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. Government of Guyana Documents
   1. Guyana Legislation to Incorporate Peoples Temple
   2. Guyana Land Lease
   3. Guyana Articles of Association
5. Financial Projection Through Phase One (1974-1976)
6. Power of Attorney in Guyana
7. Peoples Temple Emigration Documents
8. Guyana Packing Lists
9. Lists of needed supplies
10. Edith Roller Journals (1978)
11. Jonestown Publications
12. Jim Jones’ Autobiographical Statements
13. To Whom It May Concern
    1. Memo “A quien corresponda”: A Spanish Translation
14. Angela Davis and the Six Day Siege
15. “I Have Been To Paradise”
16. The HAM Radio Operator, the OB/GYN, and the Jonestown Doctor
17. The Words of Marceline Jones
18. The Letters, Reports and Diaries of Paula Adams
    1. The Tapes of Paula Adams
19. Testimonials of Jim Jones’ Miracles and Healings
20. Letters to Dad
21. Letters from Jonestown
22. Poetry from Jonestown
    1. Barbara Walker’s Poetry
    2. Jonestown’s Young Poets
    3. The Poetry of Sandy Bradshaw
23. Making Plans to Die
24. Peoples Rallies
25. 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
26. Peoples Temple Meetings with the Soviet Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana, 1978
27. Peoples Temple and The Concerned Relatives
28. Letter to President Carter from Jonestown
29. Jonestown’s Relations with the Government of Guyana
30. Organizational Charts, Rosters & Listings, Jonestown 1978
31. Peoples Temple and Joe Mazor
32. 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
33. The Defection of Deborah Layton Blakey
    1. Jonestown Community Responds to Blakey Defection
34. John and Barbara Moore’s trip to Jonestown, May 1978
    1. The Temple edit of John and Barbara Moore
35. Peoples Temple and Kathy Hunter
36. Peoples Temple Acquires the Albatross
37. Peoples Temple Radio Code Book
38. American Embassy/State Department Cables on Jonestown, June 1978
39. Meetings of Commissions and Analysts, Peoples Rallies, Summer 1978
40. 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)
41. Peoples Temple Letter to Guyana’s Religious Community
42. Broadcast after final White Night
43. Dissent in Jonestown
44. Peoples Temple and Gordon Lindsay
45. Peoples Temple and Mark Lane
46. Letter to LA District Attorney John Van de Kamp
47. 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
48. The Departure of Teri Buford