Independent Collections
These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.
Documents
![Children in the Anti-Nazi Resistance](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 024Format: CassetteProducers: Canadian BroadcastingProgram: KALWCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About children who took part in the partisan resistance to the Nazis, with interviews of the children, now adult, on their experiences as fighters, couriers, etc.
![South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and Brazil Liberation Interviews](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Mishek Myongo, a Vice-President of SWAPO, on armed struggle in Namibia. Miguel Arrias of Brazil, former governor of Pernambuco state, now spokesman for Brazilian Information Front.
![The Mad Mitfords: A Family Portrait - Parts 1 & 2](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 027Format: CassetteProducers: Colin Edwards for CBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Conversation with Jessica Mitford about her eccentric family, which she portrayed in her recent book
"Daughters and Rebels." Describes her ideological clashes with her
sisters Unity, a friend and devotee of Adolph Hitler, and Diana, now the wife of the British Fascist leader. Sir Oswold Mosely, and describes her father and mother, Lord and Lady Redesdale.
![The Mad Mitfords: A Family Portrait - Part 3](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 028Format: CassetteProducers: Colin Edwards for CBCCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Conversation with Jessica Mitford about her eccentric family, which she portrayed in her recent book
"Daughters and Rebels." Describes her ideological clashes with her
sisters Unity, a friend and devotee of Adolph Hitler, and Diana, now the wife of the British Fascist leader. Sir Oswald Mosely, and describes her father and mother, Lord and Lady Redesdale.
![Scottish Border Ballads](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 029Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Scottish Border BalladsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Scottish actor John Laurie reads 14 ballads associated with English-Scottish border country, important in development of poetic form, dramatic characterization, and storytelling in the English language.
![Robert Burns Poetry](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 030Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Robert Burns PoetryCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Scottish actor John Laurie reads from the works of Robert Burns.
![Northern Ireland](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1981Call Number: CE 031Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Northern Ireland: Colin Edwards Audition TapeCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interviews on situation in Northern Ireland, two with former military, one from Northern Ireland Veterans Against the War, then a retired British General, now professor, who is expert in urban guerrilla warfare, then a former BBC journalist who covered war in Belfast.
![Rediscovered Welsh Folk Songs](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Call Number: CE 032Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Rediscovered Welsh Folk SongsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Welsh folk songs explained and sung by folklorist Elizabeth Lloyd Evans.
![Huey Newton - 2nd trial set](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/7/1968Call Number: CE 051Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The day a new trial date is set for Huey Newton (May 6, 1968). Interviews at Alameda County Courthouse with Charles Garry, Newton's attorney: with his sister, Leola Carr and fiancee, Laverne Williams who talk about Huey's life and character.
![Huey Newton - 2nd trial set](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/7/1968Call Number: CE 052Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
The day a new trial date is set for Huey Newton (May 6, 1968). Interviews at Alameda County Courthouse with Charles Garry, Newton's attorney: with his sister, Leola Carr and fiancee, Laverne Williams who talk about Huey's life and character.