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

Vietnam A Thousand Years of Struggle Vietnam A Thousand Years of Struggle
Author: Terry CannonPublisher: Peoples PressYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Vietnam
A thousand year history of Vietnam, focusing on resistance against foreign invaders.
Vu Ngoc Nha- Spied on South Vietnamese Vu Ngoc Nha- Spied on South Vietnamese
Author: David StoutPublisher: New York TimesDate: 8/13/2002Volume Number: 13-AugFormat: ArticleCollection: Vietnam
News clipping.
Twenty Five Years Ago and Today Twenty Five Years Ago and Today
Author: Jay MooreDate: 5/24/2000Volume Number: 24-MayFormat: ArticleCollection: Vietnam
Reproduction of original article.
The day the movement cried for joy The day the movement cried for joy
Author: Jack A. SmithPublisher: Workers World News ServiceDate: 4/30/1975Volume Number: 30-AprFormat: ArticleCollection: Vietnam
Reproduction of original article.
Vietnam: Whose Victory? Whose Defeat? Vietnam: Whose Victory? Whose Defeat?
Publisher: People's PressYear: 1975Format: PamphletCollection: Vietnam
Articles include Ending the War, A Peoples Victory; Life in Indpendent Vietnam, Photo Essay; Vietnam and the US Economy; more.
The War Bulletin The War Bulletin
Publisher: Waller PressYear: 1972Volume Number: No. 12 June 29Format: PeriodicalCollection: Vietnam
Articles include key Saigon Units Face Collapse, Why North Vietnam is Optimistic, Interview in Hanoi, News Bulletins, Anti-War Resources, more.
The War Bulletin Special Issue: Bombing the Dikes The War Bulletin Special Issue: Bombing the Dikes
Publisher: Waller PressDate: 8/1972Volume Number: AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Vietnam
Articles include Deliberate Bombing Charged, Nixon Fears World Opinion; Population Mobilizes to Repair Dikes; N. Vietnam Dikes: 4000 Year Struggle Against Floods; more.
Dump Thieu In '72 Sticker Dump Thieu In '72 Sticker
Year: 1972Format: EphemeraCollection: Vietnam
Bumper Stickers.
Rice Fields: Resound With Song and Bombs Rice Fields: Resound With Song and Bombs
Author: Nancy KurshanDate: 1/2013Volume Number: JanuaryFormat: MonographCollection: Vietnam
Remembrance of a May 1970 trip to North Vietnam.
Eleven Poems of Political Prisoners Eleven Poems of Political Prisoners
Publisher: Union of Vietnamese in The U.S.Year: 1973Format: MonographCollection: Vietnam
Contents: Introduction, A Comrade (Minh Duc); Story of Sister Ut Van (Hoang Trung Thong); To a Newly-Born Fellow Inmate (Vo Que); A Babys Crys in Jail (Anonymous); Lesson of Prison (Vo Que); Lesson of Our Motherland (Dam San); The Water Drips Inside the Graves (Nguyen Dan Trung); The Cries of Hate from the Nine-Pit Hell (Nguyen Dan Trung); When We Rise Up (Anonymous); Sing Again (Anonymous); The Rising Sun (Anonymous); Indomitable (Nguyen Duc Thuan).