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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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Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969. Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969.
Date: 5/15/1969Call Number: KP 085Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: General materials
Live recording of the events that took place at People’s Park in Berkeley, California on May 15th, 1969. The battle is between the people of the community, who built it from a muddy parking lot into a park, versus the University and the Berkeley Police for trying to rip it down. Although the land was owned by the University, the people claimed it had been a muddy mess for years, and the people needed a park in South Berkeley. People were injured and killed by police in full riot gear, by guns as well as tear gas.
Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969. Battle of People’s Park May 15. 1969.
Date: 5/15/1969Call Number: CD 584Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Live recording of the events that took place at People’s Park in Berkeley, California on May 15th, 1969. The battle is between the people of the community, who built it from a muddy parking lot into a park, versus the University and the Berkeley Police for trying to rip it down. Although the land was owned by the University, the people claimed it had been a muddy mess for years, and the people needed a park in South Berkeley. People were injured and killed by police in full riot gear, by guns as well as tear gas.
Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 2 Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 2
Date: 10/15/1969Call Number: CE 160Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Continued interview with Dr. Tuma about access to jobs and education for Arabs in Israel. On immigration, the right to return, and the political versus religious motives in the struggle between Palestine and Israel. Changes in population demographics in Palestine/Israel since the British Mandate of 1918.
Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 1 Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 1
Date: 10/15/1969Call Number: CE 162Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview Dr. Elias H. Tuma, Arab-Israeli economist, about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The restrictions Arab people face while living in Israel, and becoming internal refugees because of displacement. The complexity of the struggle and solutions.
Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 2 Man in the Middle in the Middle East - Part 2
Date: 10/15/1969Call Number: CE 163Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Continued interview with Dr. Tuma about access to jobs and education for Arabs in Israel. On immigration, the right to return, and the political versus religious motives in the struggle between Palestine and Israel. Changes in population demographics in Palestine/Israel since the British Mandate of 1918.
How Can the Jews Survive? - A Socialist Answer to Zionism How Can the Jews Survive? - A Socialist Answer to Zionism
Author: George NovackPublisher: Merit PublishersYear: 1969Format: MonographCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
Six Hundred Days - A Reappraisal of the Arab-Israeli Confrontation Since June, 1967 Six Hundred Days - A Reappraisal of the Arab-Israeli Confrontation Since June, 1967
Authors: Howard Koch, Jr.Publisher: Arab Information CenterDate: 3/1969Volume Number: MarchFormat: MonographCollection: Arab Information Center
A Memorial Issued by the Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations. Contents include: The Rhetoric of Political Opportunism; the Question of Aggression; The Status of Jerusalem; The Shaping of Territorial Imperatives; The Human Dimension; more.
Jews in Eastern Europe: A Periodical Survey of Events Jews in Eastern Europe: A Periodical Survey of Events
Authors: Emanuel Litvinoff, ed.Publisher: European Jewish PublicationsYear: 1969Volume Number: Vol. 4-1 JanuaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Pro-Zionist Perspectives
The Antisemitism of Soviet and Polish Communisn