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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Eduardo Galeano Reading Eduardo Galeano Reading
Date: 4/29/1988Call Number: CV 156Format: 1/4 1 7/8 ipsProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Eduardo Galeano reads several stories from "El Siglo del Viento/Century of the Wind" to an audience at the Mission Cultural Center.
Joan Jara interview Joan Jara interview
Date: 1/1/1975Call Number: CD 599Format: CDProducers: Nina SerranoCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Interview by Nina Serrano with Joan Jara, the wife of Victor Jara, discussing his life. Joan reads a poem entitled, "Estadio Chile - Message of hope in spite of the horror.” She describes how this poem was smuggled out.
Latino Film Interview with Haskell Wexler Latino Film Interview with Haskell Wexler
Date: 4/26/1985Call Number: CV 159Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: La Onda BajitaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About Wexler's film "Latino" and US policy and militarization of Nicaragua.
Tribute to Benito Juarez Tribute to Benito Juarez
Date: 1/24/1983Call Number: CV 162Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About his life and contributions to the Mexican nation.
Peter Brimelow - Alien Nation Peter Brimelow - Alien Nation
Date: 4/26/1995Call Number: CV 186AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: KPFACollection: Chuy Varela Collection
About America's immigration laws, how they are misused and the role of immigrants in the US.
Migra Interviews Migra Interviews
Call Number: CV 189AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Latino immigrants speak about why they came to the US, what they think of the life here, regrets of having immigrated.
Mexican Earthquake Aftermath Mexican Earthquake Aftermath
Date: 1/1/1985Call Number: CV 192Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
A bilingual documentary about a community health clinic that was constructed to help local families receive medical attention after the earthquake devastation.
Contragate: The Secret Team (part 2) Contragate: The Secret Team (part 2)
Date: 1/1/1987Call Number: KP 383Format: Cass A & BProducers: The Other American RadioCollection: Struggles in Latin America
Daniel Sheehan of the Christic Institute speaks about US covert operations in Latin America, especially the Contra War in Nicaragua and against Cuba.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 8/25/1973Call Number: RD 060 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Lincoln Bergman, Claude MarksProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
The LAST Real Dragon program and explains the change to the next iteration of the program - Nothing Is More Precious Than...
Venezuela Rising Venezuela Rising
Date: 1/1/2005Call Number: CD 611Format: DVDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The documentary starts five days before it is to be decided by popular referendum whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down. The entire nation has been mobilized – will it be SI – yes he will be recalled, or NO – he will remain in office. Issues of democracy and politics, what constitutes a free and fair election. Venezuela Rising gets behind the headlines and into the neighborhoods of Caracas to find out how participatory democracy works on the ground.