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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.
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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Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 5/6/1992Call Number: JH 362BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Retorno de refugiados a Guatemala; Rigoberta Menchu; nuestra cultura; Musica para bailar; danzon; musica cubana de los 40's
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 9/10/1992Call Number: JH 376AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
500 Años Indianizacion, reportaje de Rigoberta Menchu y Luis Cordosa y Aragon, Guatemala
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 10/8/1992Call Number: JH 380AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Noticias de la Jornada, B.Ballalla; Rigoberta Menchu-Guatemala
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 10/8/1992Call Number: JH 380BFormat: Cass BProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Dr. Luis Beaker de Unidad Revolucionaria nacional Guatemalteca; Anuncios
Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 10/22/1992Call Number: JH 383AFormat: Cass AProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
Premio Novel Rigoberta Menchu-Guatemala; Mercedes Sosa; Lucha Reyes
Rigoberta Menchu at Riverside Church Rigoberta Menchu at Riverside Church
Date: 11/17/1992Call Number: CV 026Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu delivers a speech in which she asserts that her receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize gives recognition to all indigenous people and contends that solving concrete problems are integral to human rights.
Rigoberta Menchu Press Conference at the UN Rigoberta Menchu Press Conference at the UN
Date: 11/17/1992Call Number: CV 027Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu delivers a speech and answers questions at a press conference on the U.N. declaration of 1993. She also speaks about the year of indigenous people, human rights and the peace process in Guatemala.
Rigoberta Menchu at U.C. Berkeley Rigoberta Menchu at U.C. Berkeley
Date: 5/4/1992Call Number: CV 028Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks about the Vincente Menchu Foundation and the importance of indigenous culture and struggle.
Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 032Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks in Mexico in 1992 about her first novel, "I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala". She refers to it as an instrument of peace and justice for those who suffer inequality socially, economically, culturally and politically in the world and a portal the denounce the human rights violations that had been going on in Guatemala and the world. Among other things she talks about the contributions the Mayan Civilization, the significance of respecting the earth, the need for peace, the need for discourse between different global communities and the dire situation facing indigenous communities (especially women) in Guatemala. Her speech is followed by music.
Rigoberta Menchu Speaks Rigoberta Menchu Speaks
Date: 11/17/1992Call Number: CV 059Format: Cass A & BCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu addresses the United Nations and calls for increased awareness and action on behalf of human and indigenous rights.