This page lists articles, tapes, documents and resources which have been added to this website within the past 15 months. Previous pages with substantive revisions are noted in italics. (Note: This does not include entries from the jonestown report, an annual publication featuring articles, remembrances, personal reflections, and artistic interpretations of Peoples Temple.)
The People of Peoples Temple
Silence with Friends: A Remembrance of Bobby Stroud, by Jim Murphy (November 2023)
Jonestown Research
Timeline of the 1978 Guyana Inquest: Coroner’s inquest into the Jonestown deaths, by Aliah Mohmand (February 2024)
Frequently Asked Questions
Why did Jim Jones wear sunglasses? (January 2023)
Where did Peoples Temple get its start? Was it always known by that name? (January 2023)
Were outsiders able to visit Jonestown? (April 2024)
Were cattle prods used for discipline in Peoples Temple? (January 2023)
Were members of Peoples Temple forced to go to Jonestown against their will? (January 2023)
Were any holidays celebrated in Jonestown? Were people given time off on other days? (January 2023)
Did the armed guards in Jonestown also die? Were they among the last ones to do so? (June 2023)
Primary Sources
Financial Projection Through Phase One (1974-1976) (November 2023)
“Make sure we have enough to kill everyone inside,” an undated note from Sandy Bradshaw in San Francisco (August 2023)
Proposed timeline and plans for exodus [1973] (March 2023)
Peoples Temple Acquires the Albatross (April 2023)
Letters of Support for Peoples Temple, Winter 1978 (November 2023)
Jonestown Community Responds to Blakey Defection (September 2023)
Richard Tropp Letter on Intellectuals (April 2024)
Organizational Charts, Rosters & Listings, Jonestown 1978 (March 2023)
Meetings of Commissions and Analysts, Peoples Rallies, Summer 1978 (March 2023)
Instructions for Talking to Outsiders (July 31, 1978) (April 2023)
Interviews with Survivors in Georgetown (May 2023)
Log of Individual Affidavits on Grace Stoen (April 2023)
Peoples Temple vs. Tim Stoen (March 2024)
The Freedom of Information Act and Jonestown
FBI Sections
Section 44 • A-2 • Financial (January 2023)
Section 45 • A-3 • Financial (January 2023)
Section 57 • A-31 • Financial (February 2023)
Section 64 • B-2 • Legal (April 2023)
Section 74 • C-6 • Guest Book (April 2024)
Section 75 • C-7 • Daily Operations (March 2023)
Section 75 • C-8 • Administrative Functions (March 2023)
Section 77 • C-11 • Administrative Functions (February 2024)
Section 89 • H-1 • Weapons (February 2023)
FBI Section 95 • L-1 • Letters to PT (April 2024)
Section 96 • P-1 • State Dept Contacts (February 2023)
Section 103 • X-3 • Miscellaneous (September 2023)
Section 110 • BB-2 • Sharon Amos (October 2023)
Sections 118-120 • BB-22 – BB-30 • M Katsaris, C Layton, K Layton, Larry Layton, Lisa Layton, C Lewis, A Moore, M Prokes, L Schacht (January 2024)
Sections 121-123 • BB-31 – BB-32 • Tim Stoen, D Touchette (March 2024)
Section 126 • EE-1 • Letters to Dad (A-F) (February 2024)
Section 130 • EE-2 • Letters to Jim Jones (April 2024)
Section 133 • FF-1 • Affidavits re: Grace Stoen (April 2023)
Section 138 • FF-9 – F-13 • Affidavits-Terrorists, Handwritten Statements, Statements, Confessions (August 2023)
Section 160 • SS-1 • Counter Conspiracy (April 2023)
Tapes
1977 Phone Call between Jim Jones and Housing Commissioner Tony Ubalde, C-7-h-12a – h-12h (March 2023)
Q 133 Jones autobiography (June 2023)
Q 283 News and commentary (August 19, 1978) (June 2023)
Q 378 News and commentary (July 17, 1978) (June 2023)
Q 385 News and commentary (early May 1978) (June 2023)
Q 574 Conversations with children in Jonestown (June 2023)
Q 758 Ukiah television station interview with Jones (June 2023)
Q 769 Temple member acknowledges free-will gift (June 2023)
Q 770 Charles Garry interview; M. Jones phone calls (June 2023)
Q 947-1 Jonestown meeting, 12/11/77, after death of Lynetta Jones (June 2023)
Q 1058-4 Indianapolis sermon (June 2023)
Notes
The Neutron Bomb (June 2023)
Peoples Temple Members as “Niggers” (June 2023)
“Black” and “White” in Peoples Temple Discourse (June 2023)