Photographs from John R. Hall research materials on Peoples Temple 1935-1978 (bulk 1970-1978).

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Photographs from John R. Hall research materials on Peoples Temple 1935-1978 (bulk 1970-1978).

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Consists of approximately 95 photographic prints of various sizes, slides and negatives Hall collected in his research on Peoples Temple for the preparation of his book Gone from the promised land: Jonestown in American cultural history, published in 1987. Contains individual and group portraits, publicity photographs and snapshots of Peoples Temple members. Includes images of church services, recreational outings, and Peoples Temple members working at various pursuits, including farming, woodworking and teaching in California and in Jonestown, Guyana. Also includes an image of Jim Jones as a child. Unidentified Peoples Temple members took the bulk of the photographs before the deaths in Jonestown, Guyana in November 1978.

ca. 95 photographic prints, slides, and film negatives.

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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...

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...

Hall, John R.

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John R. Hall is the author of Gone from the Promised land: Jonestown in American cultural history. He is a professor in the Sociology Department at the University of California, Davis. 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 1...