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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…

Peoples Temple Newsletters

From 1970 to 1972 – the years of Peoples Temple’s greatest expansions from Redwood Valley into San Francisco and Los Angeles – the church communicated with its many members with…

Ukiah and Redwood Valley, California – 1965-1974

Corporate and Legal Documents Peoples Temple Articles of Incorporation (1965) Tax Exemption Letters Peoples Temple By-Laws (1970) Amendments to Peoples Temple Articles of Incorporation Decision to Transfer Church Funds to…

Peoples Temple Articles of Incorporation (1965)

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…

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….

Peoples Temple in Congressional Record

In June 1973, Rep. George Brown (D-California) inserted a page-long tribute to Peoples Temple in the Congressional Record. Entitled “Peoples Temple Christian Church Supports First Amendment,” the tribute in the…

February 1972 Newsletter

Peoples Temple Newsletter, February 1972 Be sure to take advantage of our beautiful color print offer February 19 and 20 Pastor Jim Jones will hold a humanitarian and healing meeting…