{"id":13225,"date":"2013-02-17T21:49:43","date_gmt":"2013-02-17T21:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=13225"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T00:36:28","slug":"index","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=13225","title":{"rendered":"Guyana \u2013 1973-1978"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to the sources below, numerous other documents of Peoples Temple’s years in Guyana appear on the Jonestown Research<\/a> page, especially the Jonestown Organization<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

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  1. Proposed timeline and plans for exodus [1973]<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Resolution to Establish Agricultural Mission (October 1973) <\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Map of Proposed Leasehold<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Government of Guyana Documents\n
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    1. Guyana Legislation to Incorporate Peoples Temple <\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Guyana Land Lease<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Guyana Articles of Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    4. Financial Projection Through Phase One (1974-1976)<\/a> <\/li>\n
    5. Power of Attorney in Guyana<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. Peoples Temple Emigration Documents<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Guyana Packing Lists<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. Lists of needed supplies<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. Edith Roller Journals (1978) <\/a><\/li>\n
    10. Jonestown Publications<\/a><\/li>\n
    11. Jim Jones’ Autobiographical Statements<\/a><\/li>\n
    12. To Whom It May Concern<\/a>\n
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      1. Memo \u201cA quien corresponda\u201d: A Spanish Translation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      2. Angela Davis and the Six Day Siege<\/a><\/li>\n
      3. \u201cI Have Been To Paradise\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n
      4. The HAM Radio Operator, the OB\/GYN, and the Jonestown Doctor<\/a><\/li>\n
      5. The Words of Marceline Jones<\/a><\/li>\n
      6. The Letters, Reports and Diaries of Paula Adams<\/a>\n
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        1. The Tapes of Paula Adams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        2. Letters to Dad<\/a> \"NEW\"<\/li>\n
        3. Letters from Jonestown<\/a><\/li>\n
        4. Poetry from Jonestown\n
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          1. Barbara Walker\u2019s Poetry<\/a><\/li>\n
          2. Jonestown\u2019s Young Poets<\/a><\/li>\n
          3. The Poetry of Sandy Bradshaw<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          4. Making Plans to Die<\/a><\/li>\n
          5. <\/a>Peoples Rallies<\/a><\/li>\n
          6. Peoples Temple and US Government Agencies\n
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            1. US Postal Service order on Social Security checks<\/a><\/li>\n
            2. US Customs and the INTERPOL Report<\/a><\/li>\n
            3. Peoples Temple and Taxing Authorities<\/a><\/li>\n
            4. FCC Investigation of Peoples Temple<\/a><\/li>\n
            5. Open Letter to Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            6. Peoples Temple Meetings with the Soviet Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana, 1978<\/a><\/li>\n
            7. Peoples Temple and The Concerned Relatives<\/a><\/li>\n
            8. Letter to President Carter from Jonestown<\/a><\/li>\n
            9. Jonestown’s Relations with the Government of Guyana<\/a><\/li>\n
            10. Organizational Charts, Rosters & Listings, Jonestown 1978<\/a><\/li>\n
            11. Peoples Temple and Joe Mazor<\/a><\/li>\n
            12. The Collected Writings of Richard Tropp<\/a> \"NEW\"<\/li>\n
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              1. Target: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple<\/em><\/a> \"NEW\"<\/li>\n
              2. Richard Tropp Letter on Intellectuals<\/a> <\/li>\n
              3. Richard Tropp\u2019s Dramatic Reading<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              4. The Defection of Deborah Layton Blakey<\/a>\n
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                1. Jonestown Community Responds to Blakey Defection<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                2. John and Barbara Moore’s trip to Jonestown, May 1978<\/a>\n
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                  1. The Temple edit of John and Barbara Moore<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  2. Peoples Temple and Kathy Hunter<\/a><\/li>\n
                  3. Peoples Temple Acquires the Albatross<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
                  4. Peoples Temple Radio Code Book<\/a><\/li>\n
                  5. American Embassy\/State Department Cables on Jonestown, June 1978<\/a><\/li>\n
                  6. Meetings of Commissions and Analysts, Peoples Rallies, Summer 1978<\/a><\/li>\n
                  7. Instructions from Jim Jones\n
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                    1. Instructions for Jonestown Residents (“Since March 17, 1978”)<\/a><\/li>\n
                    2. Medical Instructions (May 1978)<\/a><\/li>\n
                    3. Instructions for Talking to Outsiders (July 31, 1978)<\/a><\/li>\n
                    4. Instructions to Jonestown Community (August 1978)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                    5. Peoples Temple Letter to Guyana’s Religious Community<\/a><\/li>\n
                    6. Broadcast after final White Night<\/a><\/li>\n
                    7. Dissent in Jonestown<\/a><\/li>\n
                    8. Peoples Temple and Gordon Lindsay<\/a><\/li>\n
                    9. Peoples Temple and Mark Lane<\/a><\/li>\n
                    10. Letter to LA District Attorney John Van de Kamp<\/a><\/li>\n
                    11. Jonestown’s Final Months<\/a>\n
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                      1. Instructions for October 1978<\/a><\/li>\n
                      2. Carolyn Layton’s Analysis of Future Prospects<\/a><\/li>\n
                      3. Possible Resettlement Locations in USSR<\/a><\/li>\n
                      4. Petition to Move to USSR<\/a><\/li>\n
                      5. Annie Moore’s Letter to “Dad,” Fall 1978<\/a><\/li>\n
                      6. Annie Moore’s Letter of October 25, 1978 <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                      7. The Departure of Teri Buford<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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