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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

Children in the Anti-Nazi Resistance Children in the Anti-Nazi Resistance
Call Number: CE 024Format: CassetteProducers: Canadian BroadcastingProgram: KALWCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
About children who took part in the partisan resistance to the Nazis, with interviews of the children, now adult, on their experiences as fighters, couriers, etc.
Al-Fateh Programs and Services Al-Fateh Programs and Services
Date: 1/1/1968Call Number: CE 397Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Interview with head of a school in Amman Jordan for daughters or sisters of martyrs in the Palestinian struggle or relatives of political prisoners. At time of interview there were 65 students. Mahmoud Hijazi, President of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, describes Israeli bombing and sniper fire against Jordanian civilians from across the border. Details work of the Red Crescent in refugee camps, the history of the organization, and their need for more doctors. A Lion Cubs training camp where an ethnically diverse group of children between the ages of 6 and 14 train to become Freedom Fighters with al-Fateh. Also describes ethnic diversity in Palestine.
Interview with Paul Saltzman - Part 1 Interview with Paul Saltzman - Part 1
Call Number: CE 508Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Paul Saltzman, a college student from Toronto Canada, discusses his involvement with SNCC and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in the South during the Civil Rights Movement. Saltzman discusses his upbringing as well as opinions on the current state of youth during the height of the civil rights movement.
Interview with Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. - Part 4 Interview with Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. - Part 4
Call Number: CE 516Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Malcolm Zaretsky, Alan Perlman and Dr. Gerald Rosenfield, M.D. discuss the Black Power Movement, the formation of an independent branch of politics and the political activity in Bay Area University campuses.
Berkeley SDS on Aftermath of People’s Park Berkeley SDS on Aftermath of People’s Park
Call Number: CE 637Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
This tape contains an interview with members of Berkeley SDS after a police crackdown on protestors in People’s Park. The interview details how 200-400 cops descended on People’s Park. SDS claims that this repression was an excuse for administrators and the power structure to crack down and intimidate the student movement. They claim that this action is a part of a larger context of repression. It’s acknowledged that Black students and Black people have experienced this repression for years; the work-in conducted by SDS was a major threat to state power (student-worker alliance) and the opinion that the decision to fire on the students, resulting in two being killed, came from a national level.
FSM Audio Excerpts FSM Audio Excerpts
Call Number: CD 918Format: CDCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
1. Speech on University Administration's responses to the FSM. Speech was given after warrants were issued for Mario Savio and others. Unknown speaker, maybe Hal Draper. 2. Conspiratorial Mario Savio 3. Jack Weinberg speaks on arrests of students and non-students following FSM protests. 4. Mario Savio short segment on People's Park 5. Ronald Reagan speaks on the Board of Regent's decision to fire Clark Kerr. 6. SDS-organized Save the Steps Rally outside of Sproul Hall. 7. Blank Track 8. Mario Savio and others speak after FSM sentencing
Hal Draper speech on administration response to FSM Hal Draper speech on administration response to FSM
Call Number: CE 791Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
1. Speech on University Administration's responses to the FSM. Speech was given after warrants were issued for Mario Savio and others. Unknown speaker, maybe Hal Draper. 2. Conspiratorial Mario Savio: Short segment with Mario speaking
Jack Weinberg on non-student arrests Jack Weinberg on non-student arrests
Call Number: CE 792Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Jack Weinberg speaks on arrests of students and non-students following FSM protests.
Mario Savio on People's Park Mario Savio on People's Park
Call Number: CE 793Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Mario Savio short segment on People's Park
Ronald Reagan on the firing of Clark Kerr Ronald Reagan on the firing of Clark Kerr
Call Number: CE 794Format: 1/4 3 3/4 ipsProducers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Ronald Reagan speaks on the Board of Regent's decision to fire Clark Kerr. Q and A on replacing Kerr.