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

Ruchell Magee & Fleeta Drumgo case Ruchell Magee & Fleeta Drumgo case
Date: 3/10/1973Call Number: PM 016Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Mark SchwartzProgram: Real DragonCollection: Ruchell Magee
Mark Schwartz on Magee/ Drumgo legal decision.
Mark Schwartz insert Mark Schwartz insert
Date: 7/2/1973Call Number: PM 022Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Mark SchwartzProgram: Real DragonCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Mark Schwartz report on lockdown and brutalities at San Quentin
Interview with Doc Holiday Interview with Doc Holiday
Date: 12/1/1973Call Number: PM 039Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Patty Roberts, attorney speaks to Doc Holiday, gives the story of his case, why he was placed in Adjustment Center, parole denials, the way prison authorities seek to use divide and conquer, the injustice of indeterminate sentences.
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 6/30/1973Call Number: RD 049Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Narratives (read by others) of members of the San Quentin Six, including childhoods, evolutions of political consciousness, resistance, and prison struggle
Real Dragon Real Dragon
Date: 8/18/1973Call Number: RD 055Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Lincoln BergmanProgram: Real Dragon Collection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Coverage of a multiracial Delano march lamenting murder of two strikers; news about conditions San Quentin and San Quentin 6; Ruchell Magee on hunger strike; attack in Detroit
Prison Lockdown Prison Lockdown
Date: 12/29/1973Call Number: PM 057Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy Barrett, Mark SchwartzCollection: Political Prisoner Periodicals
Rebroadcast of 1973 Nothing is More Precious Than program on November 1973 lockdown at San Quentin.
Prisons, Drugs and Students Prisons, Drugs and Students
Date: 1/13/1973Call Number: RP 059 R1Format: Reel 1Producers: Emiliano Echeverria, Nina Serrano, Diana Gillespie, Lillian del Sol, Tim del Dol, Daniel del SolarCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Reflecciones covers the community with poetry from the prison, an interview about methadone Maintenance programs and their impact on addicts, and an interview about the situation with the university students in Mexico City and Puebla.
Reflecciones in the KPFA Marathon covers the Community Reflecciones in the KPFA Marathon covers the Community
Date: 3/24/1973Call Number: RP 061Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
During the KPFA Marathon Reflecciones interviewed Chabela Gallegos and heard her poems and stories, Alfredo Montes and Pedro Corona about Juan Corona, an interview about Ricardo Chavez Ortiz, and our reporting about the late Graciano Jauregui, who was killed recently at Wounded Knee SD
Poems, Prisons, and Wounded Knee Poems, Prisons, and Wounded Knee
Date: 3/31/1973Call Number: RP 062Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano EcheverriaCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Poetry by Ena Hernandez, Tributes to Graciano Jauregui, Interview with Ricardo London, Same as CD 427
Prision Y Prisioneros, Los Mascarones Prision Y Prisioneros, Los Mascarones
Date: 4/14/1973Call Number: RP 064Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Emiliano Echeverria, Nina SerranoCollection: Reflecciones de la Raza by Comunicacion Aztlan
Nina Serrano Produces these segments about the state of prisons, with poetry from convicts Also Los Mascarones and the Student Movement in Mexico