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

Stop Forced Sterilization Now!/ Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada Stop Forced Sterilization Now!/ Alto A Esterilizacion Forzada
Publisher: The Committee to Stop Forced SterilizationFormat: MonographCollection: Sterilization
Bilingual Monograph
No Forced Sterilization No Forced Sterilization
Format: FlyerCollection: Sterilization
Flyer
Emigration and Sterilization in Puerto Rico Emigration and Sterilization in Puerto Rico
Author: Bonnie MassPublisher: Latin America Working GroupYear: 1976Format: ExcerptCollection: Sterilization
From Population target : the political economy of population control in Latin America
Sterilization Abuse of Women: the Facts Sterilization Abuse of Women: the Facts
Author: Committee to End Sterilization AbusePublisher: Health/PAC BulletinYear: 1975Volume Number: No. 62 January-FebruaryFormat: PamphletCollection: Sterilization
Fact sheet on the sterilization of women of color.
Abortion rights vs. Terrorism Abortion rights vs. Terrorism
Publisher: Clinic Defense CommitteeFormat: FlyerCollection: Violence Against Women
Information on how to resist the anti-abortion movement and the attacks on clinics.
H.E.W. is an Enemy of Women H.E.W. is an Enemy of Women
Author: Women's BrigadePublisher: Weather UndergroundDate: 3/6/1974Volume Number: 6-MarFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This communique by the Women's Brigade of the Weather Underground states that the actions taken by SLA to give food to the impoverished highlight the amount of people in poverty and in need. They argue that the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare denies women their needs and rights and their should be a revolution against the organization.
Fight Psychiatric Rape! Demonstration and Rally for Patricia Tania Hearst Fight Psychiatric Rape! Demonstration and Rally for Patricia Tania Hearst
Volume Number: 22-OctFormat: FlyerCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
A flyer for a demonstration against the use of psychiatric opinions in the case of the kidnapping of Patrica Hearst.
Clockwork Orange at UCLA Clockwork Orange at UCLA
Publisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersDate: 5/8/1973Volume Number: 8-MayFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Mental Health
Press release from the Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners regarding the proposed Center for the Study and Reducation of Violence at UCLA
A Clockwork Orange?: Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners Flyer A Clockwork Orange?: Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners Flyer
Publisher: Committee Against Psychiatric Experimentation on PrisonersFormat: FlyerCollection: Mental Health
Flyer for "A Clockwork Orange? Psychiatric Experimentation on Prisoners" conference
NAPA Demonstrates at St. Mary's- Public Forum Demanded NAPA Demonstrates at St. Mary's- Public Forum Demanded
Publisher: Network Against Psychiatric AssaultDate: 6/11/1975Volume Number: 11-JunFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Mental Health
Network Against Psychiatric Assault calls for a rally to continue its campaign against the psychiatric treatment program at St. Mary's McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute in San Francisco.