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Welcome to the Freedom Archives' Digital Search Engine.The Freedom Archives contains over 12,000 hours of audio and video recordings which date from the late-1960s to the mid-90s and chronicle the progressive history of the Bay Area, the United States, and international movements. We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings. Our collection includes weekly news, poetry, music programs; in-depth interviews and reports on social and cultural issues; numerous voices from behind prison walls; diverse activists; and pamphlets, journals and other materials from many radical organizations and movements.

Colin Edwards Collection

The Freedom Archives is honored to contain hundreds of programs on many topics produced by Colin Edwards. Colin Edwards (1924–1994) was an outstanding internationalist journalist and writer who created a huge body of work. Colin came from Wales and was a fervent Welsh nationalist. Following service in WW II, he became a combat correspondent in Malaya, then in Burma, Indochina and Korea. Later, he was an independent journalist with Canadian Broadcasting, the BBC and Pacifica Radio among others. He did important on-the-scene interviews and documentaries on anti-imperialist national liberation struggles in the Middle East, especially Palestine, Asia, particularly Vietnam, and many other struggles, including the civil rights, Black Power, and student anti-war movements in the US.  Edwards also worked closely with Moshe Menuhin—a prominent Jewish anti-Zionist (and the father of world-famous violinist Yehudi Menuhin). The interviews with Moshe Menuhin are in the Archives collection, as is all of the audio work of Colin Edwards, with the exception of interviews and writings on Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, which reside in the National Library of Wales. The collection was entrusted to the Freedom Archives by Mary Edwards, his widow.

Subcollections

  • Californians of Mexican Descent Raw Materials
    Californians of Mexican Descent Raw Materials
    Raw recordings of interviews for Colin Edwards' series on Californians of Mexican Descent. These raw interviews would be edited and combined to create the ten part series Californians of Mexican Descent.
  • Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
    Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
    This collection is produced by journalist Colin Edwards and represent a comprehensive account of the Free Speech Movement and its lasting effect on the political climate of UC Berkeley.
  • Peace and Freedom Party
    Peace and Freedom Party
    This collection contains audio recordings and handwritten and printed materials pertaining to the Peace and Freedom Party and its founding convention.

Documents

Interview with Stokely Carmichael: SF SNCC Office Part 1 [MP3] Interview with Stokely Carmichael: SF SNCC Office Part 1 [MP3]
Date: 10/29/1966Call Number: null Format: mp3Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Colin Edwards interviews Carmichael in the SF offices of the Movement Newspaper (Friends of SNCC). In depth about his political development, involvement with SNCC, relationship between white militants and Black Liberation Movement, demands for Black Power, and support for Vietnam's national liberation.
Interview with Stokely Carmichael: SF SNCC Office Part 2 [MP3] Interview with Stokely Carmichael: SF SNCC Office Part 2 [MP3]
Date: 10/29/1966Call Number: null Format: mp3Producers: Colin EdwardsCollection: Colin Edwards Collection
Colin Edwards interviews Carmichael in the SF offices of the Movement Newspaper (Friends of SNCC). In depth about his political development, involvement with SNCC, relationship between white militants and Black Liberation Movement, demands for Black Power, and support for Vietnam's national liberation.
Mario Savio Speaks at Sproul Hall Mario Savio Speaks at Sproul Hall
Format: mp3Collection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Mario Savio, one of the leaders of the Free Speech Movement (FSM) at UC Berkeley, from his famous speech just before the occupation of Sproul Hall.
Cops on Campus STRIKE! Cops on Campus STRIKE!
Format: FlyerCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Announces student strike in response to nine students being arrested by the Alameda County Poice. Flyer also articulates the demands of the planned strike.
VOTE TODAY VOTE TODAY
Format: FlyerCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Flyer encouraging students voting in ASUC/student gov. elections
Letter to Deans, Directors, Department Chairmen and Administrative Officers Letter to Deans, Directors, Department Chairmen and Administrative Officers
Author: Robert E. ConnickPublisher: Office of the Chancellor UC BerkeleyDate: 12/7/1966Volume Number: 7-DecFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
New policy that states any faculty/staff participating in strikes or related efforts can and will be terminated from their jobs.
AFT letter of support AFT letter of support
Publisher: American Federation of TeachersFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Letter by AFT expressing support/solidarity with FSM
From Dean Arleigh Williams From Dean Arleigh Williams
Date: 1/30/1967Volume Number: 30-JanFormat: ReportCollection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Update on disciplinary actions against FSM-involved students
Mario Savio birthday clip Mario Savio birthday clip
Format: mp3Collection: Colin Edwards Free Speech Movement
Mario Savio celebrated his birthday at home, having dinner and cake with friends. This birthday party doubled as a victory party for Berkeley