Guyana – 1973-1978

In addition to the sources below, numerous other documents of Peoples Temple’s years in Guyana appear on the Jonestown Research page, especially the Jonestown Organization page.

1. Proposed timeline and plans for exodus [1973]
2. Resolution to Establish Agricultural Mission (October 1973)
3. Map of Proposed Leasehold
4. Endorsements of Peoples Temple
5. Government of Guyana Documents
   1. Guyana Legislation to Incorporate Peoples Temple
   2. Guyana Land Lease
   3. Guyana Articles of Association
6. Financial Projection Through Phase One (1974-1976)
7. Power of Attorney in Guyana
8. Peoples Temple Emigration Documents
9. Guyana Packing Lists
10. Lists of needed supplies
11. Peoples Temple Contacts with Forbes Burnham
12. Edith Roller Journals (1978)
13. Jonestown Publications
14. Jim Jones’ Autobiographical Statements
15. To Whom It May Concern
    1. Memo “A quien corresponda”: A Spanish Translation
16. Angela Davis and the Six Day Siege
17. “I Have Been To Paradise”
18. The HAM Radio Operator, the OB/GYN, and the Jonestown Doctor
19. The Words of Marceline Jones
20. The Letters, Reports and Diaries of Paula Adams
    1. The Tapes of Paula Adams
21. Testimonials of Jim Jones’ Miracles and Healings
22. Letters to Dad
23. Letters from Jonestown
24. Poetry from Jonestown
    1. Barbara Walker’s Poetry
    2. Jonestown’s Young Poets
    3. The Poetry of Sandy Bradshaw
25. Making Plans to Die
26. Peoples Rallies
27. Peoples Temple and US Government Agencies
    1. US Postal Service order on Social Security checks
    2. US Customs and the INTERPOL Report
    3. Peoples Temple and Taxing Authorities
    4. FCC Investigation of Peoples Temple
    5. Open Letter to Congress
28. Peoples Temple Meetings with the Soviet Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana, 1978
29. Peoples Temple and The Concerned Relatives
30. Letter to President Carter from Jonestown
31. Jonestown’s Relations with the Government of Guyana
32. Organizational Charts, Rosters & Listings, Jonestown 1978
33. Peoples Temple and Joe Mazor
34. The Collected Writings of Richard Tropp
    1. Target: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
    2. Richard Tropp Letter on Intellectuals
    3. Richard Tropp’s Dramatic Reading
35. The Defection of Deborah Layton Blakey
    1. Jonestown Community Responds to Blakey Defection
36. John and Barbara Moore’s trip to Jonestown, May 1978
    1. The Temple edit of John and Barbara Moore
37. Peoples Temple and Kathy Hunter
38. Peoples Temple Acquires the Albatross
39. Peoples Temple Radio Code Book
40. American Embassy/State Department Cables on Jonestown, June 1978
41. Meetings of Commissions and Analysts, Peoples Rallies, Summer 1978
42. Instructions from Jim Jones
    1. Instructions for Jonestown Residents (“Since March 17, 1978”)
    2. Medical Instructions (May 1978)
    3. Instructions for Talking to Outsiders (July 31, 1978)
    4. Instructions to Jonestown Community (August 1978)
43. Peoples Temple Letter to Guyana’s Religious Community
44. Broadcast after final White Night
45. Dissent in Jonestown
46. Peoples Temple and Gordon Lindsay
47. Peoples Temple and Mark Lane
48. Letter to LA District Attorney John Van de Kamp
49. Jonestown’s Final Months
    1. Instructions for October 1978
    2. Carolyn Layton’s Analysis of Future Prospects
    3. Possible Resettlement Locations in USSR
    4. Petition to Move to USSR
    5. Annie Moore’s Letter to “Dad,” Fall 1978
    6. Annie Moore’s Letter of October 25, 1978
50. The Departure of Teri Buford