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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.
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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.

Independent Collections

These collections were produced by independent journalists. Many of these recordings make up the bulk of the original collection of the Freedom Archives.

Subcollections

Documents

Yugoslavia: The Cultural Structure, Drama, Literature Yugoslavia: The Cultural Structure, Drama, Literature
Date: 1/1/1964Call Number: CE 020Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Yugoslavia: The Cultural Structure, Drama, LiteratureCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Leading Yugoslav writer and critic discusses history of literature and theater there, trends in music, and rich poetic tradition and present-day poetry.
Scottish Border Ballads Scottish Border Ballads
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: CE 029Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Scottish Border BalladsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Scottish actor John Laurie reads 14 ballads associated with English-Scottish border country, important in development of poetic form, dramatic characterization, and storytelling in the English language.
Robert Burns Poetry Robert Burns Poetry
Call Number: CE 030Format: CassetteProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Robert Burns PoetryCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Scottish actor John Laurie reads from the works of Robert Burns.
The Negro Writer in America -- Part 1 The Negro Writer in America -- Part 1
Call Number: CE 092Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Negro Writer in AmericaCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Documentary for "Project 95" of Canadian Broadcasting with actuality from the Negro Writers Congress in Asilomar, California on more general topic of race relations in US. Includes speeches, interviews, conversations and exchanges with audience.
The Negro Writer in America -- Part 2 The Negro Writer in America -- Part 2
Call Number: CE 093Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: The Negro Writer in AmericaCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Documentary for "Project 95" of Canadian Broadcasting with actuality from the Negro Writers Congress in Asilomar, California on more general topic of race relations in US. Includes speeches, interviews, conversations and exchanges with audience.
Goronw Davies Interview Goronw Davies Interview
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 495Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Tape overlaps with CE 494. Davies, Chairman of the Welsh Language Society. Raised in nationalist tradition, and attended Welsh grammar schools. Topics include: Education, English migrants not assimilating to Welsh culture, community life in Wales before the English, Welsh economy and English influence, moral duty of English government to preserve Welsh language, agricultural employment decrease, Welsh nationalist, language and conceptions, his personal influence, University subsidies, and the charges brought against him. Additional topics include: Welsh poetry and literature, and how any good Welshman should not join the police force.
Goronw Davies Interview; Menna Elfyn Interview Goronw Davies Interview; Menna Elfyn Interview
Date: 10/16/1971Call Number: CE 496Format: Cass A & BProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Last segment of Davies interview: Davies, Chairman of the Welsh Language Society. Raised in nationalist tradition, and attended Welsh grammar schools. Topics include: Education, English migrants not assimilating to Welsh culture, community life in Wales before the English, Welsh economy and English influence, moral duty of English government to preserve Welsh language, agricultural employment decrease, Welsh nationalist, language and conceptions, his personal influence, University subsidies, charges brought against him, Welsh poetry and literature, and how any good Welshman should not join the police force, Welsh Language Society's court disruptions/demonstrations, public reception of Welsh Language Society, women's participation in Society, and his philosophy on language. Menna Elfyn: Member of Welsh Nationalist Party. Speaks of her experience being imprisoned and explains that she is not an outlaw, but trying to display why certain laws are wrong.
On Freedom's Side: Aaron Kramer, Viki Ann Diamond, Karl Finger, Joan Fishman On Freedom's Side: Aaron Kramer, Viki Ann Diamond, Karl Finger, Joan Fishman
Date: 1/1/1974Call Number: Vin 084Format: VinylProducers: Freneau RecordsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
This album is a condensed recording of a live performance of Aaron Kramer reading his poetry accompanied by live music. Poem themes include protest against the suppression of freedom in America, poem about the Spanish American War and the general condition of the United States at the time.
Wales Poem and Middle East Inserts Wales Poem and Middle East Inserts
Date: 1/6/1973Call Number: CE 548Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsProgram: Wales Poem and Mideast InsertsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Poem on Wales followed by excerpts of longer interview with Mike Rubin, US citizen who spent time in Israel but returned to US disillusioned.
Ho Chi Minh poetry Ho Chi Minh poetry
Date: 5/5/1976Call Number: NI 105Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Nothing is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Series of short excerpts from Ho Chi Minh's Prison Diary from a 1976 Vietnam program, read by Lincoln Bergman and Claude Marks.