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

War Escalated! North Vietnam Blockaded War Escalated! North Vietnam Blockaded
Publisher: The Bay Area April 22nd CoalitionFormat: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Rally in San Francisco.
The Oil Companies & Indochina: Thirty Year Oil Leases Mean Thirty Years War The Oil Companies & Indochina: Thirty Year Oil Leases Mean Thirty Years War
Format: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Flyer about big oil companies investment in the Vietnam War
Noe Valley Community Forum on Vietnam Noe Valley Community Forum on Vietnam
Publisher: Noe Valley Community ForumFormat: FlyerCollection: Vietnam
Community Event in Support of the Vietnamese 7 Point Peace Plan
Olive-Drab Rebels and Harass the Brass Compilation Olive-Drab Rebels and Harass the Brass Compilation
Authors: Matthew Rinaldi and Kevin KearingPublisher: Firestarter PressYear: 2004Format: MonographCollection: Vietnam
Harass the Brass: Some Notes Toward the Subversion of the US Armed Forces by Kevin Keating and Olive-Drabed Rebels: Military Organizing During the Vietnam Era by Matthew Rinaldi (Taken from Radical America, Vol. 8-3, 1974)
Winter Soldier Winter Soldier
Publisher: Vietnam Veterans Against The War/Winter Soldier OrganizationYear: 1973Volume Number: Vol. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Vietnam
Cover Story: Live the American Revolution, Come to Gainesville
Fatigue Press Fatigue Press
Publisher: The Fatigue PressYear: 1971Volume Number: Issue 32 AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Vietnam
Cover Story: Harvey and Priest Must be Set Free
Now Hear This! Now Hear This!
Publisher: Movement for a Democratic MilitaryVolume Number: Vol. 1-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Vietnam
Formerly "Out Now". Articles focus on anti-war activities within the US military and critical analysis of US militarism.
Out Now! Out Now!
Publisher: Movement for a Democratic MilitaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Vietnam
Articles focus on anti-war activities within the US military and critical analysis of US militarism.
Vietnam Victory in Berkeley Vietnam Victory in Berkeley
Publisher: The Freedom ArchivesFormat: mp3Collection: Vietnam
This clip is a compilation of various peoples reactions to the Fall of Saigon and the victory of the North Vietnamese.
Point of Production Point of Production
Publisher: Black Workers CongressYear: 1972Volume Number: No. 2 JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: League of Revolutionary Black Workers