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

The Dream Keeper & other poems of Langston Hughes, read by the author The Dream Keeper & other poems of Langston Hughes, read by the author
Date: 1/1/1955Call Number: CD 019Format: CDProducers: Folkways Records FC 7774Collection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Langston Hughes reads his poetry, includes script, with poems from “The Dream Keeper”, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1955
Paul Robeson: Concert in Paul Keller home Paul Robeson: Concert in Paul Keller home
Date: 7/1/1955Call Number: PR 048Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Paul Robeson concert given at Julius Keller home in Berkeley, California on July 1, 1955. Includes Robeson introducing some of the songs and speaking about our collective responsibility to work for peace and friendship. Speaks extensively about trying to get his passport returned. Same as PR 050 - CD 281, Track 2
Paul Robeson: Concert in private home Paul Robeson: Concert in private home
Date: 7/1/1955Call Number: PR 050Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
House concert at the home of Julius Keller. Folk songs in Berkeley, California. (Same as PR 048) Same as CD 282, Track 9
Paul Robeson: Conference of Negro Labor Council Paul Robeson: Conference of Negro Labor Council
Date: 1/1/1955Call Number: PR 071Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Paul Robeson recordings
Robeson at Ebony Plaza Hotel, Oakland CA, January 1955; sings and talks; "Dr. Butts" by Langston Hughes. Same as CD 323, Track 1
Paul Robeson: Remarks by His Friends Paul Robeson: Concert in private home Paul Robeson: Remarks by His Friends Paul Robeson: Concert in private home
Date: 7/1/1955Call Number: CD 282Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Remarks about Paul Robeson with Hope Stevens, Lawrence Brown, Leonard dePaur, William L. Patterson, Murray Kempton, and others. same as PR 049 House concert at the home of Julius Keller. Folk songs in Berkeley, California. (Same as PR 048, CD 281, Track 2) Same as PR 050
Paul Robeson: Conference of Negro Labor Council, East Bay Chapter, Oakland, CA, January 1955 Paul Robeson: Conference of Negro Labor Council, East Bay Chapter, Oakland, CA, January 1955
Date: 1/1/1955Call Number: CD 323Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Robeson at Ebony Plaza Hotel, Oakland CA, January 1955 sings and talks; "Dr. Butts" by Langston Hughes is read. Same as PR 071 Robeson interviews and discussions: 1: Message to SF 5/1965; 2: Bill of Rights - message to MCSU; 3: interview: Sid Roger KROW 1955; 4: about Harry Bridges 1953; 5: Discussion at house party Berkeley 7/1/1955 Same as PR 072
Paul Robeson: Concert in Paul Keller home Paul Robeson: Concert in Paul Keller home
Date: 7/1/1955Call Number: CD 559Format: CDCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paul Robeson concert given at Paul Keller home in Berkeley, California on July 1, 1955. Includes Robeson introducing some of the songs and speaking about our collective responsibility to work for peace and friendship. Speaks extensively about trying to get his passport returned. From Sid Roger original recording. Same as PR 048 Same as PR 050 - CD 281, Track 2
Who Knows Better Must Say So! Who Knows Better Must Say So!
Author: Elmer BergerPublisher: American Council for JudaismYear: 1955Format: MonographCollection: Anti-Zionist Criticism
Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Publisher: First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of OffendersYear: 1955Format: ArticleCollection: Committee to End the Marion Lockdown
Outlines humane treatment of prisoners. Part of packet (Enclosure 2)