Archived Site: Jonestown Survivor

Information Concerning this Archived Site

Source: https://jonestownsurvivor.com (Inactive)

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.

UPDATED JONESTOWN SURVIVOR SCHEDULE – Fall 2017-Spring 2018

Jonestown Survivor Fall 2017 to Spring 2018 Activities – Update

September 12 Skype Interview with Polish Journalist Piotr
Wloczyk of Historia Do Rzeczy, the largest Polish history magazine

October 3 (Tuesday) University of Cincinnati
9:30-11 2 classes – Conformity and Obedience Psychology Class, Speybroeck’s class, and a Stats/Research Methods Class, my host Dr. Brian Metcalf’s class.
2-3:20 Psychology Class on Cognition and Learning, Room: McMicken 127, in Valerie Hardcastle’s room
6-7:30 Presentation Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple, “Lindner Center 450,” 2751 O’Varsity Way,
Cincinnati, OH
October 6 Presentations at Communal Studies Association at the Zoar Community
October 19, October 26, November 2, November 9 and November 16, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Presentation at Cal State San Marcos-Osher in Lake San Marcos.

November 20 Presentation at Fresno Pacific University, at the Fresno Mennonite Seminary in an American Religious History Course, and possibly another presentation at a Faculty Seminar.

December 14 Presentation for CSU-SM Osher Class in Murrieta, 40710 Avenida Florida

February 12 Presentations at University of Puget Sound

March 14, March 21, and March 28 from 1-4, Cal State San Bernadino-Osher Lifeline Learning (Palm Desert Campus.) I will present on Jonestown Survivor: Reflections on the 1960s and 1970s.

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