Welcome!
Children in Peoples Temple Welcome to “Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple,” sponsored by the Special Collections of Library and Information Access at San Diego State University. This website…
October 1970 Newsletter
Peoples Temple Newsletter, October 1970 On November 7th and 8th Jim Jones will conduct a humanitarian and healing meeting at Benjamin Franklin Junior High School on the corner of Scott…
“The Letter Killeth,” by Jim Jones (original version)
“The Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Giveth LIFE” II Cor. 3:6 Let Us Exalt the Name of Jesus, and Not the King James of England!! [Page 1] CONSIDER THIS If…
“The Letter Killeth,” by Jim Jones
(corrected version)
“The Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Giveth LIFE” II Cor 3:6 Let Us Exalt the Name of Jesus, and Not the King James of England!! [Page 1] CONSIDER THIS If…
Ukiah and Redwood Valley, California – 1965-1974
Articles of Incorporation and Tax Exemption letters Decision to Transfer Church Funds to Missionary Account Jim Jones, Marceline Jones and Carolyn Moore Layton Peoples Temple notecard A True Follower of…
Articles of Incorporation and Tax Exemption letters
In July 1965, Peoples Temple filed Articles of Incorporation as a non-profit corporation in Mendocino County in Northern California. The Secretary of State of California officially certified the corporation on…
Washington Post editorial, August 18, 1973
Throughout the early 1970s, members of Peoples Temple took their summer vacations by joining cross-country bus trips with Jim Jones and other church leaders. Over the years, the trips featured…
A True Follower of This Activist Christian Ministry
With the move to Redwood Valley – and unshackled from its theological beginnings in Indiana – Peoples Temple was able to establish a new identity for itself. The Temple’s articulation…
Flyer Announcing Peoples Temple Services (Text)
Listen to the Voice of Peoples’ Temple every Sunday night on XPRS (1090KC) from 9:00 to 9:30 PM. Hear the broadcast from San Francisco on KFAX (1100KC) 5:30 to 5:45…
Peoples Temple Publicity, Redwood Valley
Peoples Temple was involved in community affairs outside its relatively-isolated headquarters in Redwood Valley in the early 1970s, and issued press releases to let the media know about that involvement….