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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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Robert White on El Salvador Robert White on El Salvador
Date: 11/17/1989Call Number: JG/ 037AFormat: Cass AProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Pacifica Radio clip of an interview with Robert White (from the Center for International Development and former ambassador to El Salvador. Under Jimmy Carter). Interview covers conditions of poverty, agriculture, health, labor, education, economy and employment/ human rights stats. Also the murders of 6 Jesuit priests on 11/16/89 by paramilitary forces and the FMLN offensive launched after the FENASTRAS and COMADRES offices were attacked 2 weeks earlier. FMLN releases a communiqué denouncing US involvement.
El Salvador in Focus El Salvador in Focus
Date: 9/23/1989Call Number: LA 121Format: CassetteProgram: El Salvador in FocusCollection: El Salvador
Members of the FMLN and the Christiani Government met in Mexico City. They reached an agreement to open formal negotiations in San Jose, Costa Rica in October, negotiations aimed at finding peaceful political solutions to the current conflict. This tape includes a recording of a speech delivered by an FMLN commander in Mexico City. In San Salvador, 100,000 people march in support of the peace talks. Protesters are abducted by the military on their way to the march and health workers are abducted by the national guard.
Abortion for Survival Abortion for Survival
Date: 7/23/1989Call Number: V 240Format: VHSProducers: Fund for Feminist MajorityCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Martin Agronsky narrates a Pro-Choice documentary produced by the Fund for Feminist Majority. The Documentary shows a first trimester abortion, outlines the history of victims of anti-abortion laws, and interviews representatives from Population Crisis Committee, The School of Public Health at Columbia University, the American Psychiatric Association, and Planned Parenthood. The tape ends with a panel discussion mediated by Agronski with Faye Wattleton, former president of Planned Parenthood, Eleanor Smeal, former president of National Organization for Women, Republican Congressman, Bob Dornan of California, and Nellie Gray from March for Life.
United Framer Workers: Boycott Against Safeway- 1 United Framer Workers: Boycott Against Safeway- 1
Date: 9/20/1989Call Number: CV 247Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Cesar Chavez, along with other organizers and community leaders demand that Safeway stop selling grapes grown with pesticides. Chavez explains that the pesticides are contributing to cancer among farm workers.
Golden Gate Bridge Action Golden Gate Bridge Action
Date: 1/31/1989Call Number: V 505Format: Hi-8Producers: Lisa RudmanCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Stop AIDS Now or Else - SANOE’s first direct action protest blocks morning rush hour traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge disrupting business as usual. Protesters call for increased action as opposed to increased work with AIDS service organizations criticizing that little beyond care work is being done. When asked if any of the activists have AIDS a protester retorts, “We are all living with AIDS.” Most of the demonstrators are arrested and charged with being a public nuisance and trespassing. Some stalled motorists agree with SANOE tactics to bring attention to the AIDS/HIV pandemic.
Villager to Villager Villager to Villager
Date: 3/10/1989Call Number: V 600Format: VHSProducers: Center for Bio-Medical CommunicationCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
About community-based health and family-planning services in Oyo State, Nigeria. Locals within the community are trained to administer and educate people on general health practices. Discusses extensively the efforts to treat Malaria and distribute contraceptives. Interview with Professor O. A. Ladipo.