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

Paul Robeson in New York and the Miners’ Eisteddfod Paul Robeson in New York and the Miners’ Eisteddfod
Date: 10/5/1957Call Number: CD 010Format: CDProducers: Transatlantic ExchangeCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Paul Robeson on transatlantic telephone link singing and speaking with the miners in Eisteddfod at Porthcawl, South Wales From MLP 3001 Coaliton Records (Wales) Ltd.
Scores & Encores - Music from Simply Heavenly by Langston Hughes Scores & Encores - Music from Simply Heavenly by Langston Hughes
Date: 1/1/1957Call Number: CD 178Format: CDProgram: Scores & EncoresCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Scores & Encores - Music from Simply Heavenly by Langston Hughes with Claudia McNeil and Melvin Stuart.
Sydney Roger on HUAC Sydney Roger on HUAC
Date: 6/20/1957Call Number: CD 641Format: CDProducers: Sydney RogerCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Commentary opposing The House Committee on Un-American Activities in June of 1957 in San Francisco.
HUAC hearings in San Francisco- 1 HUAC hearings in San Francisco- 1
Date: 6/20/1957Call Number: CD 642Format: CDProgram: Originals at SFSU Labor ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
"Investigation" into the communist movement by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Dorothy Jeffers testifies at HUAC. She was undercover agent for the FBI who infiltrated Communist Party Clubs. She de-briefs about dozens of people alleged to be in the Communist Party.
HUAC hearings in San Francisco - 2 HUAC hearings in San Francisco - 2
Date: 6/20/1957Call Number: CD 643Format: CDProgram: Originals at SFSU Labor ArchivesCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Completion of testimony of agent Dorothy Jeffers. 27:30 commences (incomplete) testimony of Attorney Charles Garry (brief comment by his attorney James Purcell). Very spirited confrontation between Garry and the committee, with him defending his rights to not cooperate with their unconstitutional investigation.
Tension and Peace in the Middle East: An Account of the Tragedy of the Holyland Tension and Peace in the Middle East: An Account of the Tragedy of the Holyland
Authors: Izzat Tannous, M.D.Publisher: The Palestine Arab Refugee OfficeDate: 5/1957Volume Number: MayFormat: MonographCollection: Arab Media
A brief account of the historic background of the tragedy in Palestine, the tension it has caused in the Middle East and the disastrous effects it will have on the whole world if a just solution to the Palestine problem is not found.