Chart prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III of the Jonestown Institute for his article, “Attempting to Document the Peoples Temple Story: The Existence and Disappearance of Government Records.”
| Records Produced By Government Agencies | Records Produced By Peoples Temple |
| Pre-18 November 1978 | |
| State Department | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Central Intelligence Agency | Internal Revenue Service |
| U.S. Customs Service | Health, Education & Welfare (Social Security Administration) |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| Federal Communications Commission | |
| Health, Education & Welfare (Social Security Administration) | |
| Internal Revenue Service | |
| Post-18 November 1978 | |
| U.S. Air Force | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Armed Forces Institute of Pathology | Department of Justice |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation | Treasury Department (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) |
| Central Intelligence Agency | |
| Health, Education & Welfare (Social Security Administration) | |
| Department of Justice | |
| U.S. Secret Service | |
| State Department | |
| Treasury Department (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) |
Originally posted on March 11th, 2013.
Last modified on March 21st, 2014.