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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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Hassidism and the Route to Jerusalem: Menuhin Hassidism and the Route to Jerusalem: Menuhin
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CE 018Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Hassidism and the Route to Jerusalem: MenuhinCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Moshe Menuhin describes cultural context of Hassidic Jewish community in southern Russia near end of 19th century, and his family's move to Ottoman-ruled Palestine in 1904.
Interview with Mohammed Yusef Sadiq Interview with Mohammed Yusef Sadiq
Date: 10/1/1971Call Number: CE 021Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Interview with Mohammed Yusef SadiqCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Mohammed Yusef Sadiq, Palestinian-Israeli playwright imprisoned for 2 years. Childhood, poor family. Analyzes impact of Zionism on school system. At University, wrote a play with Jewish friend on oppression in different parts of world. They performed it one time; he was arrested the next day (allegedly for crossing the border in Jordan, which was untrue). Held for two years. Detailed account.
Irish Soldiers Executed in Lebanon Irish Soldiers Executed in Lebanon
Call Number: CE 153Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About two disarmed Irish UNIFIL soldiers being executed by an Israeli-supported private army. Includes background information on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Israel's roots in right-wing terrorism, and references to an interview with Mary Carac of the World Lebanese Cultural Union.
Abba Eban - Moshe Dayan - Rabbi Joseph Glaser Abba Eban - Moshe Dayan - Rabbi Joseph Glaser
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 154Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: NBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Meet the Press - Israeli Deputy Prime Minister on UN Security Council intervention, Arab guerilla groups, and borders two years after the Six-Day War. General Moshe Dayan on roles of Russia and the US in Egypt and the greater Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Includes actuality with Israeli Chief of Staff Hein Wales on Russian and US involvement in the Middle East. Rabbi Joseph Glaser asking listeners to organize and support efforts to save children in Biafra.
UN Debate on Middle East UN Debate on Middle East
Date: 1/1/1967Call Number: CE 156Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
From the emergency special session of the UN general assembly featuring a debate between Alexey Kosygin and Lyndon Johnson. Includes recordings of other news broadcasts from anti-Vietnam war protest of Johnson speaking in LA - Reports of refugees crossing the Allenby Bridge into Jordan after Six-Day War - NBC Interview with Abba Eban on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict.
Nadim Zaru - Mayor of Ramallah in Exile Nadim Zaru - Mayor of Ramallah in Exile
Date: 10/29/1969Call Number: CE 167Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Describes how Israeli authorities jailed him for four days and forced him into exile in Jordan. Includes description of Ramallah during the 1967 Six-Day War (IDF looting businesses and hotels). Also Israeli demolition of Arab homes, torture in Israeli prisons in West Bank, and accounts of a visit from Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan to Ramallah.
Rev. Fuller in Jordan - Atallah Douani - Bahran Toubeh Rev. Fuller in Jordan - Atallah Douani - Bahran Toubeh
Date: 10/29/1969Call Number: CE 168Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Reverend Fuller and his wife describe Israeli atrocities committed against Arabs in massive bombing campaigns in Jordan. Descriptions of farms in the Jordan Valley being mined, farmers murdered by snipers from Israeli side of Jordan river, napalm used on forests and orchards, no military targets. Attalah Douani, professor of architecture, describes the October 25 Israeli bombing of Amman near the University of Amman. UN Official Bahran Toubeh, working in Jordan for the UN Developmental Project on Dryland Farming recounts the October 25 attack on Amman where his and his neighbors' homes were bombed.
Reverend Frances Fuller Reverend Frances Fuller
Date: 10/29/1969Call Number: CE 169Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About the 1966 Israeli bombing of Es Sammu village in Jordan - killed most in village, destroyed all homes, and was said by Israelis to be a message of warning to Saudi Arabia.
Israeli murder of Warden of the Garden Tomb Israeli murder of Warden of the Garden Tomb
Date: 10/29/1969Call Number: CE 170Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Lillian Mattar Patey, daughter of Solomon John Mattar (the warden of the Garden Tomb), describes how Israeli officials one morning knocked on her father's door and machine-gunned him to death.
Israeli Occupation Israeli Occupation
Date: 6/8/1970Call Number: CE 175Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Israeli OccupationCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Accounts of atrocities committed against Arabs, Christians, and Palestinians since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1948. Includes graphic descriptions of torture in Israeli prisons, mass arrests of Arab men, collective punishment of Arab villages, demolition of homes, curfews in occupied territories, IDF looting private homes and businesses, Israeli refusal to allow humanitarian aid into refugee camps and occupied zones, indiscriminate killings, bombings of villages.