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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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Poems by Elias Hruska Cortes Poems by Elias Hruska Cortes
Date: 1/6/1973Call Number: CAA 039Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Three poems read and written by Elias Hruska Cortes and a song by Rafael Ramirez 1) El Tiempo es Ya, poem about the Mission 2) Song 3) Alma Bronze, poem about Viet Nam 4) Yellow Peril Woman Same as CD 035
Nina Serrano Live poetry Nina Serrano Live poetry
Date: 5/17/1973Call Number: CAA 042Format: 1/4 15 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poems written and read by Nina Serrano. 5/17/1973 1) To Roque Dalton 2) Memorium 3) Must I hear you bragging Conquistador? Longshoreman’s Hall on 2/18/72 4) Chinatown Fair 5) Woman Pirate 6) To Roque, before leaving to Fight in Unknown terrain Same as CD 395
Nuyorican poets in California; Poetry of Elias Hruska Cortes; A Poem for Three Pigs; Poems for and by Pablo Neruda; Nina Serrano Live Poetry. Nuyorican poets in California; Poetry of Elias Hruska Cortes; A Poem for Three Pigs; Poems for and by Pablo Neruda; Nina Serrano Live Poetry.
Date: 6/1/1973Call Number: CD 395Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Three Nuyorican poets read their poems: Victor Hernandez Cruz, Miguel Algarin, & Miguel Pinero. Same as CAA 011 Three poems read and written by Elias Hruska Cortes and a song by Rafael Ramirez 1) El Tiempo es Ya, poem about the Mission 2) Song 3) Alma Bronze, poem about Viet Nam 4) Yellow Peril Woman Same as CAA 039 A prison poem written and performed by Ruben Ruybal with live guitar accompaniment by Philip Serrano. Same as CAA 040 A poem by Pablo Neruda read by Nina Serrano and a poem to Pablo Neruda written and read by Nina Serrano. Recorded by phone. Same as CAA 041 Poems written and read by Nina Serrano. 5/17/1973 1) To Roque Dalton 2) Memorium 3) Must I hear you bragging Conquistador? Longshoreman’s Hall on 2/18/72 4) Chinatown Fair 5) Woman Pirate 6) To Roque, before leaving to Fight in Unknown terrain Same as CD 395 Same as CAA 042
Children’s Choral Group Singing in Spanish Children’s Choral Group Singing in Spanish
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CAA 057Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Children’s chorus singing in Spanish.
Elais Hruska Cortes at the Coffee Mill Elais Hruska Cortes at the Coffee Mill
Date: 8/29/1973Call Number: CAA 059Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Elias Hruska Cotres reads 31 of his poems live. Same as CD 409
“Puerto Riqeno” (Raw Materials) “Puerto Riqeno” (Raw Materials)
Date: 9/1/1973Call Number: CAA 137Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Raw Materials related to Puerto Rican struggle and Young Lords Party same as CD 416
Rodrigo Reyes’ soliloquy Rodrigo Reyes’ soliloquy
Date: 1/1/1973Call Number: CAA 138Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Comunicacion AztlanProgram: RefleccionesCollection: Arts, literature and poetry – a program series produced by Comunicacion Aztlan
Bilingual Introductions for Reflecciones de La Raza by Rodrigo Reyes same as CD 416
Poetry by Ena Hernandez, Pedro Pietri, Pancho Cruz and Sandy Esteves Poetry by Ena Hernandez, Pedro Pietri, Pancho Cruz and Sandy Esteves
Date: 3/31/1973Call Number: CD 427Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Poetry by Ena Hernandez of 3rd World Communications. Puerto Rican poets: Pedro Pietri reads his own poems. Sandy Esteves poems read by Isabel Alegria and Nina Serrano. Same as RP 070.1 and RP 062.1
Reflecciones: Puerto Rico, United Farmworkers, and community land ownership. Reflecciones: Puerto Rico, United Farmworkers, and community land ownership.
Date: 5/24/1973Call Number: RP 070 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez, Lillian Del Sol, Nina Serrano, Andres AlegriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Interview about Fiesta Campesina, and the United Farmworkers struggles. Also poetry from Puerto Rican poets Pedro Pietri, Pancho Cruz, and Sandy Estebes. In addition, an interview with La Raza Unida Party Chairman Jose Angel Gutierrez about the question of community land ownership
Fernando Alegria and Nina Serrano Fernando Alegria and Nina Serrano
Date: 9/1/1973Call Number: CD 491Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Fernando Alegria and Nina Serrano read Fernando's poetry in Spanish and English.