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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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Courageous Women of Colombia Courageous Women of Colombia
Date: 1/1/1997Call Number: V 543Format: VHSProducers: Green Valley Media, Women's International League for Peace, Freedom, Colombia Support NetworkCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Testimony from Colombian women showing that "war on drugs" actually a war against the poor. An international delegation meets with displaced women and women from coca-growing regions, then travels to refugee camps in Northern Colombia to investigate questions raised by Amnesty International about US involvement in human rights abuses.
Protest and testimony: Richard Kamler Protest and testimony: Richard Kamler
Author: Donna SchumacherPublisher: SculptureDate: 7/1997Volume Number: JulyFormat: ArticleCollection: Death Penalty/Waiting Room Rick Kamler
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Letter In Support of The Waiting Room Letter In Support of The Waiting Room
Author: Lance G. LindsayPublisher: Death Penalty Focus of CaliforniaYear: 1997Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Death Penalty/Waiting Room Rick Kamler
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Letter In Support of The Waiting Room Letter In Support of The Waiting Room
Author: Gertrude BarnstonePublisher: Artist Rescue MissionYear: 1997Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Death Penalty/Waiting Room Rick Kamler
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Letter In Support of The Waiting Room Letter In Support of The Waiting Room
Author: Larry ThomasPublisher: San Francisco Art InstituteYear: 1997Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Death Penalty/Waiting Room Rick Kamler
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Letter In Support of The Waiting Room Letter In Support of The Waiting Room
Author: Pat BanePublisher: Murder Victims Families for ReconciliationYear: 1997Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Death Penalty/Waiting Room Rick Kamler
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