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This is the archive of a large website of articles and blogs published in conjunction with the book, Jonestown Survivor: An Insider’s Look. The book and all the material in this archive were written by Laura Johnston Kohl, a member of Peoples Temple who survived the tragedy in Jonestown by being in Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown on 18 November 1978.

Following the twentieth anniversary of the Jonestown tragedy, Ms. Johnston Kohl became a prolific writer and active public speaker, work she continued to do until shortly before her death on 19 November 2019. She also made herself available to family members of those who perished in Guyana and scholars who try to understand the calamity of the ending. Finally, she was a generous contributor of articles and remembrances for the Alternative Considerations site, all of which may be found here.

In the interest of preserving the information from her site for future generations of Jonestown scholars and researchers, the managers of this site obtained permission from Laura’s husband Ron Kohl to archive her work in its entirety. Both the archive and the book itself are published with his permission.

October 12, 2013in articles, by admin /

Dear Colleagues:
I am one of the 87 Jonestown survivors. I have written my memoir and, along with teaching bilingual education, I travel around the country speaking at many universities and in other venues. In the past six months, I have addressed classes at Western Washington University, University of Puget Sound, Fresno Pacific University and in many libraries and other settings. I have presented in English, and, in Mexico City, in Spanish.

I speak in New Religion, history, sociology, writing, and psychology classes. I am a survivor, a writer, a public speaker, a Board member of the Communal Studies Association, a Speaker for the Jonestown Institute, and a resource for many scholars researching Peoples Temple and Jonestown. I am also an activist and a Quaker.

My website is www.jonestownsurvivor.com. My book is JONESTOWN SURVIVOR: An Insider’s Look.

I will be traveling to the New York area, and the East Coast, in late April 2014, and would love to hear from you about presenting at your university or Writers’ Group.

Thanks for you time,
Laura Johnston Kohl

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