{"id":86445,"date":"2019-03-11T16:49:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T23:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=86445"},"modified":"2026-02-21T15:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:57:04","slug":"articles-from-the-california-historical-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=86445","title":{"rendered":"Articles from the California Historical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"
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California Historical Society in San Francisco, before its closure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CHS Peoples Temple Collection Transferred to Stanford<\/a>, by Frances Kaplan (2025) \"NEW\"<\/li>\n

(Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: In 2025, the California Historical Society transferred its collections, including its collection on Peoples Temple, to Stanford University in Palo Alto. All the CHS collections may be viewed here. To learn more about visiting the Special Collections at Stanford, click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Frances Kaplan<\/strong> is the Archivist\/Librarian for the California Historical Society Collections \u00a0at Stanford University Libraries. She may be reached at fwkaplan@stanford.edu<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n

(The articles below were written by staff members of CHS during its years on Mission Street in San Francisco, and have been archived by <\/em>the jonestown report.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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  1. The Peoples Temple Photo Identification Project<\/a>, by Frances Kaplan (2023)<\/li>\n
  2. Preserving history: The Peoples Temple Collections at the California Historical Society<\/a>, by Frances Kaplan (2022)<\/li>\n
  3. CHS Processes Major Collection of Temple Publications Department<\/a> (March 2019)<\/li>\n
  4. Report on the Peoples Temple Collection at the California Historical Society<\/a>, by Marie Silva, Archivist & Manuscripts Librarian (2018)<\/li>\n
  5. Report on the Peoples Temple Collection at the California Historical Society<\/a>, by Chela Scot Weber, Marie Silva, and Frances Kaplan (2017)<\/li>\n
  6. Report on the Peoples Temple Collection at the California Historical Society<\/a>, by Marie Silva (2015)<\/li>\n
  7. Report on the Peoples Temple Collection at the California Historical Society<\/a>, by Marie Silva & Mary Morganti (2013)<\/li>\n
  8. Peoples Temple Films in CHS Collection to Appear Online<\/a>, by Marie Silva & Mary Morganti (2012)<\/li>\n
  9. Report on the Peoples Temple Collection at the California Historical Society<\/a> (2011)<\/li>\n
  10. CHS Puts Temple Photos Online, Receives Large Photo Donation<\/a>, by Tanya Hollis (2010)\n
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    1. The Role of the Receiver in Shaping the Peoples Temple Collection<\/a>, by Frances Wratten Kaplan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    2. CHS Acquires Additional Collections, Embarks on Photo Identification Effort<\/a>, by Tanya Hollis (2009)\n
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      1. My Account of How the Laurence Schacht Clinic Sign Was Acquired,<\/a>\u00a0by Derek Braithwaite<\/li>\n
      2. Fringe artists interpret Jonestown<\/a>, by Rikke Wettendorff<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      3. New Collections from Temple Survivors Highlight CHS Acquisitions<\/a>, by Tanya Hollis (2008)<\/li>\n
      4. Report from the California Historical Society<\/a>by Tanya Hollis & Mary Morganti (2007)\n
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        1. The Peoples Temple Collection at California Historical Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        2. Report from the California Historical Society<\/a>, by Denice Stephenson and Mary Morganti (2006)<\/li>\n
        3. Report from the California Historical Society<\/a>(2005)\n
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          1. When Tragedy Informs History: The Challenges of Administering the Peoples Temple Collection at the California Historical Society<\/a>by Mary Morganti<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          2. Report from the California Historical Society<\/a>by Denice Stephenson (2004)\n
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            1. An Open Invitation from the Library at the California Historical Society<\/a>\u00a0by Mary Morganti<\/li>\n
            2. Donating My Peoples Temple Archives to the California Historical Society<\/a>\u00a0by John R. Hall<\/li>\n
            3. Knowledge of Temple Archives Goes International<\/a>\u00a0by Mary Morganti<\/li>\n
            4. Primary Sources Needed for Continued Research on Peoples Temple<\/a>\u00a0by Tanya Hollis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
            5. Report from the California Historical Society<\/a>(2003)\n
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              1. Living History: the Peoples Temple Archive at CHS<\/a>, by Tanya Hollis<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              2. Report from the California Historical Society<\/a>(2002)\n
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                1. Resources Improve at California Historical Society<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                2. Report From The California Historical Society\u00a0<\/a>by Tanya Hollis (2001)\n
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                  1. Resources At The California Historical Society\u00a0<\/a>by Denice Stephenson<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  2. Report from the California Historical Society<\/a>\u00a0by Tanya Hollis (2000)<\/li>\n
                  3. “The Peoples Temple Collection”<\/a>, California History<\/em>, California Historical Society, Vol. 83, No. 1 (2005), 3-5.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                    CHS Peoples Temple Collection Transferred to Stanford, by Frances Kaplan (2025) (Editor\u2019s note: In 2025, the California Historical Society transferred its collections, including its collection on Peoples Temple, to Stanford University in Palo Alto. All the CHS collections may be viewed here. To learn more about visiting the Special Collections at Stanford, click here. (Frances […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":18190,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-86445","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86445"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133936,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86445\/revisions\/133936"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}