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.

Search Results

Gay Liberation Gay Liberation
Date: 6/12/1976Call Number: FI 010Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Heber DreherProgram: Freedom Is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Gay liberation and attacks on gays, Anita Bryant. Dialogue: two lesbians and gay man talk about struggle against male supremacy and capitalism, antigay sentiment, racism among gay people, differences based on race.
San Quentin Six-1 San Quentin Six-1
Date: 6/27/1976Call Number: FI 011Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Heber, BarbaraProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
San Quentin 6 trial goes to jury, White supremacist movement in Chicago. Anniversary of Stonewall rebellion analysis of gay liberation movement. Statement from Revolutionary Coalition of Prisoners. Bicentennial Coalition harassed by FBI.
People of the World Are One Family - 2 People of the World Are One Family - 2
Date: 7/31/1976Call Number: FI 015 R2Format: Reel 2Producers: Barbara Lubinski, LincolnProgram: Freedom is a Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Poem and theme--People of the World Are One Family: South Africa rebellion, Chinese earthquake, Michael Krauss (gay activist) memorial--ends with singing of Internationale; excellent and moving actuality.
Tal al Zaatar and Michael Krauss Memorial Tal al Zaatar and Michael Krauss Memorial
Date: 7/24/1976Call Number: FI 083Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Barbara Lubinski, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Reports on Tal al Zaatar, Zimbabwe, Argentina, and Cuba, also Michael Krauss death (gay anti-imperialist) tribute with announcement for memorial.
People's Bicentennial Celebration - Part 2 People's Bicentennial Celebration - Part 2
Date: 7/4/1976Call Number: KP 484Producers: KPFACollection: General materials
Bicentennial demonstration: Speakers on the state of gay rights and workers rights. Poetry by Carlos Puebla.