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.

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Los Looters en Concierto de musica en el Estadio de la Universidad Centroamericana Los Looters en Concierto de musica en el Estadio de la Universidad Centroamericana
Date: 10/2/1983Call Number: V 458Format: UmaticProducers: Sistema Sandinista de TelevisionCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Primera Parte - Managua, Nicaragua Libre. Concert footage.
Los Looters Los Looters
Date: 4/10/1983Call Number: V 459Format: UmaticProducers: Sistema Sandinista de TelevisionCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tomas en el interior de la Catedral de Managua Mausoleo Comandante. Carlos Fonseca Amador - monumento a Ruben Dario - la ciudad de Leon, la plaza la Catedral y tomas en el bus - vistas de la construccion de tarimas y concierto de musica.
Los Looters Los Looters
Date: 4/10/1983Call Number: V 460Format: UmaticProducers: Sistema Sandinista de TelevisionCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Tomas de lo que fue la carcel de la 21 en la ciudad de Leon. Concierto de musica en la ciudad de Esteli y vistas en la carretera viniendo de Esteli.
South Africa Liberation South Africa Liberation
Date: 6/18/1983Call Number: FI 156Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Program on South African struggle, with report from event commemorating the Soweto uprising, and speeches by South African liberation spokespeople.
Back from Nicaragua - Looters Segment Back from Nicaragua - Looters Segment
Date: 1/1/1983Call Number: V 536Format: UmaticProducers: Nina Serrano, Valerie LandauProgram: KTEHCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Documentary segment featuring the Looters.
Jose Lopez May Day Talk - Part 1 Jose Lopez May Day Talk - Part 1
Date: 5/1/1983Call Number: KP 472Format: CassetteCollection: Puerto Rico
Analyzes history and present situation of Puerto Rican independence struggle from Marxist perspective, class and national struggle.
Jose Lopez May Day Talk - Part 2 Jose Lopez May Day Talk - Part 2
Date: 5/1/1983Call Number: KP 473Format: CassetteCollection: Puerto Rico
Analyzes history and present situation of Puerto Rican independence struggle from Marxist perspective, class and national struggle.
Interview with Jose Uirab Interview with Jose Uirab
Date: 12/12/1983Call Number: AFR 075AFormat: Cass ACollection: SWAPO- Namibia
Jose Uirab talking about the state of the Namibian people’s struggle for liberation from South Africa as of 1983. Discussed is the political and military struggle within Namibia, the role of U.S. Imperialism and Israel by aiding South Africa, the reaction to the liberation activity from the white population of South Africa, and other issues related to African Liberation struggles.
Un Son Para Mi Pueblo (Songs from the new Nicaragua) Un Son Para Mi Pueblo (Songs from the new Nicaragua)
Date: 1/1/1983Call Number: Vin 003Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy, Grupo MancotalCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Songs that promote the new cultural identity of Nicaraguan society post-revolution. Produced by the Ministry of Culture, the album is principally nationalistic in content. Includes extensive liner notes with translations.
Un Son Para Mi Pueblo (Songs from the new Nicaragua) Un Son Para Mi Pueblo (Songs from the new Nicaragua)
Date: 1/1/1983Call Number: Vin 025Format: VinylProducers: Paredon Records, Luis Enrique Mejia Godoy, Grupo MancotalCollection: General materials
Songs that promote the new cultural identity of Nicaraguan society post-revolution. Produced by the Ministry of Culture, the album is principally nationalistic in content. Includes extensive liner notes with translations.