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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.
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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Arab Deportees from the West Bank - 2 Arab Deportees from the West Bank - 2
Date: 3/4/1971Call Number: CE 418Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews of Palestinians expelled from the West Bank to Jordan. Detailed description of torture in Israeli prisons. Written documentation, including names, backgrounds, and detailed synopsis of all testimony.
Arab Deportees from the West Bank - 3 Arab Deportees from the West Bank - 3
Date: 3/4/1971Call Number: CE 419Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews of Palestinians expelled from the West Bank to Jordan. They speak in Arabic. Detailed description of torture in Israeli prisons. Written documentation, including names, backgrounds, and detailed synopsis of all testimony.
Torture Testimony 1 Torture Testimony 1
Date: 3/4/1971Call Number: CE 420Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Detailed interview with group of Palestinians expelled from West Bank and Gaza on torture they were subjected to and treatment of Palestinian prisoners. In Arabic with English translation.
Torture Report Torture Report
Date: 1/1/1971Call Number: CE 421Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Reports on torture of Palestinians by Israel, including interview with Roman Catholic Bishop of the Latin Patriarchy of the Holy Land and anecdote about Life magazine reporter who disbelieved reports of torture until he witnessed it himself.
Pelican Bay State Prison Pelican Bay State Prison
Date: 1/1/1994Call Number: V 573Format: VHSProducers: Lowell BergmanProgram: 60 Minutes - CBSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
About the inner-workings and procedures of Pelican Bay State Prison, specifically the Security Housing Unit (SHU). Footage of the SHU. Interviews with inmates, most notably Vaughn Dorch, Pelican Bay State Prison guards, and expert doctors and witnesses in the Madrid v. Gomez case - prisoner instigated human rights challenge to isolation and conditions.
Lexington Protest Lexington Protest
Call Number: V 575Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Footage of demonstration outside the Federal Correctional Institution. Posters with photographs of inmates and various statements and speeches. Interview with Attorney Melinda Power. The beginning of the film is B-Roll.
Il Caso Baraldini di Rosalia Polizzi Il Caso Baraldini di Rosalia Polizzi
Date: 1/1/1988Call Number: CD 738Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Italian program about Silivia Baraldini and the fight to close the women's control unit prison in Lexington, Kentucky.
Lexington Female High Security Unit Lexington Female High Security Unit
Call Number: CD 740Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
News clips and short interviews with women at Lexington Control Unit prison - Susan Rosenberg, Silvia Baraldini, Alejandrina Torres.
Dr. Israel Shakah Selections #3 Dr. Israel Shakah Selections #3
Call Number: CE 457Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Parts of interview with Dr. Israel Shahak, head of Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights, discusses torture and terrible mistreatment of Palestinian women prisoners.
Dr. Israel Shakah Selections #4 Dr. Israel Shakah Selections #4
Call Number: CE 458Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Parts of interview with Dr. Israel Shahak, head of Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights, discusses the Mafia in US and Israel.