Photographs of Peoples Temple in the United States and Guyana, 1967-1978.

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Photographs of Peoples Temple in the United States and Guyana, 1967-1978.

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Consists of both 1225 original slides and 1131 print reproductions from those slides of the members of the Peoples Temple in Redwood Valley, San Francisco and Guyana from 1967-1978. Included are images of church services, portraits of Temple leader Rev. Jim Jones, recreational outings, bus trips, candid portraits of members, and images of them working at various pursuits, including farming, food preparation, and construction. Includes photographs of the construction of buildings in Redwood Valley in 1968, traveling across country in 1976, and the establishment of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission known as Jonestown in Guyana from 1974-1978. Also includes scenic images of landscape, vegetation and wildlife in Guyana, images of Georgetown, and images of Guyanese public officials visiting Jonestown. All images predate the deaths in Jonestown, Guyana in November 1978. Also included are 94 slides of urban and landscape images of Grenada.

8 albums of slides and photographic prints.

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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...

Chaikin, Eugene.

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Jackson, Donald Wilson, 1938-....

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Gay rights activist and journalist. From the description of Don Jackson papers, 1969-1970. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 81891857 ...

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...