Photographs from Moore family papers, 1968-1979 (bulk 1978-1979).

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Photographs from Moore family papers, 1968-1979 (bulk 1978-1979).

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Consists of approximately 160 photographic prints of various sizes and slides pertaining to Moore family and Peoples Temple, including individual and group portraits, snapshots and landscapes. Bulk consists of photographs and slides taken by Rev. Dr. John V. and Barbara Moore of their daughters, Carolyn and Ann, and grandson and other Jonestown residents in May 1978 and by Rebecca Moore and Fielding M. McGehee III on their trip to Guyana in May 1979 in the aftermath of the deaths in Jonestown in November 1978. Also includes images of Moore family from 1967-1976.

ca. 160 photographs and slides.

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7158520

California historical society

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Jones, Jim, 1931-1978

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Jim Jones, charismatic cult leader, was born in Lynn, Randolph County, Ind. His religious career began in 1956 when he started the Peoples Temple in Indianapolis. In 1965 he moved his temple to Redwood Valley, Calif. and in 1970 to San Francisco, where the temple claimed 7500 members. In 1973 Jones began developing Jonestown in Guyana. In November 1978 Jones and his followers at Jonestown shocked the world by committing mass suicide by drinking poisoned Kool-Aid. From the description...

Moore family.

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Members of the Moore family are Rev. Dr. John and Barbara Moore; their children, Carolyn, Rebecca, and Ann; Carolyn's son, Kimo Prokes, and Rebecca's husband, Fielding M. McGehee III. Carolyn, Kimo, and Ann were among the Peoples Temple members who died in Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Peoples Temple began as an independent Pentecostal church founded by Jim and Marceline Jones in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1955 and became affiliated with the Disciples of Christ ...

Moore, John V., Rev.

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Moore, Barbara N.

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Moore, Rebecca, 1951-....

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Prokes, Kimo

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Peoples Temple

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Peoples Temple began as an independent Pentecostal church founded by Jim and Marceline Jones in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1955 and became affiliated with the Disciples of Christ denomination in 1960. In 1965, the church moved to Northern California with approximately a hundred members. In 1970, Peoples Temple began holding services and recruiting thousands of members from African American communities in San Francisco and Los Angeles and later opened large churches in both cities. In 1973, the chu...

Moore, Ann Elizabeth.

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McGehee, Fielding M.

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Layton, Carolyn Moore.

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