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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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Interview with Corcoran Prisoners Interview with Corcoran Prisoners
Date: 1/1/1998Call Number: PM 337Format: Cass A & BCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
People imprisoned at Corcoran prison in California.
Tuberculosis & prisons Tuberculosis & prisons
Date: 11/6/1995Call Number: PM 346AFormat: Cass AProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On the OutsideCollection: Medical Care In Prison
Juliet Trainer, from Rx Justice, speaks about the TB epidemic occurring in prisons. Mass imprisonment spreads the disease. Infectious cases are not handled well inside; Department of Health cut back on Health Delivery Systems on March 1, 1995, even though prisons are the only place in the US where healthcare is constitutionally mandated. The health of people on the outside depends on people on the inside receiving care, especially with TB.
Criminalization of Youth Criminalization of Youth
Date: 11/6/1995Call Number: PM 346BFormat: Cass BProducers: Prison Activist Resource CenterProgram: On the OutsideCollection: Prisons - Youth
Joy Storm discusses the criminalization of youth, which feeds the prison systems and serves as a scapegoat for the problems in society.
Clinica de la Raza Clinica de la Raza
Date: 7/2/1990Call Number: CV 086Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Latino/a youth speaking about AIDS education and community outreach.
Teenage suicide Teenage suicide
Date: 1/1/1980Call Number: CV 144Format: CassetteProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Interview with Jane Mersky Leader about her book "Dead Serious: a Book for Teenagers about Teenage Suicide"
Dr. Marian Moses interview Dr. Marian Moses interview
Date: 3/23/1992Call Number: CV 147AFormat: Cass ACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Dr. Marian Moses of the Pesiticide Education Center talks about the dangers of chemicals used in industrial farming pose to farmworkers and their children in California. She emphasizes the disproportionate number of deaths among migrant farmworkers' children from lukemia because of pesticide use in the fields.
David Hayes Bautista David Hayes Bautista
Call Number: CV 194Format: Cass A & BProducers: Commonwealth ClubProgram: Commonwealth ClubCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Dr. Hayes Bautista, speaks at the Commonwealth Club in SF about California's growing Latino population, public health issues and changing age and racial demographics in the States. Q&A follows.
Truth to Power - Women Prisoners Testify Truth to Power - Women Prisoners Testify
Date: 10/11/2002Call Number: V 328Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Legislative Hearings: Speaking Truth to Power Courageous women prisoners testify on medical and sexual abuse before legislative committee October 11 and 12, 2002 at Valley State Prison for Women (VSPW) and California Institution for Women (CIW).
Latina Health Latina Health
Date: 2/26/1990Call Number: CV 226AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Luz Alvarez Martinez talks about the National Latina Health Organization and their work to approach Latina health holistically.
Noticiero Ahora Noticiero Ahora
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: CV 228AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Guillermo Rodriguez with the Latino Issues Forum talks about access to healthcare in the Latino community and the consequences of not having healthcare in the community.