Tapes prepared by The Jonestown Institute
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This page provides
a list of tapes transcribed & summarized by the Jonestown Institute and
is categorized by topic. The categories include:
Sermons by Jim Jones (62); Other
Jim Jones (26); Tapes
made in Jonestown (131); News analysis
and news of the project (45); Miscellaneous (48);
Other (34).
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The managers of this website gratefully acknowledge the invaluable assistance
of numerous transcribers for this project. We appreciate the work done by Richmond Arquette, Don Beck, Nicole Bissett, Jeff Brailey, Gay Marie Cabral, Seriina Covarrubias, Joey Dieckman, Jennifer Gibbons, Katherine Hill, Shannon Howard, Kristian Klippenstein, Freya Kory, Catherine Peschman, Vicki Perry, Sarabeth Trujillo, and Paul VanDeCarr, and we thank each of them. We also wish to acknowledge the countless hours of work by the late Michael Bellefountaine.
A full listing of the audiotapes recovered by the FBI – including notations of approximately 200 MP3s which have not yet been transcribed – is available at the FBI Summaries. Individual tapes – both transcribed and untranscribed – are available for $2 apiece (although bulk rates apply). To order any audio from this website, write to Fielding M. McGehee at: fieldingmcgehee@yahoo.com.
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| Content |
Transcription |
Summary |
MP3 |
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| Annotated Sermons of Jim Jones. | ||||
| Q 151 | Jones cures woman in undated sermon  |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q 162 | Sermon in Philadelphia (1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 233 | Address about Temple inclusion in Congressional Record (1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 353 | News and commentary (Spring 1978); Sermon (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q 356 | Philadelphia sermon (August 1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 357 | Los Angeles service (1973) includes testimony of JJ miracles | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 454 | PT administrative service includes punishments and praises |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 612 | Los Angeles sermon (1974) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 612 a | Los Angeles sermon (end of Q 612); Prokes on Kinsolving | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q 648 | Undated faith healing service | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| †Q 897 | Healing service (undated) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| †Q 919 | Healing service (undated) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 920 | Faith healing, California, undated | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 921 | Faith healing, California (undated) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
Q
926 |
Healing service (Undated) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 927 | Jones summons soul from spirit world (undated) (same as Q 928) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 928 | Jones summons soul from spirit world (undated) (same as Q 927) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 929 | Sermon in Redwood Valley (late 1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 932 | Sermon in Redwood Valley (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 951 | Redwood Valley/SF sermon (May 1973) | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 952 | Political and religious lecture (15 October 1974) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 953 | Los Angeles sermon (May 1974) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 955 | Redwood Valley sermon (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 956 | Los Angeles sermon (Fall 1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 960-2 | Short, non-contextual sermon fragment discusses bomb threats |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 965 | San Francisco sermon (1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 974 | San Francisco sermon (May 1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q 987 | Philadelphia sermon (Spring 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1015A | Faith-healing service (undated) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1016 | Los Angeles sermon (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1018 | Redwood Valley sermon (mid-1970s) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 1019 | Redwood Valley sermon (1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 1020A | Seattle sermon (1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1021 | Redwood Valley sermon (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1022 | Redwood Valley sermon, discipline session (10/24/1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1023 | San Francisco sermon (early 70's) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1024 | Redwood Valley sermon (Fall 1972) | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 1025 | Redwood Valley sermon (June 1972) | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 1027 | San Francisco sermon (1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 1028A | S.F. sermon (1972); apartheid speech (’77); LA sermon (’75) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1032 | Los Angeles sermon (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1035 | San Francisco sermon (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1053 (Part 1) | San Francisco sermon (1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1053 (Part 4) | San Francisco sermon (1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| †Q 1053 (Part 6) | Redwood Valley radio addresses (early 1970's) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1054 (Part 3) | Redwood Valley sermon (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1055 (Part 1) | Redwood Valley sermon (undated) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 1055 (Part 2) | Redwood Valley sermon (undated); Ridgewood Ranch (1966) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 1056 (Part 3) | Jones records messages for Peace Mission audience (winter 1972) | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 1056 (Part 4) | Portions of two sermons (undated, likely 1975) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 1057 (Part 2) | Two sermons, one shortly after Gang of 8 defection | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1057 (Part 3) | Redwood Valley, Spring 73, after Gang of 8 defection | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1057 (Part 4) | Los Angeles sermon (April 1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 1057 (Part 5) | Los Angeles sermon (1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1058 (Part 2) | San Francisco sermon; Indianapolis Sermons | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1058 (Part 3) | San Francisco sermon (1973/74) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1059 (Part 1) | San Francisco sermon (Spring 1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1059 (Part 2) | Two sermons (second dated 12 June 1972) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1059 (Part 3) | Two sermons (first dated 12 June 1972; second dated 20 October 1973) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1059 (Part 4) | Two sermons (first 20 October 1973; second Fall 1974) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1059 (Part 5) | Sermon of Fall 1974 (continuation of 1059 (Part 4)) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 1059 (Part 6) | Sermon of Fall 1974 (continuation of 1059 (Part 4) and 1059 (Part 5)) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Content |
Transcription |
Summary |
MP3 |
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| Q 134 | Jones autobiography | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q 144 | Jones radio address on Bible; Prokes on Kinsolving | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 358 | Jones records announcements for upcoming services (June 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 415 | Jim & Marceline Jones adopt two children during live TV program | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 575 | Interview with Jim Jones on Ukiah radio station | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 587 | Last will (January 1975) (Duplicates Q 667) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 609 | JJ interviewed on KSFO (Spring 1977) (Partially duplicated on Q627) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q 614 | Jones make calls on extradition of Dennis Banks (February 1976) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q 620 | Jim Jones phone call with Alfred Kahn (October 1975) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| † Q 622 | Jim Jones phone call with John Maher (Spring 1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 627 | Jim Jones interview on KSFO Radio (February 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 645 | Jim Jones interview with Cecil Williams (April 1976) (Partially duplicates Q 683) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 667 | Last Will (January 1975) (Duplicates Q 587) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 671 | San Francisco radio program (March/April 1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 677 | Jones interview on TV talk show (1973) (partially duplicates Q 696) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q679 | Jim Jones radio interview; Prokes call to disaffected member (Summer 1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 683 | Jim Jones interview with Cecil Williams; other phone calls (April 1976) (Duplicated on Q 645) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 685 | Phone calls, including JJ conversation with Carlton Goodlett | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q686 | Phone calls; Jim Jones phone conversation with Dennis Denny (October 1975) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 696 | Jim Jones interview on TV talk show (See also Q 677) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| † Q710 | Jim Jones telephone conversation with Dennis Denny (July 1975) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 727 | Jones interview on KSFO Radio (February 1977) (part of Q627) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 735 | Jones presents check to school, speaks against Bakke (1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 797 | Jones TV interview following Kinsolving articles |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 799 | Conversation with Rosalynn Carter (September 1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 805 (a) | Jones’ phone call discusses conspiracy against church | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Content |
Transcription |
Summary |
MP3 |
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| Chronological List of Tapes Known to Have Been Recorded in Jonestown 1978. | |||||
| Q 016 | Shortwave broadcasts (likely late May 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 039 | Interview with Judy and Patty Houston (18 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| † Q 042 | Death tape (18 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | ||
| †Q 048 | Rep. Ryan address to Jonestown community (17 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 49 (Part 1) | Jonestown community rehearses answers for reporters | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 049 a | Jonestown meeting (early Spring 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| †Q 050 | Jonestown community discusses Ryan's impending arrival (16 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 051 | White Night in Jonestown (20 March 1978, continued from Q 833) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| † Q 054 | Shortwave broadcasts (Spring 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 135 | Crisis of October 1977 | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 154 | Jones issues warnings to Jonestown community (10/26/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 157 | Jones announces discipline guideline during news tape (6/6/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 161 | Jonestown Meeting (November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 170 | Jones announces defection of Teri Buford (10/28/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 174 | Music of the Jonestown Express (October 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 175 | Jones announces Ryan’s plans to visit Jonestown (9 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 182 | Jim Jones reads news; Larry Schacht recounts Jim Jones miracles (9 October 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 188 | Jones on Stoen lawsuits, revolutionary death (6/13/78) |
Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 189 | Jones chastises defectors/conspirators, reads news (6/15/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 190 | Jones reads news (October 15, 1978), offers advice & praise | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| †Q 191 | Jones rehearses community in reporters’ questions (8/8/78) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2, MP3-Pt. 3, MP3-Pt. 4 | |
| Q 196 | Jones reads news (September 25, 1978), issues instructions | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 197 | Jones reads news (May 31, 1978), quizzes residents |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 209 | Jones reads news (August 30, 1978), tests basic knowledge | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 210 | Jones reads news (October 24, 1978), lists names for classes | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 212 | Jones issues instructions, speaks against suicide, reads news | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 217 | Jones criticizes escapees, promises move to Soviet Union | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 219 | Performance of Jonestown Express, dramatic readings | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 226 | Guyanese herpetologist talks about indigenous snakes |
Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 227 | Jones issues instructions, warns against gossip, reads | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 234 | Jones issues instructions for clean-up of Jonestown | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 238 | Jones chastises defectors/conspirators, reads news (7/3/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 240 | Agriculture meeting | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 242 | Peoples Rally (August 19, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2, MP3-Pt. 3, MP3-Pt. 4 | |
| Q 243 | Jonestown admonition (October 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| †Q 245 | Jonestown meeting, discussion of suicide (Late summer 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 262 | Jones leads Jonestown meeting (mid-July 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 265 | 10/17/78 JT meeting addresses runaways, attempted suicide | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| †Q 269 | Peoples Rally, July 1978 |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 271 | Jones issues instructions to community (September 19, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 273 | Peoples Rally, July 1, 1978 |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 278A | Short tape of undated Jonestown meeting | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 279 | Jones rehearses community in reporters’ questions | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 289 | Jones reads news of 10/5/78, reveals poisoning plot against him | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 291 | Jonestown residents interview Donald Freed (August 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 293 | Radio report on medical services, cassava production | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 298 | Jones reads news, tells of arrival of Joe Mazor (Sept 8, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 302 | Jones reads news (10/1/78), promises move to Soviet Union | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 309 | Jones issues instructions to community (October 7, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| †Q 313 | Jonestown meeting discusses Ryan's arrival (10 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 318 | Jones leads community in discussion of news (August 1, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| † Q 320 | News; discussion of Leo Ryan's visit (15 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| † Q 323 | News; discussion of Leo Ryan's visit (11 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 326 | Jones issues instructions to community (October 22, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| † Q 352 | Soviet consular visit to Jonestown community (1 October 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 359 | Jones, Prokes extol Jonestown in two radio messages (10/78) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 365 | Music of the Jonestown Express | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 380 | Meeting addresses runaways, attempted suicide (10/14/78) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 384 | Jonestown in crisis (mid-October 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 400 | News of October 3, 1978; discussion of emigration to USSR | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 401 | Peoples Rally following Timofeyev visit (October 2, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2, MP3-Pt. 3-A, MP3-Pt. 3-B | |
| Q 408 | Music of the Jonestown Express | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 410 | Music of the Jonestown Express | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 414 | Jones reads news (June 7, 1978), welcomes Jonestown newcomers |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 430 | Jones warns of Stoen inspired lawsuit, military attack (6/4/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 431 | Jones announces infrastructure projects, reads news (6/25/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 432 | Entertainment and skits by people of Jonestown | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 436 | Jones reads news, warns against running away (Oct. 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| †Q 569 | Jones meeting with Jonestown settlers | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 570 | Jones meeting with Jonestown settlers; audio letters home | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 577 | Greeting from Jonestown (July 1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 588 | Jonestown meeting (13 April 1978) (588-596) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 589 | Answering questions of people, Jonestown meeting (13 April 1978) (588-596) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 590 | Jonestown meeting (13 April 1978) (588-596) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 591 | Discussion of relatives, Jonestown meeting (13 April 1978) (588-596) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 592 | Jonestown meeting (13 April 1978) (588-596) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 594 | Fantasy on torturing defectors, Jonestown meeting (13 April 1978) (588-596) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 595 | Conspiracy, USSR, Jonestown meeting (13 April 1978) (588-596) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 596 | Emigrating to Cuba, Jonestown meeting (13 April 1978) (588-596) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 596A | Meeting after accreditation of Jonestown school (March 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| † Q 597 | Jonestown meeting (8 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 598 | Elitism; racism in PT; self-criticism; ag report (12 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 599 | Jonestown meeting (12 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| † Q 600 | Jonestown meeting (10 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 601 | Jonestown meeting (15 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 602 | Jonestown meeting on governing relationships (Spring 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 635 | White Night, berating Stanley Clayton (12 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 636 | White Night (continued from 635 through 639) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 637 | White Night (continued from 635 through 639) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 638 | White Night (continued from 635 through 639) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 639 | White Night (continued from 635) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| † Q 640 | Jonestown meeting (April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 641 | White Night (April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 642 | White Night (continued from 641 through 644) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 643 | White Night (continued from 641 through 644) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 644 | White Night (continued from 641 through 644) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 653 | Don Freed talks about his impressions of Jonestown (August 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 662 | Jones reads news, demands personal property lists (April 11, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | Available | |
| † Q 668 | Children of Jonestown debate issues | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 674 | Norman Ijames discusses purchase of equipment from Britain | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 676 | Marceline Jones records Jonestown progress report | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 693 | Telephone call between Marceline and Suzanne Jones (Oct. 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 698 | Carlton Goodlett visit to Jonestown (August 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 708 | Charles Garry threatens to resign as Temple counsel (11/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 723 | Music of Jonestown Express | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 724 | Death of Lynetta Jones reported to Guyanese officials |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 729 | Doctor Schacht issues instructions to Jonestown clinic nurses |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 734 | Jonestown residents disciplined in meeting (mid-1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 736 | Press conference on Concerned Relatives (17 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 740 | Jonestown leaders react to Concerned Relatives petition (April 78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 743 | Farm report; news (likely October 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 744 | Jones discusses work assignments in short Jonestown meeting | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 749 | Jones reads statements defending Guyana government |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 753 | Jones issues instructions and warnings, reads news (4/19/78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 757 | Tim Stoen; White Night; revolutionary suicide (1 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 781 | Jonestown meeting to greet new arrivals (2 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 787 | Jones criticizes sexual irresponsibility in People’s Rally (4/78) | Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 800 | Jones defends Jonestown to Government of Guyana | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 806 | Radio transmission with Maria Katsaris (September 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 807 | Jonestown meeting (7 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| † Q 833
|
White Night in Jonestown (20 March 1978, continues on Q 051) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 875 | Broadcasts of news of Ryan assassination (19 November 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| † Q 933 | Jim Jones admonishes two teenagers for attempted escape (November 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 935 | Musical performance, Jones rallying speech (Nov/Dec 77) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 940 | Jonestown community considers punishment for runaways (Spring 78) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 979 | Jones chastises Concerned Relatives efforts (May 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 981 | Jones argues against return to United States (Fall 1977) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 986 | Jones informs Jonestown of Stoen defection (Summer 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 990 | Jones attacks US policies in short Jonestown speech |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 992 | Jones and Mike Prokes record radio segments (late fall 1977) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 993 | Jones reflects on sacrifices made for Jonestown community (12/77) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 998 | Jones asks Jonestown residents for views on death (21 Dec 1977) | Transcript | Summary | ||
| Content |
Transcription |
Summary |
MP3 |
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| Q 158 | News and commentary (late August, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 167 | News and commentary (October 29, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 169 | News and commentary (November 6, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 181 | News and commentary (October 31, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 184 | News and commentary (6 August 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 186 | News and commentary (likely August 4, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side A, Pt. 1, MP3-Side A, Pt. 2, MP3-Side B, Pt. 1, MP3-Side B, Pt. 2) | |
| Q 187 | News and commentary (October 12, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 194 | News and commentary (June 10, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 199 | News and commentary (June 11, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 200 | News and commentary (June 18, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 207 | News and commentary (June 12, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 211 | News and commentary (October 24, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 215 | News and commentary (October 21, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 216 | News and commentary (November 1, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 220 | Jones reads chapters from memoir of Chilean prisoner | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 231 | News and commentary (June 6, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 235 | News and commentary (2 June 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 241 | News
and commentary (26 August 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 248 | News and commentary (October 1 & September 16, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 256 | News and commentary (September 17, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 259 | News
and commentary (16 August 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 260 | News and commentary (October 10, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 266 | News and commentary (September 27, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1 (right track), MP3-Pt. 1 (left track), MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 267 | News and commentary (September 28, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 284 | News and commentary (20 May 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| †Q 285 | News and commentary (10 September 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| †Q 314 | News and commentary (November 13, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 315 | News and commentary (September 20, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 322 | News and commentary (November 3, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 329 | News
and commentary (4 July 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 381 | News and commentary (October 23, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 397 | News and commentary (August 8, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 398 | News and commentary (August 29, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 399 | News and commentary (August 25, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 402 | News and commentary (30 July 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 403 | News and commentary (July 15, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 437 | News
and commentary (late August 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 441 | News and commentary (June 4, 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 732 | Jones reads news of April 8, 1978 | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 741 | Farm report, news (16 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 746 | News
and commentary (16 April 1978) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 759 | Radio broadcast, Tass correspondent (15 April 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| †Q 886 | News and commentary (9 October 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 887 | Jim Jones reads the news (October 10, 1978; September 28, 1978) | Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 892 | Jones reads article on rise of fascism in South America |
Transcript | Summary | ||
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Transcription |
Summary |
MP3 |
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| Q 391 | Two musical selections performed by Temple members | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 416 | Woman reads article on mental health care |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 422 | Woman reads article critical of Rolling Stones and popular culture | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 425 | Short introduction of Jonestown residents, equipment testing | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 579 | Public relations dealings; Prokes phone calls (Spring 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 608 | Morose Temple member considers suicide (Spring 1974) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 611 | Radio newscast of attempted bombing of Temple bus (March 1974)
(Duplicated on Q 670) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 613 | Telephone calls, campaign against Unification Church | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 618 | Phone call between Garry Lambrev and Liz Forman | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 623 | Misc. phone calls and meetings among Temple members | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 | |
| Q 624 | Phone call between current and former Temple member | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 626 | Tape test gives short update of child custody case | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 629 | Lawsuit vs. press discussed (Summer 1977) | Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 630 | Shortwave with Jones; committee meeting (Summer 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 633 | Radio Broadcasts of Temple offers on SLA (December 1974) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 650 | Jack Beam gives biographical sketch of Jim Jones | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 659 | Declarations of revolutionary support by PT members | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 665 | Post-New West TV coverage (August 77) (Continues from Q 681); Prokes conversation (October 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 670 | Radio newscast of attempted bombing of Temple bus (March 1974) (Duplicated on Q 611) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 673 | Former Temple member Garry Lambrev reads his poetry | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| †Q 678 | Phone calls; Jim Jones meeting with Ben Bowers, PT radio operator (May 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 680 | Post-New West TV coverage (August 77) (Continues on Q 681) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 681 | Post-New West TV coverage (August 77) (Continues on Q 665) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 684 | Two males sing song of defiance against Peoples Temple enemies | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 688 | Interviews with youths (Fall 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 689 | Telephone call between Carol McCoy and Joe Mazor (probably 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 691 | Wade Medlock seeks return of donated funds (December 1977) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 704 | Young member speaks to mother about going to Guyana (3/75) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 706 | Temple member lectures miscreant (12/75) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 709 | Temple member calls editor about Tim Stoen absence (9//77) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 711 | Temple member talks to lawyer about Stoen custody case (11/77) |
Transcript | Summary | ||
| † Q 712 | Phone call between members of Rozynko family (July 1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 713 | Linda Mertle demands Temple stop harassing her mother (12/76) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 714 | Revolutionary declarations by Peoples Temple members | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 721 | Radio program interviews defectors, relatives (Nov/Dec 1977) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 722 | Phone call between two Temple members in San Francisco | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 747 | Marceline Jones calls PT supporters, reporters, lawyers |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 775 | Marceline Jones, Linda Amos talk to defector (11/5/73) | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Side 1, MP3-Side 2 | |
| Q 779 | Broadcast story of Temple offer to serve as SLA hostages |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 784 | Testimonial celebration for Cecil Williams at Glide UMC (November 1975) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| †Q 805 | Messages of loyalty to Jim Jones; telephone calls | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 812 | Prokes telephone call (12 February 1976) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 877 | PT member tries to pry info out of girl on Kessler AFB employee |
Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 881 | Harriett Tropp calls mother of Dana Truss (March 1977) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 884 | Press conference of supportive relatives (May 1978) | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Q 907 | Bradshaw talks to TV reporter about making PT documentary, 1978 |
Transcript | Summary | ||
| Q 978 | Peoples Temple congregation sings five songs | Transcript | Summary | MP3 | |
| Content |
Transcription |
Summary |
MP3 |
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| Q 127 | Recorded music | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 129 | Recordings of commercials | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 148 | Commercial recording of Winnie the Pooh | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 152 | Russian language lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 155a | Recorded music | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 173 | Russian language lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 197A | Recorded comedy album | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 208 | Russian language lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 272 | Russian language lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 330 | Russian language lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 348 | Russian language lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 355 | Testing of equipment | Transcript | Summary | MP3 |
| Q 368 | Concert album of Richard Pryor performance | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 404 | Russian language lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 405 | Russian language lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 467 | Concert album of Richard Pryor performance | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 534 | Morse code lesson | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 578 | Unintelligible conversation in truck for one minute | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 610 | Blank | Transcript | Summary | |
Q
625
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Blank | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 675 | Commercial children's recording | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 687 | Blank |
Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 699 | Recorded music | Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 718 | Radio documentary of SF officials going to Cuba (10/77) |
Transcript | Summary | MP3-Pt. 1, MP3-Pt. 2 |
| Q 719 | Recording of Andrew Young on "Issues and Answers" (October 1977) | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 750 | Commercial tape of medical interview | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 755 | Audio track for 1974 made-for-TV movie |
Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 801 | Commercial tape of medical symposium | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 802 | Commercial tape of Mayo Clinic medical series | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 803 | Commercial tape of medical audio abstracts |
Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 804 | Commercial tape of medical symposium | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 847 | Concert album of Richard Pryor performance | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 947-2 | Concert album of Lenny Bruce performance | Transcript | Summary | |
| Q 1011 | Recorded soul and R&B music |
Transcript | Summary | |
Approximately 200 MP3s which have not yet been transcribed are available at the FBI Summaries. Individual tapes – both transcribed and untranscribed – are available for $2 apiece (although bulk rates apply). To order any audio from this website, write to Fielding M. McGehee at: fieldingmcgehee@yahoo.com.