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.

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Pajaro Latino Pajaro Latino
Date: 1/14/1993Call Number: JH 392Format: CassetteProducers: Jorge HerreraCollection: “Pajaro Latino” Programs produced by Jorge Herrera
CAUSAS-agenda latinoAmericana
Cesar Chavez and Poem to Spring Cesar Chavez and Poem to Spring
Date: 4/24/1993Call Number: FI 235Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Freedom Is A Constant StruggleCollection: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Tribute produced the day after the death of Cesar Chavez, with musical selections from and about the struggle of farmworkers to unionize. Extended poem by Lincpln Bergman, "Spring Done Sprung" which summarizes news in US and internationally. Program also pays tribute to Oliver Tambo, Dizzy Gillespie, and others.
Colombian Flower Workers Colombian Flower Workers
Date: 4/15/1993Call Number: CV 095AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero LatinoCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Silbina Torres, a Colombian flower worker, talks about the unsafe working conditions and poverty-level income in the flower industry.
Latino Gang Conference Part 2 Latino Gang Conference Part 2
Date: 9/27/1993Call Number: CV 163Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
"Latino Gangs and the Media" with panelists Dr. Larry Trujillo, Joseph Rodriguez, Jesus Chuy Varela and Tomas Roman. Panelists bring photo-journalism, grass-roots organizing and personal experience to the discussion.
Latino Gang Conference Part 3 Latino Gang Conference Part 3
Date: 9/28/1993Call Number: CV 165Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
"Southern California Latino Gangs" with Daniel Guzman about family, tagging, and law enforcement.
Latino Gang Conference Part 4 Latino Gang Conference Part 4
Date: 9/28/1993Call Number: CV 166Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Daniel Vasquez, warden of San Quentin, and Lt Richard Mandeville, correctional Lt at San Quentin talk about prison gangs, prison violence and the Northern vs Southern California rivalry.
Mexican Orphanage / Orestes Vilato Mexican Orphanage / Orestes Vilato
Date: 9/7/1993Call Number: CV 202AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Workers from an orphanage in Mexico talk about their work and the children. An interview with timbales player Orestes Vilato about his history. Examples of his music are intersperced.
Noticiero Ahora Noticiero Ahora
Date: 1/1/1993Call Number: CV 228AFormat: Cass AProducers: Chuy VarelaProgram: Noticiero AhoraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Guillermo Rodriguez with the Latino Issues Forum talks about access to healthcare in the Latino community and the consequences of not having healthcare in the community.
Dia de Los Muertos Dia de Los Muertos
Date: 11/2/1993Call Number: CV 253Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Poet, Piri Thomas, speaks about world unity. Dia de Los Muertos ceremony in SF, where Dolores Huerta, Native American elders, and others discuss death and ancestors. Includes discussion of NAFTA.
Cesar Chavez Boulevard in Fresno Cesar Chavez Boulevard in Fresno
Date: 11/30/1993Call Number: CV 296Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy VarelaCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Debate to rename King’s Canyon, Ventura and California avenues in Fresno to Cesar Chavez Boulevards. Defenders of the Latino community argued that the streets are in communities with large Chicano populations and renaming those streets Cesar Chavez rightfully recognized their inclusion in the Fresno community. Continuation of CV317