The Freedom Archives
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 We are also in the process of scanning and uploading thousands of historical documents which enrich our media holdings.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.
Recordings featuring Dick Fine
Online Archive of California
Collection contains memorabilia relating to Dr. Fine’s personal life and career achievements in the form of yearbooks, appointment books, correspondence and photographs. News clippings, booklets and articles related to Dr. Fine’s interest and involvement in social and political activism (1968-1972). Articles and documents relating to substance abuse, prison health care reform work and other projects (1973-2009). Photographs depicting career and life and an assortment of saved medical articles. Notable is Richard Fine’s FBI file pertaining to his involvement with the Black Panther Party (1968-1986).
Fine, Richard H. (Dick) Papers
ArchivesSpace
This collection contains materials documenting injuries sustained by people during the 1968-1969 student strike at SFSC. It includes photographs of people injured by the police and treated by the Medical Committee for Human Rights. It also contains newspapers and clippings, and documents from the SFSC Legal Defense Committee.
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CaliSphere
Richard “Dick” Fine, M.D, received his M.D. from Cornell University, he completed his internship and residency at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). It was during this time that he became exposed to social and political activism. Under the mentorship of Philip Shapiro, he served as the primary physician for the Black Panther Party. As a member of the Medical Committee of Human Rights (MCHR), he provided medical assistance at Altamont, the 1968 San Francisco State Strike and the Occupation of Alcatraz.