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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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Critical Resistance: United Nation Investigates U.S. Prison for Women Critical Resistance: United Nation Investigates U.S. Prison for Women
Date: 9/26/1998Call Number: SS 027AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
The UN investigation on women in U.S. prisons.
Critical Resistance Conference: Conversations with Women in SF Jail Critical Resistance Conference: Conversations with Women in SF Jail
Date: 9/27/1998Call Number: SS 027BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Conversations with women in San Francisco jail with conference onvideo shown during Critical Resistance Conference.
Interview with Billye Avery Interview with Billye Avery
Call Number: SS 002AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Billye Avery about the National Black Women's Health Project in Atlanta, Georgia.
Interviews with Maria Cecilia Santos and Millie Thayer Interviews with Maria Cecilia Santos and Millie Thayer
Call Number: SS 040BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interviews with Maria Cecilia Santos and Millie Thayer about women in Brazil.
Interview with Joyce Sikakae Interview with Joyce Sikakae
Date: 8/1/1983Call Number: SS 052AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Joyce Sikakae about the fight for independence in South Africa as well as her life as a South African writer and activist.
Interviews with Marcy Arnold, Kimala Nelson, Carmen Griggs and Laura Campell Interviews with Marcy Arnold, Kimala Nelson, Carmen Griggs and Laura Campell
Date: 7/29/1987Call Number: SS 006Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Women Against Racism; Interviews with Marcy Arnold, Kimala Nelson, Carmen Griggs and Laura Campell.
Peace Fair in Zimbabwe Peace Fair in Zimbabwe
Call Number: SS 060AFormat: Cass AProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with a activist from the women's movement in Zimbabwe at the Peace Fair, which commemorates the August 6th, 1945 atomic bomb dropping in Hiroshima. Also discussed: the women's movement and anti-nuclear movement in Zimbabwe. (first 2/3 of the tape is blank and the last 1/3 is the interview)
Nuclear Peace Fair in Zimbabwe Nuclear Peace Fair in Zimbabwe
Call Number: SS 060BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Segments from the Nuclear Peace Fair in Zimbabwe. Includes speeches, a play, music and two interviews with a Craft Co-op artist and Amanda Hammer, who is the planning officer for the Ministry of Community Development and Women's Affairs.
Zimbabwe Chrome Mine Zimbabwe Chrome Mine
Call Number: SS 061Format: CassetteProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interviews with local people working in the chrome mine and those living in the nearby village. Focus on women, Zimbabwe standard of living and the effects of gaining independence.
Interview with Hinewhare Harawira Interview with Hinewhare Harawira
Call Number: SS 085BFormat: Cass BProducers: Sue SuprianoCollection: Sue Supriano Interviews and Programs
Interview with Hinewhare Harawira, a Maori woman from New Zealand.