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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.
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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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Manong Velasco Interview Manong Velasco Interview
Date: 6/3/1975Call Number: IH 059Format: CDProducers: Al RoblesCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Velasco talks of his health, diet, food, love life, and his past jobs. Velasco describes the conditions in the I-Hotel, for example that many manongs have no refrigerators, so they leave food out to eat and get sick. Velasco also explains his past jobs in places such as Fresno, San Jose, and Santa Clara.
Two Filipino Activists Murdered in Seattle Two Filipino Activists Murdered in Seattle
Date: 6/20/1981Call Number: FI 136Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara LubinskiProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Attacks on unions, trial of the Nasco 3 in San Diego, entrapment case, Weinglass is quoted, "COINTELPRO is not dead." Seattle murders of two Filipino union activists, members of KDP, activists in ILWU Local 37. (See http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/cindy_domingo.htm for more.) Speeches from Memorial Service for the two activists.
I-Hotel Celebration I-Hotel Celebration
Date: 8/6/2000Call Number: IH 038Format: VHSCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Demonstration, talks, music, dance and poetry at Cloud House in San Francisco.
I-Hotel March - Chinese for Affirmative action I-Hotel March - Chinese for Affirmative action
Call Number: IH 040Format: VHSCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
March in support of I-Hotel struggle. Evening at "Chinese for Affirmative Action." - Part 1
Cameron House - Chinese for Affirmative action Cameron House - Chinese for Affirmative action
Call Number: IH 041Format: VHSCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Cameron House – Part 1 Chinatown-based multi-service agency serving Asian communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their mission is to promote healthy communities, they have served individuals, immigrant families and youth since 1874. Chinese for Affirmative Action
Chinese for Affirmative action - Cameron House Poetry Chinese for Affirmative action - Cameron House Poetry
Date: 8/20/2001Call Number: IH 042Format: VHSCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Meeting of Chinese for Affirmative Action. Cameron House poetry reading.
Cameron House Poetry - Part 2 Cameron House Poetry - Part 2
Date: 8/20/2001Call Number: IH 043Format: VHSCollection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Cameron House poetry reading.
Corazon Aquino at Moscone Corazon Aquino at Moscone
Date: 1/1/1986Call Number: CV 286Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines, speaks to a large Filipino-American audience at Moscone Center asking for support to overcome the high poverty rate after the 14-year dictatorship of the Marcos Regime.
International Hotel Rally International Hotel Rally
Publisher: Freedom ArchivesFormat: mp3Collection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Don Foster reports on the massive rally of support against the evictions of International Hotel Residents.
Felix Ayson I-Hotel Felix Ayson I-Hotel
Publisher: The Freedom ArchivesFormat: mp3Collection: The International Hotel struggle and the Filipino community
Felix Ayson speaks against the eviction of residents of the I-hotel in August, 1977.