FBI Section 143 • HH-9 • Photographs – Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple

Section HH-9 — which is labelled in the Guyana Index as “History of Jim Jones” –– consists of 73 pages. The section comprises photocopies of 66 photographs recovered from Jonestown. The identifications – often determined through the captions on the back of the photos – appear below.

The listing below is complete for this section of the FBI’s FOIA release. The complete PDF for this section as released by the FBI is here.

The citation for these documents should open with the FBI’s official designation of these records, which is “RYMUR 89-4286.” Each individual photo in this section has a unique number. The photo on 69 – with its caption on page 68 – for example, is marked “HH-9-64”. The complete citation for that photo, then, would be “RYMUR 89-4286-HH-9-64”.

Page number	RYMUR citation	Description
2-3	HH-9-1, HH-9-2	Gathering of Temple members in Guyana, 1974; “Laura Allende at Peoples Temple, Dec. 1976”
4-5	HH-9-3, HH-9-4	John & Barbara Moore, parents of two Jonestown residents, at press conference, May 1978
6-7	HH-9-5, HH-9-6, HH-9-7	Marceline jones, Guy Young, Charles Garry, Jim McElvane, Jean Brown, at press conference, May 1978; official photo of Guyana Prime Minister Forbes Burnham
8-9	HH-9-8, HH-9-9	“Jim Jones and Huey P. Newton in Havana, February 1970”
10-11	HH-9-10, HH-9-11	“Jim Jones and Huey P. Newton in Havana, 1976”; “Rev. Jones and Grenada P.M. Eric M. Gairy, April 1977
12-13	HH-9-12, HH-9-13	“Yvonne Golden at Peoples Temple (July 1977)”; Howard Wallace at P.T. Gay/Action Labor, July 1977”
14-15	HH-9-14, HH-9-15	“Rev. Cecil Williams at Peoples Temple (July 1977)”; “Enola Maxwell at Peoples Temple (July, 1977)”
16-17	HH-9-16, HH-9-17	“Prime Minister of Grenada Eric Gairy with Rev. Jim Jones at Peoples Temple reception. Across from Rev. Jones – Mayor George Moscone. To Rev. Jones left is Prime Min. Gairy. On his right is Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally. Next to Lt. Gov. Dymally is S.F. Supervisor Dianne Feinstein” “Art Agnos (Assemblyman) at Peoples Temple, July, 1977”
18-19	HH-9-18, HH-9-19	“Milton Marks (Calif. State Senate)”; “Rev. Jim Jones and Dr. Carlton Goodlett in Jonestown, August 1978” [Mike Prokes on left]
20-21	HH-9-20, HH-9-21	“Rev. Jones address, Spiritual Jubilee, May 1976, Los Angeles Convention Center”
22-23	HH-9-22, HH-9-23	[top picture, unknown banquet location]; “Jan. 15, 1977 Martin Luther King Day, Peoples Temple” [Mayor Moscone to Jones’ left]
24-25	HH-9-24, HH-9-25	“Mayor Moscone’s office 1977, Martin Luther King Day Proclamation”; “talking to [columnist] Jack Anderson at Fresno Demonstration of support for ‘Fresno Four’, 9-10?-76”
26-27	HH-9-26, HH-9-27	“Rev. Jones & Prime Minister Gairy (between them is Lt. Gov. Dymally) at Peoples Temple, April 1977 (4/2/77)”; Kamook and Dennis Banks
28-29	HH-9-28, HH-9-29	Jim Jones receives award, with Rev. Cecil Williams [on Jones’ left], three others; “Dec 1977, SF, Market St.” [Temple demonstration against opponents, including Customs Service]
30-31	HH-9-30, HH-9-31	“Dec. 1977” [Temple demonstration against opponents, including Joe Mazor]; “From left, Enola Maxwell, Marceline Jones, Peter Mezey (SF Board of Education)”
32-33	HH-9-32, HH-9-33	“Mayor George Moscone at Peoples Temple”; “Governor Jerry Brown at Peoples Temple, January, 1977”
34-35	HH-9-34, HH-9-35	[Jones with unknown man, likely in Guyana]; “Russian Trade Union Delegation, Jean Brown – Mike Davidow”
36-37	HH-9-36, HH-9-37	[Angela Davis addresses crowd]; [unknown group shot, likely in Guyana]
38-39	HH-9-38, HH-9-39	[two shots of four unknown men, likely in Guyana]
40-41	HH-9-40, HH-9-41	[two shots of two unknown men, same event, likely in Guyana]
42-43	HH-9-42, HH-9-43	Jim Jones with Forbes Burnham, 1976; “Oct 1976, Mayor Moscone and Jim Jones to meet with candidate Walter Mondale”
44-45	HH-9-45, HH-9-44	“Testimonial, Rev. Jones and Lt. Gov. Dymally”; “Housing Commission Swearing-In, From left: Rev. A.C. ‘Tony’ Ubalde, Mayor George Moscone, Rev. Jim Jones, Nov. 1976”
46-47	HH-9-46, HH-9-47	“Gov. Jerry Brown at Peoples Temple, Martin Luther King Day Celebration, January 1977, 1/15/77”; “Testimonial: Jim Jones and ‘Fresno 4’, Nov. 1976 (?)”
48-49	HH-9-48, HH-9-49	[same event as HH-9-47]; “Testimonial: Milton Marks and Jim Jones”
50-51	HH-9-50, HH-9-51	[duplicate shot of HH-9-49]; “Testimonial: George Moscone (Mayor of S.F.) speaking; Joseph Freitas (left), Willie Brown”
52-53	HH-9-52, HH-9-53	“Freitas, Willie Brown” [same event as HH-9-51]; [same event as HH-9-51]
54-55	HH-9-54, HH-9-55	“Testimonial. from left: Joseph Freitas, D.A., assemblyman Willie Brown, Gerald McHarq (Disc. Of Christ) – speaking, Prokes; Rev. Jones, Mervyn Dymally (Lt. Gov. Of California), Mrs. Dymally”; [same ewvent]
56-57	HH-9-56, HH-9-57	“Testimonial. From left: Robert Mendelsohn, SF Board of Supervisors; Joyce Parks, R.N., Hon Claude Worrell, Timothy Stoen”; “L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley at Peoples Temple, Los Angeles, 1973”
58-59	HH-9-58, HH-9-59	“Testimonial, Nov. (?) 1976”; “Testimonial, Milton Marks (Cal. State Senator)”
60-61	HH-9-60	[photograph of apartment building directory, likely 1435 Alvarado Terrace; most of 31 residents are Temple members]
62-63	HH-9-61	“1435 Alvarado Terrace”
64-65	HH-9-62	[6 people disembarking down Cubana Airlines ramp, including Jim and Marceline Jones]
66-67	HH-9-63	“Blemish on bldg., First damage to front of Peoples Temple, 1973”]
68-69	HH-9-64	“Jim Jones addressing ‘Spiritual Jubilee’ May 1976, L.A. Convention Center. cf. Bilalian News [Nation of Islam news service] for full coverage”
70-71	HH-9-65	[George Moscone, Jim Jones, Walter Mondale]
72-73	HH-9-66	Larger print of Gathering of Temple members in Guyana, 1974

Originally posted on December 17th, 2021.

Last modified on November 21st, 2023.