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.

Freedom Now

Freedom Now was a national organization committed to building a broad movement in support of human rights and amnesty for political prisoners and p.o.w.s in the USA.

Documents

Did You Know: Geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt) is one of the Longest Help Political Prisoners in the US Today Did You Know: Geronimo ji Jaga (Pratt) is one of the Longest Help Political Prisoners in the US Today
Publisher: The International Campaign to Free Geronimo Ju Jaga (Pratt)Format: FlyerCollection: Freedom Now
Freedom Now! Freedom Now!
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesDate: 4/1990Volume Number: AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Freedom Now
Freedom Now! Freedom Now!
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesDate: 7/1990Volume Number: JulyFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Freedom Now
Can't Jail the Spirit Can't Jail the Spirit
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesYear: 1991Format: FlyerCollection: Freedom Now
reproduction with handwritten notation.
Freedom Now! Freedom Now!
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesDate: 11/1990Volume Number: NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Freedom Now
Includes inserts: Poetry by Marilyn Buck; Urgent Response Update; Subscription request
Freedom Talk: Newsletter of the Freedom Now Network Freedom Talk: Newsletter of the Freedom Now Network
Publisher: Freedom Now NetworkDate: 12/1993Volume Number: DecemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction
Item 12, 46h Session commission on Human Rights Geneva, Switzerland Item 12, 46h Session commission on Human Rights Geneva, Switzerland
Author: Robert J. BoylePublisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesFormat: MonographCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction
Bethesda Co-Op News Bethesda Co-Op News
Publisher: Bethesda Co-op; Freedom NowDate: 12/1989Volume Number: DecemberFormat: ArticleCollection: Freedom Now
p3, 5, 6. Includes information on Political Prisoners and the Freedom Now movement
Letter regarding Freedom Now! Letter regarding Freedom Now!
Author: S. Michael YasutakePublisher: Prisoners of Conscience ProjectFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Reproduction. Form letter.
Form Letter Form Letter
Publisher: Freedom Now!: Campaign for Amnesty and Human Rights for Political Prisoners in the United StatesYear: 1990Format: CorrespondenceCollection: Freedom Now
Dated February 22, 1990