This page lists articles, tapes, documents and resources which have been added to this website within the past 15 months. Previous pages with substantive revisions are noted in italics. (Note: This does not include entries from the jonestown report, an annual publication featuring articles, remembrances, personal reflections, and artistic interpretations of Peoples Temple.)
Peoples Temple in the News
New Documentary Series Airs on Hulu, National Geographic, by the 72 Films Team (June 2024)
The People of Peoples Temple
Neva Sly: Only A Thought Away, by Mickey Touchette (April 2024)
The Family of Neva Jean Hargrave Sly, by Rebecca Moore (May 2024)
Remembrances of Juanell Smart, by Rebecca Moore (April 2024)
Silence with Friends: A Remembrance of Bobby Stroud, by Jim Murphy (November 2023)
Jonestown Research
Timeline of the 1978 Guyana Inquest: Coroner’s inquest into the Jonestown deaths, by Aliah Mohmand (February 2024)
Website News
Introducing Our Volunteers: Sarah Rex, by Rebecca Moore (May 2024)
Frequently Asked Questions
Were outsiders able to visit Jonestown? (April 2024)
Primary Sources
Financial Projection Through Phase One (1974-1976) (November 2023)
“Make sure we have enough to kill everyone inside,” an undated note from Sandy Bradshaw in San Francisco (August 2023)
Letters of Support for Peoples Temple, Winter 1978 (November 2023)
Jonestown Community Responds to Blakey Defection (September 2023)
Richard Tropp Letter on Intellectuals (April 2024)
Peoples Temple vs. Tim Stoen (March 2024)
The Departure of Teri Buford (June 2024)
The Reports of Jean Brown, Fall 1978 (June 2024)
The Reporting of Mohamed Hamaludin (July 2024)
The Freedom of Information Act and Jonestown
FBI Sections
Section 74 • C-6 • Guest Book (April 2024)
Section 77 • C-11 • Administrative Functions (February 2024)
Section 86 • F-2 • Social Security & Pensions (July 2024)
FBI Section 95 • L-1 • Letters to PT (April 2024)
Section 103 • X-3 • Miscellaneous (September 2023)
Section 110 • BB-2 • Sharon Amos (October 2023)
Section 112 • BB-4 • Philip Blakey (July 2024)
Section 113 • BB-7 • Terri Buford (June 2024)
Section 116 • BB-17 • Jim Jones (June 2024)
Jim Jones letters to Guyana government officials, 1977 (June 2024)
Sections 118-120 • BB-22 – BB-30 • M Katsaris, C Layton, K Layton, Larry Layton, Lisa Layton, C Lewis, A Moore, M Prokes, L Schacht (January 2024)
Sections 121-123 • BB-31 – BB-32 • Tim Stoen, D Touchette (March 2024)
Section 126 • EE-1 • Letters to Dad (A-F) (February 2024)
Section 130 • EE-2 • Letters to Jim Jones (April 2024)
Section 136 • FF-4 • Sworn Affidavits (May 2024)
Section 138 • FF-9 – F-13 • Affidavits-Terrorists, Handwritten Statements, Statements, Confessions (August 2023)
Tapes
Transcript of Jim Jones interview on Jim Dunbar Show (September 1972), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-nn-1 – nn-8 (June 2024)
Transcript of Jim Jones interview on KLIL Radio in Ukiah (May 1973), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-oo-1 – oo-4 (June 2024)
Transcript of Jim Jones interview on KPIX with Cecil Williams (April 1976), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-mm-1 – mm-5 (June 2024)
Transcript of Jim Jones testimonial to Cecil Williams (November 1976), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-ll-1 – ll-2 (June 2024)
Transcript of Jim Jones interview on KSFO with Julia Hare (early 1977), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-kk-1 – kk-14 (June 2024)