-in-chief of Ramparts magazine.
NY Times Interviews Harrison Salisbury NY Times Interviews Harrison Salisbury
Date: 1/18/1967Call Number: CE 554Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: NY Times, National Education NetworkProgram: News In PersepctiveCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A New York Times and National Education Network interview with Harrison Salisbury. Salisbury was the first American journalist to report from Hanoi, North Vietnam in 1966 after the US bombing of Vietnam. His accounts, detailing the damage of the bombing in North Vietnam, US military presence in Vietnam and the resistance of the Vietnamese people, was met with criticism by US officials, who called Salisbury’s report “careless, erratic and without meaning.”
Tran Van Dinh Interview 1 Tran Van Dinh Interview 1
Call Number: CE 555Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Tran Van Dinh, American-Vietnamese diplomat, speaks on the conflict in Vietnam. He is critical of the US military presence in Vietnam and their failure in providing peace for the Vietnamese people.
Tran Van Dinh Interview 2 Tran Van Dinh Interview 2
Call Number: CE 556Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
A short interview with Tran Van Dinh discussing the Hoa Hao and the Viet Nam Democratic Socialist Party