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

Nothing is More Precious Than... Nothing is More Precious Than...
Date: 10/20/1973Call Number: NI 003Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Claude Marks, Nancy BarrettProgram: Nothing is More Precious ThanCollection: “Nothing is More Precious Than…” a news magazine including music and poetry
Stories on political prisoners, Chile, Native American, Weather Underground, Joanne Chesimard, Mark Lane, Pedro Bissonette
There was never toture in my country There was never toture in my country
Call Number: CD 035Format: CDProducers: Frances EmleyCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
Documentary on Chilean Torture during and after the coup in 1973. Actuality is limited. Testimonies are read.
Estadio Nacional - National Stadium Estadio Nacional - National Stadium
Date: 1/1/2002Call Number: V 123Format: VHSProducers: Gobierno de Chile, Carmen Luz ParotCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
In 1973, between September 11th and November 7th,in the biggest sports stadium in Chile ‘Estadio Nacional’, the Chilean military set up a concentration camp of death and torture. After the violent coup against the democratically elected Socialist government of Salvador Allende, more than 12,000 political prisoners were imprisoned. At least 7,000 prisoners were tortured and countless numbers were murdered. Filmed 30 years later, this documentary is the first investigation conducted about the Stadium and the events taking place inside. It includes interviews with the eyewitnesses of that time (prisoners, nurses, soldiers and journalists). The film also utilizes historical footage that is truly amazing. Directed by Carmen Luz Parot who made an exhaustive search of audiovisual archives from 5 countries as well as cultural institutions around the world. 90 minutes - in Spanish and subtitled in English.