Peoples Temple Records
Finding aid prepared by Sandra McCoy Larson in 1985; revised by Frances Wratten Kaplan and Tanya Hollis in 2010 and 2011.
Funding for processing this collection was provided by the Peoples Temple/Jonestown Fund at the California Historical Society.
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
1985, revised 2010-2011
Title: Peoples Temple records
Date (inclusive): 1922-1984
Creator:
Peoples Temple
Collection Number: MS 3800
Physical Description:
Extent: 145 linear feet
Repository:
California Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA, 94105
415-357-1848
reference@calhist.org
URL: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
Physical Location: Collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in English.
Abstract: Consists of materials collected by court receiver Robert H. Fabian in his efforts to identify and locate Peoples Temple assets
and settle the more than 750 claims that arose from the events of November 18, 1978, when Congressman Leo Ryan, three journalists,
and 914 Peoples Temple members died by murder or suicide in Port Kaituma, Jonestown, and Georgetown, Guyana. The collection
includes manuscripts, realia, photographs, ephemera, legal documents, court depositions, financial documents, newspaper and
magazine articles, and research materials. The first eight series comprise records removed by Fabian from the Peoples Temple
offices on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco in the early days of the receivership. The bulk of these records document Peoples
Temple operations in California and Guyana between 1965 and 1978, with some materials from the years before 1965, when the
church was located in Indiana. The records reflect the church's involvement in all aspects of its membership, including maintenance
of housing, medical, car and life insurance; real estate holdings and transfers; divorce, adoption, and custody cases; documents
related to various corporations run by Peoples Temple; and materials generated in the procurement and settlement of Peoples
Temple Agricultural Mission in Guyana, known as Jonestown. Series 9, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, and series
10, Federal Bureau of Investigation, include records obtained by the receiver from these agencies to aid in his investigation.
Series 11,
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ v. Attorney General of California, and series 12,
United States v. Peoples Temple, include documents generated from the receiver's office during operations to dissolve Peoples Temple. The materials generated
by the reciever date from February 1979 to March 1984, though many files contain earlier materials used as supporting evidence
for claims.
Restrictions on Access
All researchers must sign the Access Agreement form, confirming that they have read and understood the restrictions outlined
in the document Restricted Materials in the Peoples Temple Records, MS 3800. This document, and the Access Agreement form,
are available at the reference desk or can be sent electronically.
Restricted Materials in the Peoples Temple Records, MS 3800
Open but subject to restrictions on disclosure:
Records throughout the collection contain personally identifiable information of a personal or confidential nature such as
social security numbers and bank account information. Publication or disclosure of such information is strictly prohibited,
unless researcher can show proof that the person is deceased, or has provided proof of permission by the party named to CHS.
Require advance review by CHS reference librarian or archivist:
Personal Records, Boxes 66-74, folders 1078-1196, and Box 112, folders 2007-2013. These files contain information about each
member traveling to Guyana, including application forms, liability releases, birth and marriage certificates, passport applications,
and medical information. The medical forms and any supporting documentation such as doctor's correspondence, medical bills,
etc., are closed.
All other documents pertaining to former members that are still living require the permission of that person to be released.
The researcher must locate the individual and present CHS with proof of permission, either by email or written letter.
Members' Legal Papers, Boxes 123-125, folders 2195-2244. Legal restrictions on former members' legal papers may be reevaluated,
if a researcher can show proof that the person is deceased, or has provided proof of permission by the party named to CHS.
The researcher must locate the individual and present CHS with proof of permission, either by email or written letter.
Permanently sealed and closed:
Medical records listed have been permanently closed and sealed, in accordance with federal law:
Beck medical records, Box 9, folder 122; Member's medical records, Box 17, folders 294-297; Box 18, folders 298-300; Speier
medical records, Boxes 116-117
Legal documents can be found throughout the collection, but are permanently closed and sealed in the following files:
Kay Rosas file, Box 10, folder 140 [sealed in envelope]; Advice Correspondence, Boxes 121-122, folders 2160-2186 [Note: These
files contain correspondence from the public at large to Peoples Temple attorneys, requesting legal assistance].
Payroll documents are permanently closed and sealed in the following files:
Box 121, folders 2146, 2153
Sealed and closed until 2085:
Personal notes are sealed and closed until 2085 in the following files:
Tim Stoen Files, Box 8, folder 87 [sealed in envelope].
Publication Rights
CHS is the lawful owner of Peoples Temple documents and photographs, by orders of the California Superior Court and of the
Guyana High Court. CHS is not aware of any other copyrights or other rights associated with this material. Responsibility
for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with any person
intending to use an item.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials, and all digital representations of these
original materials, must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Library and Archives, North Baker Research Library,
California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
Restrictions on Reproduction
Reproduction of collection materials may be restricted at the discretion of CHS library staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Peoples Temple Records, MS 3800, California Historical Society.
Peoples Temple Collection
Manuscript Collections:
Federal Bureau of Investigation Collection of Peoples Temple Papers from Jonestown, Guyana, 1931-1978, MS 3801
Moore Family Papers, 1968-1988, MS 3802
John R. Hall Research Materials on Peoples Temple, 1954-2003, MS 3803
Ross E. Case Collection pertaining to Peoples Temple, 1961-1984, MS 4062
Margaret T. Singer Materials on Peoples Temple, 1956-1998, MS 4123
Peoples Temple Ephemera and Publications, 1959-1979, MS 4124
Newspaper Clippings on Peoples Temple: photocopies, 1953-1978, MS 4125
Peoples Temple Miscellany Collection, 1951-[ongoing], MS 4126
Photography Collections:
Photographs from Peoples Temple Records, 1941-1983, MSP 3800
Photographs of Peoples Temple in the United States and Guyana, 1967-1978, PC 010
Separated Material
Printed materials have been transferred to the book collection. Books received with the collection, but not retained, are
listed in the 1983 publication of the
Guide to Peoples Temple Records, available at the Reference Desk of the North Baker Research Library, 678 Mission St., San Francisco.
Some ephemera items have been transferred to Peoples Temple Ephemera and Publications, MS 4124.
Photographs have been transferred to the Photography Collection, shelved as MSP 3800.
Alternative Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Acquisition Information
The Peoples Temple Records were given to the California Historical Society by orders of the California Superior Court and
of the Guyana High Court, facilitated by Robert H. Fabian in June 1983. Additions were made in May 1986.
Processing Information
Processed by Sandra McCoy Larson in 1985. Before processing, records were stored in metal file cabinets with location numbers
on each drawer such as 1A, lB, etc. These numbers have been transferred to the upper, right corner of most records.
The collection was rehoused in 2006 by Denice Stephenson; box numbers have been changed from earlier processing. Otherwise,
order of collection has been maintained.
Custodial History
The documents that together comprise the Peoples Temple records were gathered by Robert H. Fabian, the court-appointed receiver,
from a number of locations:
Records in the first eight series were removed from the Peoples Temple offices on Geary Boulevard during the beginning of
the receiver's operations. The offices and the church building on Geary Boulevard continued to be used by surviving members
without restriction until February 1979. Many records were removed from the offices during this interim period.
Many records were taken to Jonestown during the resettlement; these, and other documents, were confiscated by the FBI for
the investigation into the death of Congressman Leo Ryan and trial of Laurence Layton. The originals of these documents are
now held by the FBI. A complete set of photocopies of these documents can be found in MS 3801.
Charles Garry, attorney for the Peoples Temple, had legal files in his offices. Many of these documents remained there as
they did not pertain to finance, and hence were not needed by the receiver to resolve the financial matters of Peoples Temple,
his primary assigment.
Records in the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation series were obtained by the
receiver from these agencies. Documents in the last two series were generated from the receiver's investigations, the dissolution
of the church, and the resulting court cases and settlement of claims.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into twelve series: Series 1: Indiana; Series 2: Operations; Series 3: Legal Counsel; Series 4:
Finance; Series 5: Agricultural Mission; Series 6: Personal Records; Series 7: Media; Series 8: Subjects; Series 9: Los Angeles
County District Attorney's Office; Series 10: Federal Bureau of Investigation; Series 11:
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ v. Attorney General of California; and Series 12:
United States v. Peoples Temple.
The divisions and subdivisions in Series 1-9 derive fundamentally from the recordkeeping practices of Peoples Temple staff.
The state of the records when removed from the Peoples Temple offices by the receiver made it necessary to re-create some
of the arrangement. In addition, most files that contained correspondence with other types of records were separated, and
the correspondence placed in front of the files for research and preservation purposes.
Series 10-12 reflects the arrangement of documents in the order required to provide evidence to the court and for the settlement
of claims. The arrangement was imposed by the receiver and his staff.
History of Peoples Temple
Peoples Temple began as a church founded by Jim and Marceline Jones and a small group of parishioners in Indianapolis in 1955.
As pastor, Jim Jones preached to a racially-integrated congregation during Pentecostal-based services that included healings
and sermons on integration and class conflicts. Peoples Temple conducted food drives; opened a "free restaurant" that served
thousands of meals to the city's poor in the early 1960s; operated nursing homes; and hosted weekly television and radio programs
featuring their integrated choir. The church became well known in the Indianapolis press for the members' integration activities
and for their assertions of their pastor's gifts as a healer. The church became affiliated with the Disciples of Christ denomination
in 1960.
In the summer of 1965, the Jones family and approximately one hundred Peoples Temple members relocated to Redwood Valley,
a rural community eight miles north of Ukiah in Mendocino County. Peoples Temple conducted church services and meetings in
rented and borrowed spaces until 1969 when they finished building their own church with a swimming pool, an animal shelter,
gardens, and a community kitchen. By this time, the church's membership had grown to three hundred.
In 1970, Jim Jones began to preach in cities throughout California. Recruiting drives in African American communities in San
Francisco and Los Angeles increased Peoples Temple membership to over twenty-five hundred by 1973. Some members lived in communal
housing and worked full time for Peoples Temple. Others contributed significant portions of their income and property to the
church. The church's operations included real estate management; home care facilities for seniors and youths; publishing and
bookkeeping services; mail order services; and maintenance of a fleet of buses to transport members to services throughout
the state and across the country. Tens of thousands of people, including politicians and members of other congregations, attended
Peoples Temple services between 1970 and 1977.
The leadership of Peoples Temple voted to establish an agricultural and rural development mission in Guyana, South America
in the fall of 1973. Over the next two years, members traveled to Guyana to scout a location for the mission; establish a
residence in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana; clear the land; and begin construction at the site. The building plans for
the community which became known as Jonestown included farm buildings, a large communal kitchen, medical facilities, schools,
dormitory-style housing, small cabins, a day care center and a large open-air pavilion that became the community's central
meeting place.
By 1976, Peoples Temple had moved its headquarters from Redwood Valley to San Francisco and had become involved in citywide
electoral politics. They published their own newspaper,
Peoples Forum; staged rallies and events for local and national political figures; and were vocal in their support of causes such as freedom
of the press, affirmative action, and gay rights. In the fall of 1976, recently elected Mayor George Moscone appointed Jim
Jones to the San Francisco Housing Authority. Jones served as its chairman until he left for Guyana the following year.
In 1977, former members and relatives organized a group called the Concerned Relatives to protest Jones's treatment of church
members. Child custody issues and living conditions in Jonestown were at the center of the conflict between Peoples Temple
and the Concerned Relatives. Both sides filed lawsuits, sought public support through the media, and appealed to government
officials for protection. Media coverage of Peoples Temple practices and political activities led the government to investigate
the church's financial and social welfare programs. Peoples Temple began to close many of their businesses, sell their properties,
and relocate hundreds of their members to Guyana.
In response to issues raised by the media and former members, California Congressman Leo Ryan scheduled a trip to Jonestown
in November 1978. By this time, more than a thousand Peoples Temple members were living in Guyana. His staff, members of Concerned
Relatives, Embassy officials, and journalists accompanied Ryan on an overnight visit to Jonestown. As the congressional party
left for the airstrip at Port Kaituma, sixteen disaffected Jonestown residents accompanied Ryan. As the group boarded two
small airplanes at the airstrip, Peoples Temple members drove up on tractors and began shooting. They killed Ryan, three journalists,
and a Peoples Temple member. That same day, November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred people died, most by cyanide poisoning,
in Jonestown; four other members died in Georgetown.
More than eighty Peoples Temple members survived the deaths in Guyana: people who lived through the airstrip shootings; Jonestown
residents who left the community before and during the poisonings; and members who were in Georgetown and on boats. Hundreds
of Peoples Temple members had remained in the U.S., many of them in California.
After the deaths, Peoples Temple members in San Francisco provided the government with records to assist in identifying the
dead. All Peoples Temple assets were frozen and placed under court supervision and the process of dissolving Peoples Temple
began. The court oversaw the burial of hundreds of unclaimed and unidentified bodies from Jonestown. The court also set up
a system to handle what would ultimately total $1.8 billion in claims filed against the Peoples Temple estate. Claims were
filed by the governments of Guyana and the United States; people injured at the airstrip; relatives of the deceased; and people
who had turned over property to Peoples Temple. In 1979 and 1980, Congress held hearings on the death of Congressman Ryan
and on cult phenomenon in the U.S.
By 1983, the court recovered and disbursed over $13 million, including interest, in assets recovered from cash found in the
U.S. and Guyana, from international accounts found in Panama, Caracas, Grenada and other countries, and from the sale of Peoples
Temple properties and assets. In June 1983, the court approved the transfer of the records of Peoples Temple to the California
Historical Society.
Summary of
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ v. the Attorney General of California
After November 18, 1978, it was necessary to begin the process of winding-up the financial affairs of Peoples Temple. Generally,
the legal procedure to dissolve a charitable organization requires the board members of the organization to initiate a lawsuit
naming the State Attorney General as respondent. The surviving board members of Peoples Temple filed the original petition
for the case
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ v. the Attorney General of California through the Temple's attorney Charles Garry. On January 26, 1979 Superior Court Judge Ira Brown filed a minute order to appoint
Robert H. Fabian as receiver, an action that followed a series of rulings by Brown to freeze the remaining assets of Peoples
Temple and place them under court supervision.
Fabian took the oath on February 1, 1979. The duties of the receiver were to locate and liquidate Peoples Temple assets and
process the many claims brought against the Temple. As receiver, Fabian's job was to recommend to the court the payment or
rejection of claims. Judge Brown had authority to approve the expenditure of any funds necessary for Fabian to complete this
task. One of Fabian's first actions was to recommend the law firm Bronson, Bronson, and McKinnon to act as his counsel.
Although the eventual worth of Peoples Temple was determined to be approximately $10 million, the receiver initially located
only $750,000 in the form of cash, property, and other assets in California. The sale of the church at 1859 Geary Boulevard
in San Francisco brought $300,000, and a forty-acre ranch in Mendocino County and another property sold for $226,000. Fabian
organized an auction to sell assets found at the Geary Boulevard church and other locations, including forty-two tons of wheat
that was ready to ship to Jonestown in Guyana, motorcycles, cars, and sailboats. The auction netted $75,000.
The remainder of the money was located in a complicated network of accounts, under various names, that took Fabian and his
staff to six countries. The task was difficult since no surviving person knew the whereabouts of all the different accounts,
and when they were discovered, Fabian had to convince the appropriate authorities to release the funds to his control. Two
accounts were discovered in Panama and one each in Venezuala and Grenada. Further investigations found money to have at one
time been in Switzerland as well. Finally, the Guyanese government sued Peoples Temple for damages, including the airplane
that was sabotaged at the Port Kaituma airstrip. The assets of the Temple that were in Guyana were totaled and a compromise
gave Peoples Temple 35% and the Guyanese government 65%, or about $1 million. The $10 million recovered was placed in interest-bearing
accounts where it accrued nearly $3 million.
Claims against Peoples Temple numbered about 750, and consisted mainly of wrongful death and personal injury cases brought
by relatives of deceased members and those injured at the airstrip. The total amount of claims came to $1.8 billion and included
$66 million sought by the children of the late U.S. Representative Leo Ryan and $4.298 million in the case
U.S.A. v. P.T., in which the federal government sought compensation for removing the bodies from Guyana, identifying them, and preparing
them for shipment back to the United States and burial. After discovery it was found that the government had actually accrued
expenses of only $2.8 million. The final payment was $1.6 million, although it was also decided that the government should
honor the endorsed social security checks recovered in Jonestown. The federal government, however, exercised its authority
to receive its payment before all other claimants.
The claims were studied, categorized and passed on to the court with recommendations. In addition to those who filed personal
injury and wrongful death claims, other people claimed that they had been coerced out of property or that Peoples Temple owed
them service debts. The receiver dismissed cases that lacked documentation and then applied standard actuarial tables, similar
to those used by insurance companies, to make the awards. No legal challenge was made against the receiver's disbursement
formula, which resulted in awards that represented approximately 60% of the original claims.
On March 22, 1983, four and a half years after the deaths in Guyana, Robert Fabian began writing claimant checks. Payments
ranged from $29 to $360,000. Fabian and his staff received $480,000 and Bronson, Bronson, and McKinnon received about $1 million
for overseeing the receivership.
Final wind-up consisted of delivering the records of Peoples Temple and the receivership operation to the California Historical
Society, along with a check for $20,000, taken from the assets, for processing the records. In accordance with California
state law that requires remaining assets to be given to charitable organizations, approximately $10,000 was given to the Board
of Trustees of the Glide Foundation, and $10,000 to the San Francisco Council of Churches for its role in comforting relatives.
Scope and Contents
The Peoples Temple records consist of materials collected by Robert H. Fabian, the court-appointed receiver for Peoples Temple
charged with identifying and locating Peoples Temple assets and settling the more than 750 claims that arose from the mass
suicide/murder that occurred on November 18, 1978, in Guyana. The collection includes manuscripts, realia, photographs, ephemera,
legal documents, court depositions, financial documents, newspaper and magazine articles, and research materials. The first
eight series comprise records removed by Fabian from Peoples Temple offices on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco in the early
days of the receivership, and their order is derived fundamentally from the record-keeping practices of Peoples Temple staff.
The bulk of these records document Peoples Temple operations in California and Guyana between 1965 and 1978, with some materials
from the years before 1965, when the church was located in Indiana. The records reflect the church's involvement in all aspects
of its membership, including maintenance of housing, medical, car, and life insurance; real estate holdings and transfers;
divorce, adoption, and custody cases; documents related to various corporations run by Peoples Temple; and materials generated
in the procurement and settlement of Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission in Guyana that became known as Jonestown. Series
9, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, and series 10, Federal Bureau of Investigation, include records obtained
by the receiver from those agencies to aid in his investigation. Series 11,
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ v. Attorney General of California, and series 12,
United States v. Peoples Temple, include documents generated from the receiver's office during operations to dissolve Peoples Temple, and they remain in
the order they were organized by Fabian and his staff. The materials generated by the receiver date from February 1979 to
March 1984, though many files contain earlier materials used as supporting evidence for claims.
The earliest documents, in Series 1, Indiana, record Peoples Temple's beginnings in Indiana, and predominantly consist of
financial and legal documents produced in the establishment of the church, originally known as Wings of Deliverance. Series
2, Operations, includes testimonials and letters of support for Jim Jones and the work of Peoples Temple from politicians
and other notable persons. These letters were saved by Peoples Temple and repeatedly used for publicity and public relations
purposes. Also included are letter campaigns organized by Peoples Temple and general correspondence dealing with the day-to-day
administration of the church.
Series 3, Legal Counsel, contains legal files generated by Tim Stoen and Eugene Chaikin, attorneys for Peoples Temple who
were also members, and by Charles Garry, attorney for Peoples Temple from 1977 to 1978. The records largely consist of letters
written on members' behalf, and subject files dealing with lawsuits and court cases involving members.
Series 4, Finance, consists of the financial records of Peoples Temple created between 1968 and 1978. These records comprise
approximately one-third of the collection and include details on members' personal finances; records of church-owned real
estate and vehicles; the accounts of numerous subsidiary corporations; general expense records; and bank account information.
Series 5, Agricultural Mission, details the operations of Peoples Temple in Georgetown and Jonestown, Guyana. The bulk of
the records consist of correspondence from U.S. government officials and supporters of the move, and administrative records
documenting the establishment of the agricultural mission in Guyana.
Series 6, Personal Records, consists of documents produced between 1972 and 1978 during the emigration of Peoples Temple members
from the U.S. to Guyana. Files, arranged alphabetically by member name, contain all the assembled documents necessary to secure
passports and visas for members traveling to Guyana, and some contain medical records, birth certificates, legal documents,
and correspondence with a number of insurance companies, medical establishments, and state and local government offices.
Series 7, Media, contains articles and writings about Peoples Temple, as well as press releases, publications and other material
produced by Peoples Temple for public relations purposes. Series 8, Subjects, consists of files arranged and assembled by
the staff of Peoples Temple in their research on various subjects of interest to the church.
Series 9, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, includes records collected in response to a 1977 lawsuit against
Peoples Temple and provided to the receiver for evidentiary use. Financial and real estate documents dating back to 1943 were
sought as evidence, and new documents from interviews and investigations into the workings of Peoples Temple were created.
Other records in this series consist of various operational documents taken from the Peoples Temple church and its subsidiary
corporations.
Series 10, Federal Bureau of Investigation, contains FBI records released to the receiver and consists only of Peoples Temple
bank account records from the Bank of Montreal. A more extensive FBI collection of records taken from Jonestown by the U.S.
government and the government of Guyana after the events of November 18, 1978, were unsealed by Robert H. Fabian in September
1988. These related materials can be found in the FBI Collection of Peoples Temple Papers from Jonestown, Guyana, MS 3801.
Series 11,
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ v. Attorney General of California, and Series 12,
United States v. Peoples Temple, document the receiver's work in locating and liquidating the assets of Peoples Temple in order to settle the lawsuits filed
against it, including claims by survivors, families of members and others who died on the airstrip and in Jonestown, and the
governments of the United States and Guyana. The extensive amount of evidence was accumulated during Fabian's appointment
as receiver of the Peoples Temple estate, which started in the U.S. in January 1979 and in Guyana in 1980, and ended with
the final settlement of claims and the dissolution of Peoples Temple as a California corporation in 1983. The assets of Peoples
Temple were geographically dispersed and included assets throughout California as well as in Guyana, Canada, Switzerland,
England, Venezuela, and Panama. The receiver's records include administrative documents; financial documents from Peoples
Temple domestic and offshore accounts, often held in the name of one or more Peoples Temple members; personal documents of
Peoples Temple members; legal documents, including transcripts of interviews and depositions of surviving Peoples Temple members
and of Charles Garry, lawyer for Peoples Temple; and lists of claims and offers of compromise from the receiver's office.
The bulk of Series 12,
United States v. Peoples Temple, consists of records produced in the lawsuit filed by the federal government in an attempt to recover the costs associated
with the identification, forensic examination, removal, and repatriation of bodies from Guyana to the United States for burial.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Fabian, Robert H.
Jones, Jim, 1931-1978
Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission.
Jonestown (Guyana)
Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Governmental investigations--Guyana--Jonestown.
Peoples Temple--Estate.
Peoples Temple--Trials, litigation, etc.
Ryan, Leo J.--Assassination.
Index
Indexed corporation names include media organizations such as television, radio, and newspapers, as well as political and
governmental organizations. Not included in the corporate name index are the individual names of the many religious and charitable
organizations that Peoples Temple corresponded with, or donated to.
Abzug, Bella S.,
folders 8, 1213
Ackman, Margaret,
folder 1001
Agnos, Art,
folder 17
Alioto, Joseph L.,
folders 11-13, 1213
American Civil Liberties Union,
folders 10-16, 20, 1198
American-Russian Institute,
folder 21
American Nazi Party,
folder 7
American Indian Movement,
folder 12
Anderson, Jack,
folders 10, 14, 1257
Atlanta Constitution,
folder 12
Anti-Defamation League,
folders 8, 10
Banks, Dennis,
folders 36, 1003, 1260, 2216
Barbagelata, John J.,
folders 18, 20
Bay Guardian,
folder 18
Bayh, Birch,
folder 8
Bergland, Bob,
folder 17
Bingham, Jonathan B.,
folders 8, 1213
Black Graduate Caucus, U.C. Berkeley,
folder 18
Blumenthal, W. Michael,
folders 18, 21
Bond, Julian,
folders 13-15, 18
Boswell, Charles H.,
folder 7
Bradley, Tom,
folders 11-12, 14-15
Bradley, Mrs. Tom,
folder 13
Brown, Edmund G., Jr.,
folders 15-16
Brown, George E., Jr.,
folders 11, 13, 1001
Brown, Harold,
folder 17
Brown, Willie L., Jr.,
folders 23, 1003
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior,
folder 74
Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite,
folders 11-12, 1003
Burnham, Linden Forbes,
folders 52, 1002, 1003, 1205
Burton, Phillip,
folders 25, 1213
Burton, John L.,
folder 24
CBS news,
folders 18, 149
Caen, Herb,
folders 8-9, 10, 14, 16, 19, 21-22, 51
Califano, Joseph A., Jr.,
folders 18, 21, 51-52
Carter, Jimmy,
Foldes 36, 51-52, 1003
Carter, Rosalynn,
folders 36, 51
Castro, Fidel,
folders 54, 1002
Chicago Tribune,
folder 13
Christian Science Monitor,
folders 10, 12, 14
Cincinnati Enquirer,
folder 10
Clausen, Don H.,
folders 11-13, 1001
Cleaver, Eldridge,
folders 18, 1218
Coleman, Lee,
folder 13
Collier, Randolph,
folder 42
Collins, Cardiss,
folder 13
Concerned Relatives,
folder 1208
Coughlan, Lawrence,
folders 10, 17, 19
Coughlin, Lawrence,
folder 11
Cranston, Alan,
folder 26, 36, 1003, 2213
Davis, Grace,
folder 14
Dellums, Ronald V.,
folders 8, 17-18, 20, 1213
Diggs, Charles C., Jr.,
folder 8
Dymally, Mervin,
folders 27, 1002-1003, 1213
Eason, Jim,
folder 16
Eckhardt, Bob,
folders 8, 1213
Edwards, Don,
folders 8, 1213
Ellsberg, Daniel,
folder 1202
Ervin, Sam J., Jr.,
folders 8, 10, 1213
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
folders 20
Federal Communications Commission,
folders 10, 13, 52, 90
Fienstein, Dianne,
folders 15, 17
Finkle, Alex L.,
folder 28
Fonda, Jane,
folder 20
Fong, March K.,
folder 9
Ford, Betty,
folder 36
Ford, Gerald,
folder 36
Ford, Harold,
folder 14
Freed, Donald,
folder 1202
Fresno Bee,
folders 16, 18
Freitas, Joseph,
folders 15, 17-18, 21, 85
Friedman, Jeffrey M.,
folder 13
Gain, Charles,
folder29, 158
Goodlett, Carlton B.,
folders 30, 1002, 1258
Gould, Charles L.,
folder 10
Gravel, Mike,
folders 8, 9, 1213
Guyana Council of Churches,
folders 141, 1001-1003, 1012
Hall, Joseph E.,
folder 14
Harris, Patricia Roberts,
folder 21
Hart, Philip A.,
folders 12, 1213
Hatcher, Richard Gordon,
folder 13
Hawkins, Augustus F.,
folder 11
Hayakawa, S.I.,
folder 18
Hearst, Patricia,
folder 1208
Hearst, Randolph, A.,
folder 31
Herald-Dispatch,
folders 10, 12
Herald-Examiner,
folder 10
Holland Roberts Center, American Russian Inst,
folder 1459
Hongisto, Richard,
folders 10-11, 15, 17, 56
Hoppe, Arthur,
folder 12
Houston Chronicle,
folder 10
Houston Post,
folder 10
Humphrey, Hubert,
folders 9, 15, 21, 1213
Hunter, Kathy,
folder 1212
Indianapolis Star,
folders 8, 10
Insight,
folders 14-15
Indianapolis Times,
folder 7
Internal Revenue Service,
folders 8, 20, 52, 2215
International Human Rights Commission,
folders 22, 52
Irvin, Karl,
folders 32, 68, 1213
Jackson, Henry,
folders 1213
Jagan, Cheddi,
folder 1002
Jewish Federation Council,
folder 13
Jewish Welfare Federation,
folder 14
Karabian, Walter,
folder 12
KCBS,
folder 1212
Kennedy, Edward M.,
folders 8-9, 12
KFAX,
folders 8-9, 1212
KGO,
folders 10-12, 16-17, 19, 149, 1212
Kilduff, Marshall,
folder 1198
Kinsolving, Lester,
folder 149
Koch, Edward I.,
folder 8
Kopp, Quentin L.,
folders 17, 19
KPIX,
folders 5, 12
KPOO,
folder 16
KQED,
folders 7, 10, 18-19
Krebs, Max,
folder 1001
Kreps, Juanita M.,
folder 18
KRON,
folders 16-17, 20
KSFO,
folders 18, 1003, 1198, 1212
Lane, Mark,
folder 1202
Leggett, Robert L.,
folder 8
Lewis, Jerry (Muscular Dystrophy Association),
folder 17
Licht, Frank,
folder 8
Lightner, Clarence E.,
folder 12
Los Angeles Herald Examiner,
folder 10
Los Angeles Times,
folders 10, 13-15
Luckhoo, Lionel,
folders 1001-1002, 1389
Marks, Milton,
folder 33
McCall, Tom,
folder 11
McCarthy, John F.,
folder 7
McCarthy, Leo T.,
folders 12, 1213
McCoy, Richard,
folders 52, 1003
McGovern, George,
folders 8-9
Magnuson, Warren G.,
folders 8, 1213
Mann, Lawrence,
folders 52, 1001-1002, 1012
Mazor, Joseph,
folder 21
Mendocino Grapevine,
folders 52-53
Miami Herald,
folder 10
Milk, Harvey,
folders 10-15, 17, 21-22, 1003
Miller, George,
folder 21
Mink, Patsy T.,
folders 8, 11, 1213
Mitchell, Parren J.,
folder 8
Molinari, John L.,
folder 16
Mondale, Walter,
folder 36, 1213
Morales, Vincente,
folder 22
Moscone, George R.,
folder 34
Moyer, Bill,
folder 18
Muhammed, Elijah,
folders 14-16, 18
Murdock, Rupert,
folders 20, 149, 1198
Murphy, George,
folder 7
NAACP,
folders 11, 13-14, 16-17, 19, 51, 1002
National Enquirer,
folder 149, 1213
National Organization for Women,
folder 1003
Nelder, Alfred J.,
folder 7-8, 17
New Times,
folder 21
New York Times,
folders 10, 14
New West,
folder 149
New York Post,
folders 149, 1198
Newsweek,
folder 149
Nixon, Richard,
folder 36
Oakland Tribune,
folder 10
Panama,
folders 1459-1463
Petris, Nicholas C.,
folder 13
Poage, W.R.,
folder 21
Poff, Richard H.,
folder 8
Press Democrat Publishing Company,
folder 10
Proxmire, William,
folder 7, 1213
PUSH,
folder 14
Reagan, Ronald,
folder 36
Reid, Ogden R.,
folder 8
Reid, Ptolemy,
folders 52, 1001-1003
Reiterman, Tim,
folders 149, 1202
Richardson, Elliot L.,
folder 10
Riles, Wilson,
folders 12, 22
Rosenthal, Benjamin S.,
folder 8
Rousselot, John H.,
folder 7
Ryan, Leo J.,
folder 21
Sacramento Bee,
folders 21, 1199, 1213
Sacramento Union,
folders 9, 149
San Francisco Council of Churches,
folders 14-17
San Francisco Chronicle,
folders 9-10, 13-16, 21
San Francisco Examiner,
folders 10, 14, 20-21, 51, 149, 1199
San Francisco Housing Authority,
folders 16, 18-20, 1198
Santa Rosa Press Democrat,
folders 10, 51, 149
Saulsbury, Donn D.,
folders 10, 12
Schrunk, Terry P.,
folder 9
Scott, Donald M.,
folders 8-9, 1213
Shriver, Sargent,
folder 9
Smith, Margaret Chase,
folder 9
Sparkman, John,
folders 21, 52
Stark, Fortney H. (Pete),
folder 12
Starr, Kevin,
folder 1198
Stennis, John C.,
folder 16
Stokes, Louis,
folders 8, 1213
Sun Reporter,
folders 15, 30
Synanon,
folder 21
Talbot, Frederick H.,
folder 1001
Thurman, John E.,
folder 14
Thieriot, Charles de Young,
folders 10, 22
Tracy, Phil,
folder 1198
Tumminia, Frank,
folders 52, 1003
Tunney, John V.,
folders 8, 12, 1258, 2213
Ukiah Daily Journal,
folders 10, 16, 149, 1212-1213
United Farm Worker's of America,
folder 21
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights,
folders 9, 12, 1213
Unruh, Jesse M.,
folder 7
Van de Kamp, John,
folder 51
Vance, Cyrus R.,
folders 21, 52
Veysey, Victor V.,
folder 9
Voropaez,
folder 52
Waldheim, Kurt,
folder 52
Waldie, Jerome R.,
folders 8, 1213
Washington Post,
folders 9-10, 14
Washington Star-News,
folder 13
Welsh, Matthew E.,
folder 7
Widener, Warren,
folders 8, 21-22
Williams, A. Cecil,
folder 37
Wirth, Timothy,
folders 21-22
Wirtz, W. Willard,
folder 7
World Council of Churches,
folder 11
Worrell, Claude,
folders 1001-1002, 1012, 2213
Young, Coleman A.,
folders 12-13
Younger, Evelle,
folders 12, 51
Zablocki, J.,
folder 2432
Series 1:
Indiana,
1953-1974
Extent:
Box 1, folders 1-6
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of records related to the 1955 incorporation of Wings of Deliverance, the name under which Peoples Temple was originally
created, and Jim-Lu-Mar, another corporation formed in 1965 by Jim Jones. Includes business records such as articles of incorporation,
bylaws, contracts, membership lists, tax records, and ledgers, as well as correspondence.
Box 1, Folder 1-3
Wings of Deliverance, Inc.
1955-1974
Box 1, Folder 4
Christian Assemblies, Inc.
1953-1964
Box 1, Folder 5
Jim-Lu-Mar Corporation
1965
Box 1, Folder 6
St. Jude Deliverance Centers, Inc.
1972-1973
Series 2:
Operations,
1941-1978
Extent:
Box 1, folders 7-25; Boxes 2-5; Box 6, folder 65; Box 140, folder 55; Box 141, oversize folder 57; Box 142
Arrangement
Arranged into two subseries: 2.1: Correspondence; and 2.2: Administration.
Scope and Contents
Consists of administrative papers and correspondence produced by staff in the day-to-day operations of Peoples Temple. Includes
correspondence with public officials, supporters and members; and administrative documents pertaining to meetings, church
services, and office management. Also includes a bulletproof vest (Box 142) worn by Peoples Temple members working as security.
2.1:
Correspondence,
1941-1978
Extent:
Box 1, folders 7-25; Boxes 2-3; Box 4, folders 51-52
Arrangement
Further divided into: 2.1.1: Official Correspondence; 2.1.2: General Correspondence; 2.1.3: Testimonials; and 2.1.4: Letter
Campaigns.
Scope and Contents
Consists of official and general correspondence of Peoples Temple.
2.1.1:
Official Correspondence,
1941-1978
Extent:
Box 1, folders 7-25; Box 2, folders 26-37
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically, followed by files arranged alphabetically by name.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of letters of support designated as having public relations value by Peoples Temple staff. Includes correspondence
from members of Congress, local officials, and leaders of religious and charitable organizations, many acknowledging donations
from Peoples Temple, or in response to letter campaigns by the membership. Also includes outgoing correspondence written by
Peoples Temple staff, with extensive rebuttals to investigations by members of the press, including the
Examiner and
New West articles; and letters to and from editors and journalists, including letters from the Fresno Four (folder 16) supporting
free speech. Other materials include letters from Rep. Leo Ryan, before leaving for his trip to Guyana (folder 21); envelopes
with notations by Jim Jones (folder 9); papers pertaining to the radio broadcasts,
Voice of the Peoples Temple (folder 8); and correspondence from San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk (folders 14-15, 17, 21-22). There are also materials
related to Jim Jones's tenure on the San Francisco Housing Authority.
Box 1, Folder 23
Brown, Willie L., Jr.
1976-1978
Box 1, Folder 24
Burton, John L.
1974-1977
Box 1, Folder 25
Burton, Phillip
1970-1977
Box 2, Folder 26
Cranston, Alan
1971, 1974-1976,
bulk 1974-1976
Box 2, Folder 27
Dymally, Mervyn D.
1971-1977
Box 2, Folder 28
Finkle, Alex L., M.D.
1971-1975
Box 2, Folder 29
Gain, Charles R.
1971-1975
Box 2, Folder 30
Goodlett, Carlton, M.D.
1971-1977
Box 2, Folder 31
Hearst, Randolph A.
1974-1975
Box 2, Folder 32
Irvin, Karl, Jr.
1971-1976
Box 2, Folder 34
Moscone, George R.
1975-1977
Box 2, Folder 35
Religion in American Life
1975-1977
Box 2, Folder 36
White House
1961, 1970-1978,
bulk 1970-1978
Contents
Includes correspondence with Presidents Nixon, Ford, Mondale, and Carter, and also Rosalyn Carter; letters to President Carter
in support of Peoples Temple from Angela Davis and Dennis Banks; and a letter, dated 1978, written to President Carter and
members of Congress.
Box 2, Folder 37
Williams, Cecil, Rev.
1975-1977
2.1.2:
General Correspondence,
1955-1978
Extent:
Box 2, folders 38-44
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
The bulk consists of letters from the general public to Jim Jones and members of Peoples Temple. Most letters refer to Peoples
Temple services or Jim Jones's radio broadcasts. Also includes personal correspondence to Jim and Marceline Jones. Contains
letters from Peoples Temple members in Guyana to members in San Francisco (folder 44). These letters, from both adults and
children, detail daily life in Jonestown and often include requests for personal supplies.
Box 2, Folder 38-43
Official and general
1955, 1962, 1966-1978,
bulk 1966-1978
Box 2, Folder 44
From Jonestown
1977-1978, undated
2.1.3:
Testimonials,
1973-1978
Extent:
Box 3, folders 45-49
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of testimonials by the membership of Peoples Temple, the bulk of which consist of members' replies to
a flyer titled "My Personal Message to Pastor Jim Jones" (folders 45-49).
2.1.4:
Letter Campaigns,
1976-1978
Extent:
Box 4, folders 51-52
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Contains examples of letter campaigns orchestrated by Peoples Temple to the news media and to public officials. Includes letters
to the editors of Bay Area newpapers in response to negative articles about Peoples Temple as well as letters promoting the
work of Peoples Temple and Jim Jones and samples of form letters created for use on different occasions. Other correspondence
consists of letters from Peoples Temple members to Prime Minister Forbes Burnham thanking him for his support of Peoples Temple
and providing testimonials about Jim Jones.
Box 4, Folder 52
Guyana, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham
1977-1978
2.2:
Administration,
1972-1978
Extent:
Box 4, folders 50, 53-58; Box 5; Box 6, folder 65; Box 140, folder 55; Box 141, folder 57b; Box 142
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of papers pertaining to Peoples Temple meetings, church services, special events, and office management, including
internal memos between staff members. Includes materials pertaining to security at the church in Redwood Valley.
Box 4, Folder 50
Housing Committee
undated
Box 4, Folder 53
Events: Testimonial dinner for Rev. Jim Jones
1976 September 25
Box 140, Folder 55
Guest register - original
1976
Box 4, Folder 54
Guest register - photocopy
1976
Location note: Original guest registers are oversized and have been moved to MS3800, Box 140. Smaller sized copies of the originals are contained
in Box 4, folder 55.
Box 4, Folder 56
Cecil Williams; Declaration of Cecil Williams Regarding International Hotel
1976-1977
Box 4, Folder 57-58
Staff memos and notebook of "issues on the floor"; includes lists of residents
1972-1977
Box 5, Folder 59
Staff memos
1974-1978, undated
Box 5, Folder 60
List of communes and residents; passport negative lists
undated
Box 5, Folder 64
Office procedures: instructions and forms
undated
Box 6, Folder 65
Forms, letterhead
1974, undated
Box 141, Folder 57b
Redwood Valley security posters
undated
Series 3:
Legal Counsel,
1952-1978,
bulk 1968-1978
Extent:
Box 6, folders 66-73; Boxes 7-12; Box 13, folders 206-218
Arrangement
Arranged into three subseries: 3.1: Corporate and Organizational Documents; 3.2: Correspondence and Lawyers' Files; and 3.3:
Legal Subject Files.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of correspondence and legal files pertaining to members' personal legal issues. Peoples Temple members were
provided legal counsel by Eugene Chaikin and Tim Stoen, Peoples Temple members and practicing attorneys, and Charles Garry,
Peoples Temple attorney from 1977-1978. Includes a letter from Eugene Chaikin to the San Francisco Police Department listing
incidents and threats to Jim Jones and Peoples Temple members and property (folder 158). Tim Stoen's files also contain personal
correspondence, including a letter to Jim Jones with questions about how to prepare for the move to Ukiah with Peoples Temple
(folder 85).
Restricted Materials
The following files are permanently sealed and closed: Kay Rosas file, Box 10, folder 140.
The following files are sealed and closed until 2085: Tim Stoen Files, personal notes, Box 8, folder 87 [sealed in envelope].
Related Materials
Advice correspondence, documents received from Charles Garry, and members' legal papers located in Series 11:
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ v. Attorney General of California, Subseries 11.7: Documents Withheld, boxes 121-125.
3.1:
Corporate and Organizational Documents,
1965-1978
Extent:
Box 6, folders 66-71
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Contains organizational legal papers and correspondence. Includes correspondence between Peoples Temple and other leaders
in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); a Year Book report produced by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for
all its congregations; letters acknowledging donations to Peoples Temple from members and others who attended church services,
and donations from Peoples Temple to particular individuals and causes.
Box 6, Folder 66
Articles of incorporation, including minutes
1965-1978
Box 6, Folder 67
Church officers' resignation letters
1971-1972, 1975
Box 6, Folder 68-71
Disciples of Christ
1969-1977
3.2:
Correspondence and Lawyers' Files,
1961-1978
Extent:
Box 6, folders 72-73; Box 7; Box 8, folders 84-89
Arrangement
Arranged with general correspondence first, then lawyers' files, alphabetically by last name.
Scope and Contents
The files of Eugene Chaikin, Peoples Temple member and attorney at law, contain general correspondence from members and others
requesting legal counsel as well as Chaikin's banking and accounting documents.
Box 6, Folder 72
Legal correspondence
1971-1978
Box 6, Folder 73
Legal counsel, Jim Jones and Marceline Jones, including legal documents
1962-1978
Box 7, Folder 76
Group legal service
1972-1977
Box 7, Folder 81-83
Invoices and bills [folder 83 not found, 2010]
1975
Box 8, Folder 86-87
Notes
1961-1977
Restricted Materials
The following files are sealed and closed until 2085: Personal notes, Box 8, folder 87 [sealed in envelope].
Box 8, Folder 88
Appointment book
1976 April-1977 March
Box 8, Folder 89
Invoices and bills
1976-1977
3.3:
Legal Subject Files,
1952-1978
Extent:
Box 8, folders 90-108; Box 9-12; Box 13, folders 206-218
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Contents
Bulk contains documents dealing with members' legal issues in areas such as child custody, divorce, guardianship, employment,
real estate, traffic accidents, and criminal charges.
Box 8, Folder 91
San Francisco Council of Churches
1977
Box 8, Folder 92
San Francisco Redevelopment Agency
1972-1978
Box 8, Folder 93-94
Arrests and bail, A-W
1972-1977
Box 8, Folder 104
Concerned Relatives: Blakey, Katsaris, Oliver
1977-1978
Box 8, Folder 105
Conservatorship
1976-1978
Box 8, Folder 106
Discrimination and employment, Gay Law Students Association
1977
Box 8, Folder 107-108, Box 9, Folder 109-110
Divorce and separation
1952-1978
Box 9, Folder 111
Employment and retirement
1976-1978
Box 9, Folder 112-116
Financial settlements
1972-1978
Freedom of Information Act
Box 9, Folder 119
List of passports
1976-1977
Box 9, Folder 120-131
Responses
1976
Restricted Materials
The following files are permanently sealed and closed: Beck medical records, Box 9, folder 122
Box 9, Folder 132
Investigation of surveillance during Unita Blackwell Wright speech
1976-1977
Box 10, Folder 134
Gifts and donations to Peoples Temple
1957-1977
Box 10, Folder 135-140
Guardianship and adoption
1969-1977
Box 10, Folder 145-146
Internal Revenue Service
1965-1978
Box 10, Folder 150
Licenses and contracts
1968-1977
Box 10, Folder 151-152
Media, Peoples Forum, Inc., and Guide Publishing Co.
1976-1977
Box 10, Folder 154
Membership agreements, cards
[1976-1977]
Box 10, Folder 156-157
Notarial acts; notorial record books of June Crym, Jim Randolph, Joyce Cable Shaw
1971-1977
Box 10, Folder 158
Odd incidents and surveillances
1972, 1976-1977
Box 10, Folder 159-160
Personal injury
1976-1977
Box 11, Folder 161-165
Probate and estate
1963-1978
Box 11, Folder 167
Rallies and demonstrations
1976, 1978
Box 11, Folder 168-175
Real estate lawsuits [folders 168-170 not found, 2010]
1962-1978
Box 12, Folder 180
Mueller v. Indiana
1973-1978
Box 12, Folder 183
Pets Unlimited v. Plant Bros.
1976-1978
Box 12, Folder 187
Tenancy terminations
1977
Box 12, Folder 188-189
Trembley v. Mertle
1970-1976
Box 12, Folder 191-193
Social Security [folders 191-193 not found, 2010]
Subsidiary and related corporations
Box 12, Folder 194-196
Apostolic Corporation
1975-1977
Box 12, Folder 198
Check Cash and Money Order Services Co.
1976-1977
Box 12, Folder 199
Peoples Temple Credit Union
1973-1977
Box 12, Folder 200-201
Fair Oaks Convalescent Hospital
1973-1976
Box 12, Folder 202
Leon Perry Trucking
1977-1978
Box 12, Folder 203
Richmond's Refrigeration Trucking Co.
1975-1976
Box 12, Folder 204
Truth Enterprises
1971-1976
Box 12, Folder 205
Valley Enterprises
1972-1977
Box 13, Folder 206-208
Traffic accidents
1971-1978
Box 13, Folder 209
Wills
1944, 1960-1976,
bulk 1960-1976
Box 13, Folder 215
Church of Scientology
1972-1977
Series 4:
Finance,
1922-1979
Extent:
Box 13, folders 219-226; Boxes 14-58; Box 59, folders 983-1000; Box 140, folder 382; Roll 6
Arrangement
Arranged into seven subseries: 4.1: Members; 4.2: Subsidiary and Related Corporations; 4.3: Banking; 4.4: Real Estate; 4.5:
Taxes; 4.6: Transportation; and 4.7: General Expenses.
Scope and Contents
The finance records of Peoples Temple comprise over a third of the records in the collection, and include documentation of
both the personal finances of the membership and the accounting of the church.
4.1:
Members,
1959-1978
Extent:
Box 13, folders 219-226; Boxes 14-17; Box 18, folders 298-301
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of bank statements and related documents of members' individual financial accounts and papers pertaining to salaries,
unemployment, income tax, life insurance, medical reimbursements, and social security applications and payments.
Restricted Materials
The following files are permanently sealed and closed: Members' medical records, Box 17, folders 294-297; Box 18, folders
298-300.
Box 13-15, Folder 219-252, Box 16, Folder 253-258
Box 16, Folder 268-275, Box 17, Folder 276-286
Box 17, Folder 293
Health insurance
1976-1977
Boxes 17-18, Folder 294-300
Medical
1976-1977
Restricted Materials
Medical files are permanently sealed and closed.
Box 18, Folder 301
Social Security
1976-1977
4.2:
Subsidiary and Related Corporations,
1965-1979
Extent:
Box 18, folders 302-319; Boxes 19-36; Box 37, folders 608-619; Box 140, folder 382
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of the financial records of businesses managed and owned by Peoples Temple members. Includes records of Peoples
Temple publishing companies, credit unions, several youth and senior care homes, samplings of money order vouchers, and blank
checks for various corporations. Also includes expense records related to establishing an agricultural community in Guyana
(folders 418-422 and 617-618) and records pertaining to Apostolic Corporation, the Peoples Temple life care retirement plan.
Box 18, Folder 302
General
1968-1978
Contents
Includes financial documents from the following: Brotherhood Records, Peoples Temple Starving Childrens Starvation Fund, Valley
Publishing, Ron's Maintenance, Swaney's Rest Home, Truth Enterprises, E.B. Chaikin Law Operations, Relics N Things, Peoples
Temple Co-op, Bus Garage, Valley Enterprises, Quality Painting, and Kevin Smith.
Box 18, Folder 303-304
Apostolic Corporation
1976-1977
Box 18, Folder 305
Administrative
1968-1969, 1973-1976
Box 18, Folder 308-312
Invoices and bills
1973-1976
Box 18, Folder 313
Bookkeeping service
1974-1978
Box 18, Folder 314
Administrative
1971, 1975-1977,
bulk 1975-1977
Box 18, Folder 315
Titles and registrations
1971-1973, 1976-1978
Box 19, Folder 320-322
Mileage charts and fuel tax
1971-1977
Box 19, Folder 326-327
Accounts payable ledgers
1976-1978
Box 20, Folder 334-347, Box 21, Folder 348-351
Invoices, bills, receipts
1975-1978
Box 21, Folder 353-355
Chaikin Rental Trust [folder 355 empty, 2010]
1969-1976
Check Cashing and Money Order Service Company
Box 21, Folder 356
Administrative
1974, 1976-1978
Box 21, Folder 360-363
Banking, money order ledgers
1976-1978
Box 21, Folder 365-366
Money order ledgers
1977-1978
Box 21, Folder 367-368
Money order reports
1977-1978
Box 22, Folder 369
Money order carbons
1977-1978
Box 22, Folder 373
Cheek Care Home
1976-1977
Cooperative, vitamin, and health products
Box 22, Folder 375-377
Inventories, invoices, bills
1973, 1976-1977
Box 22, Folder 379
Administrative records
1973-1977
Box 22, Folder 381
Financial statements
1973-1977
Box 22, Folder 382
Report of officials
1976-1977
Box 22, Folder 389
Credit Union National Association (C.U.N.A.)
1973-1977
Box 22-23, Folder 390-394
National Credit Union Administration (N.C.U.A.)
1972-1977
Box 23, Folder 395
California Credit Union League (C.C.U.L.)
1973-1977
Box 23, Folder 399, Box 24, Folder 400
Box 24, Folder 401
Credit Union audits
1973-1977
Box 24, Folder 402-408
Withdrawals and deposits
1973-1977
Box 24, Folder 409-412
Credit Union statements
1973-1977
Box 24, Folder 413-414
Forms and booklets
1973-1974, undated
Box 24, Folder 416
Edward's Rest Home
1975-1976
Box 24, Folder 417
Enola Nelson Realty
1971-1978
Box 24, Folder 420
Immunization records, clothing receipts
1977
Box 24, Folder 421
Airline and travel receipts, equipment rentals
1977
Box 25, Folder 422
Receipts for supplies and equipment for Guyana
1977
Box 25, Folder 423-426
George Holsome Enterprises
1965-1972
Box 25, Folder 427-428
Golden State Enterprises
1972-1975
Box 25, Folder 429
Health Department correspondence
1972-1976
Box 26, Folder 444-448
Bank statements
1971-1978
Box 26-27, Folder 452-460
Box 27-31, Folder 461-523
Invoices, bills, receipts
1972-1978
Box 31, Folder 524-526
North Coast Regional Center billing
1977-1978
Box 31-32, Folder 527-532
Invoices, bills, receipts
1978-1979
Box 32, Folder 533-534
Hilltop Haven and Swaney's Rest Home
1971-1978
Box 32, Folder 535
Leon's Trucking
1977-1978
Box 32, Folder 536
Los Angeles thrift shop
1976-1977
Box 32, Folder 538
Quality Painting
1977-1978
Box 32, Folder 539
R & J Second Hand Store
1971-1972
Box 32, Folder 540
Ray's Appliance Repair
1971-1972
Box 32, Folder 541-543
Relics N Things
1976-1977
Box 32, Folder 544
San Francisco Action Equality
1976
Box 32, Folder 545-548
Smith Refrigeration
1976-1977
Box 32, Folder 549
Student International Meditation Society
1969
Box 32, Folder 550
Touchette Care Home
1974-1975
Box 32, Folder 551
Tri-Smith Builders
1972-1977
Box 32, Folder 552
Organizational, tax correspondence
1972, 1977-1978,
bulk 1977-1978
Box 33, Folder 553-554
Ledgers, check registries
1975-1978
Box 33, Folder 555-557
Valley Publishing
1976-1978
Box 33, Folder 558
Insurance and tax
1973-1978
Box 33, Folder 559
Banking statements
1975-1978
Box 33, Folder 560, Box 34, Folder 582-583
Box 33, Folder 561-571, Box 34-35, Folder 584-598
Invoices, bills, cash receipts
1975-1978
Box 33-34, Folder 573-577
Ledgers, bank statements
1973, 1976-1978
Box 34, Folder 578-581
Bank statements, correspondence, checks
1974-1978
Box 35-37, Folder 599-616
Invoices, bills, cash receipts
1976-1977
Box 37, Folder 617-618
Promised Land bills
1974-1979
4.3:
Banking,
1971-1978
Extent:
Box 37, folders 620-626; Boxes 38-39; Box 40, folders 655-668
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically and chronologically within folders.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of bank statements and documents related to banking procedures for deposits, withdrawals, and international
transfers at financial institutions in the U.S., Canada, and Guyana. Includes bank records of individual members, ledgers,
and correspondence. Miscellaneous bank documents are filed at the end of the series in folder 668.
Box 37, Folder 620
Miscellaneous correspondence and instructions
1976-1977
Box 37, Folder 621
Ledgers - Los Angeles
1977-1978
Bank of America
1972-1978
Box 37-38, Folder 624-627
Box 38, Folder 628-633
Statements, checks, and check registers
1972-1978
Bank of Montreal
1973-1978
Box 39, Folder 634
Correspondence, deposits
1973-1978
Box 39, Folder 654
Barclays Bank International Ltd
1973-1974
Box 40, Folder 655-656
California Canadian Bank
1977-1978
Box 40, Folder 657
Citizens Savings and Loan
1977
Box 40, Folder 659
First National Bank of Miami
1973-1975
Box 40, Folder 660
Glendale Federal Savings Bank
1975
Box 40, Folder 662
Savings Bank of Mendocino County
1975
Box 40, Folder 663
Security Pacific
1971-1976
Box 40, Folder 664
Southern California First National Bank
1975
Box 40, Folder 665
United California Bank
1976-1978
Box 40, Folder 668
Miscellaneous banks
1974-1978
4.4:
Real Estate,
1922-1979
Extent:
Box 40, folders 669-674; Boxes 41-44; Box 45, folders 737-747; Roll 6
Arrangement
Further divided into two subsubseries: 4.4.1: Administration and 4.4.2: Properties.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of papers related to members' real estate properties, many of which were sold with the net proceeds donated
to Peoples Temple. Includes property transfers to Peoples Temple leaders and papers pertaining to the church's buildings in
Redwood Valley, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The properties are located in California unless indicated otherwise.
4.4.1:
Administration,
1952-1978,
bulk 1965-1978
Extent:
Box 40, folders 669-674; Box 41, folders 675-681
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of papers pertaining to management, rentals, insurance, and sales of Peoples Temple members' real estate properties.
Includes grant deeds, quit claims, and escrow papers for numerous properties, including the holdings of Wade and Maybelle
Medlock, the property contested in the lawsuit,
Medlock v. Peoples Temple (folders 678-680).
Box 40, Folder 669
Sales of Peoples Temple properties
1973, 1976-1978
Box 40-41, Folder 672-677
Box 41, Folder 678-680
Properties of Peoples Temple members
1952-1978
Scope and Contents
Includes grant deeds, quit claims, and sales escrow for numerous properties, including the holdings of Wade and Maybelle Medlock,
the property contested in
Medlock v. Peoples Temple.
Box 41, Folder 681
Blueprint of Redwood Valley structure
1968
4.4.2:
Properties,
1922-1979,
bulk 1971-1978
Extent:
Box 41, folders 682-694; Boxes 42-44; Box 45, folders 737-747; Roll 6
Arrangement
Arranged by Peoples Temple numerical code. Peoples Temple staff assigned numeric codes to the real estate files using numbers
from the following ranges: 5001-5186, 6001-6027, and 8000-8002. Codes assigned to specific properties are indicated on the
folders.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of papers pertaining to mortgages, contracts, appraisals, deeds, and titles for real estate and other types
of property owned by Peoples Temple in California, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Washington. Records
pertaining to church properties in Redwood Valley, San Francisco, and Los Angeles can be found in folders 685-688, 721, and
1488-1494.
Box 41, Folder 682
5001, 5004, 5005a, 5007-5008
1957-1978
Properties
1711 Wildwood Rd., Ukiah; 949 E. 114th St., Los Angeles; 115 E. 68th St., Los Angeles; 312 Snuffin St., Ukiah; 8461 75 East
Rd., Redwood Valley
Box 41, Folder 683
5002
1971-1975
Properties
749 N. Park Ave., Indianapolis, IN
Box 41, Folder 684
5003-5003a
1963-1978
Properties
975 N. Delaware, Indianapolis, IN; 258 Howth St., San Francisco
Box 41, Folder 685-686
5005: 1859 Geary Blvd., San Francisco
1969-1978
Box 41, Folder 687-688
5006: 1360-1366 S. Alvarado St., Los Angeles
1971-1976
Box 41, Folder 689
5011-5013
1972-1978
Properties
2260, 2270, 2280 Road K, Ukiah
Box 41, Folder 690
5015-5017
1928, 1966-1978,
bulk 1966-1978
Properties
Road D, Redwood Valley; Cottage Grove Nursing Home, 9221 Vinecrest, Windsor; Lot 2, Las Brisas Subdivision, Redwood Valley
Box 41, Folder 691
5019-5019a
1948-1975
Properties
Peace Mission properties
Box 41, Folder 692-694
5020-5021
1965-1978
Properties
Bogue Care Home, 3551 Road B, Redwood Valley; 451, 453, 457, 459 N. Effie Road, Fresno
Box 42, Folder 695
5022, 5026, 5029-5030
1971-1977
Properties
Road H, Redwood Valley; 1228 W. 39th St., Los Angeles; Touchette Care Home, 3747 Road B, Redwood Valley; 615 W. Church St.,
Ukiah
Box 42, Folder 696
5032, 5035, 5037
1970-1977
Properties
1202 Road M, Redwood Valley; 714 W. 56th St., Los Angeles; 2350 Lincoln Ave, Altadena
Box 42, Folder 697
5037-5042
1953-1978
Properties
2538 N. Lincoln Ave, Altadena; 118 Clayton St., Stockton; 1136 W. 93rd St., Los Angeles; 446 Orizala St., San Francisco, 2135
W. Mabama, Indianapolis, IN
Box 42, Folder 698
5044, 5048-5050
1957-1978
Properties
4063 Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles; 1415 College Ave, IN; Victorville, Raw Lands, San Bernardino County; 419 Jones St., Ukiah;
1121 W. 65th St., Los Angeles
Box 42, Folder 699
5051-5056
1963-1977
Properties
121 Fillmore St., San Francisco; 1621 81st Ave., Oakland; Lot 6, Block 16, Dallas, TX; 823 Fell St., San Francisco, Lot 431,
California City
Box 42, Folder 700
5057-5060, 5063
1965-1978
Properties
7600 Weld St., Oakland; 7524 Weld St., Oakland; 688 Carpino Ave., Pittsburg; 200 Carlton Dr., Ukiah; 5426 Homeside Ave., Los
Angeles; 514 E. 2nd Ave., Toppenish, WA
Box 42, Folder 701
5065-5070
1947-1977
Properties
Lots 47, 48, Wright Place, Oklahoma City, OK; Lot 47, Block 1, Wilshire Place, Houston, TX; 2501 S. 1st St., Monroe, LA; Section
26, Twp. 8, Bradford County, FL; 49 E. Geary St., Fresno; 1239 W. 38th St., Los Angeles
Box 42, Folder 702
5071-5072, 5074-5075
1951-1978
Properties
824 9th St., Bakersfield; 631 E. 109th St., Los Angeles; 1004 E. 81st St., Los Angeles
Box 42, Folder 703
5076-5078, 5080-5081
1947-1978
Properties
707 E. 8th Place, Los Angeles; Capital Fund of America shares;, 1814 W. Century, Los Angeles; 1118 E. 65th St., Los Angeles
Box 42, Folder 704
5082-5085
1935, 1942, 1961-1978,
bulk 1961-1978
Properties
1415 Nadeau, Los Angeles; 6730 S. Compton Ave., Los Angeles; Troup, TX; 1102 W. 43rd St., California City
Box 42, Folder 705
5087-5089, 5091
1959-1978
Properties
13364 Eustace St., Pacoima; 1056 W. 52nd St., Los Angeles; 4628 S. Wall St., Los Angeles; 5116-5118 Towne St., Los Angeles
Box 42, Folder 706
5091-5092, 5094-5095
1948, 1954, 1964-1978,
bulk 1964-1978
Properties
236 Farralones St., San Francisco; 3288 Morcom Ave., Oakland; Lot 141, Tract 1509, Bakersfield; 1216-1218 E. 84th Place, Los
Angeles
Box 42, Folder 707
5095, 5098, 5101, 5102, 5104
1927, 1951, 1960-1979,
bulk 1960-1979
Properties
Arkansas lot, Monroe County, AR; 29 Admiral Ave., San Francisco; 747 E. 56th St., Los Angeles; 142 5th St., Richmond
Box 42, Folder 708
5103
1955, 1958, 1971-1978
Properties
1727 Sacramento St., Vallejo
Box 42, Folder 709
5105-5109
1967-1976
Properties
244, 244 1/2, 246 E. 89th St., Los Angeles; 2946 E. 7th St., Oakland; Cacique, Santa Barbara; 21601 Nance St., Perris; 530
Virginia Circle, Redwood Valley
Box 42, Folder 710
5110
1974-1977
Properties
Lots 23-24, Block 147 Lewis Original Town, 1450, 1451 Addition, Abilene, TX
Box 42, Folder 711
5110-5114
1947, 1966-1979
Properties
Raw Lands, Leon County, TX; Oak Dale Dr., Erie, PA; 79th St., Sacramento
Box 43, Folder 712
5114-5117
1967-1977
Properties
8931 East Rd., Redwood Valley
Box 43, Folder 713
5118-5119
1966-1978
Properties
Klamath River Estates, OR; Lot 51, Tract 1761, Long Beach; 651 North Rd., Redwood Valley
Box 43, Folder 714
5120, 5122-5123, 5125, 5127
1962-1978
Properties
Rt. 1, Box 399 E, Redwood Valley; 224 Laws Ave., Ukiah; 1201 Road M., Redwood Valley; 469 Bright St., San Francisco; 2650
Rancheria Rd., Redwood Valley
Box 43, Folder 715
5128-5130
1963-1977
Properties
2583 W. Union St., San Bernardino; Harrison County, TX; 1660 Page St., San Francisco
Box 43, Folder 716
5131-5133
1963-1978
Properties
4639 California St., San Francisco; 1752 McKinnon St., San Francisco; 1704-1708 21st St., San Francisco
Box 43, Folder 717
5133-5136
1948-1978
Properties
265 Montana St., San Francisco; Lot 386, Buck's Golden Tract, Los Angeles; 7 Lee Ave, Lots 1-3 Lee and Lakeview, San Francisco
Box 43, Folder 718
5137-5141
1922, 1934, 1942-1977,
bulk 1960-1977
Properties
858 Arkansas, San Francisco; 119 Lobos St., San Francisco; Section 23, Twp. 9 South, Imperial County; Lot 21, Limestone County,
TX, Lots 1-5, Sheya Addition, Helper, UT; 373 Hunter Ave., Oakland
Box 43, Folder 719
5142-5146
1961-1977
Properties
2030 11th Ave., Oakland; 19230 Prairie St., Northridge; Rockport, TX; 3302 Costa Dr., Hayward; 440 Ellen Lynn Rd., Redwood
Valley
Box 43, Folder 720
5147
1967-1977
Properties
1678 Dutton Ave, Santa Rosa
Box 43, Folder 721
5148, 5151, 5154-5155
1955, 1964-1978,
bulk 1964-1978
Properties
86659 Loretto Ave., Cotati; 720 Harrison St., Richmond; 331 Vermont Ave., San Mateo; 1729, 1733 86th Ave., Oakland; 7700-7730
East Rd., Redwood Valley
Box 43, Folder 722-723
5156-5157
1951, 1967-1977,
bulk 1967-1977
Properties
7600 East Road, Redwood Valley; 2080 Road F, Redwood Valley
Box 43, Folder 724
5158-5162
1958-1977
Properties
2290, 2300 Road K, Redwood Valley; 16000 Tomki Rd., Redwood Valley, 200 Carlton Dr., Ukiah; 2220 Road E, Redwood Valley
Box 43, Folder 725
5163-5165
1968-1977
Properties
400 Empire Dr., Ukiah; 9200 West Rd., Redwood Valley; 6260 Eastside Calpella Rd., Ukiah
Box 43, Folder 726
5166-5168
1948, 1958, 1963-1978,
bulk 1963-1978
Properties
425 Ellen Lynn St., Redwood Valley; 670 School Way, Redwood Valley; 288 1/2 W. 59th Place, Los Angeles; 222 W. 88th St., Los
Angeles
Box 43, Folder 727
5169
1953-1977
Properties
Anthony Hall Nursing Home, Indianapolis, IN
Box 43, Folder 728
5170-5173
1968-1977
Properties
Mobile home, Ukiah; 7750 East Rd., Redwood Valley; 309 Arlington Dr., Ukiah; Tomki Road, Redwood Valley
Box 43, Folder 729
5174-5175, 5177-5178
1966-1978
Properties
7670 East Rd., Redwood Valley; Walnut Acres, 7640 East Rd., Redwood Valley; 1150 Holloway, San Francisco; 2560 Fleetwood Dr.,
San Bruno; Fuel tank, Willits
Box 44, Folder 730
5179-5181
1950-1978
Properties
734 1/2 E 102nd St., Los Angeles; 6316 7th Ave., Los Angeles; 10221 Clovis Ave., Los Angeles
Box 44, Folder 731
5182, 5184, 6001, 6004, 6007-6008
1965-1978
Properties
1731 W. 53rd St., Los Angeles; 1415 Nob Hill Rd., Mendocino County; application for Mendocino County Board of Realtors; Crescent
Realty, 515 Hayes St., San Francisco
Box 44, Folder 732-733
6002
1972-1978
Properties
8129 S. Mariposa, Los Angeles; West Road; Redwood Valley; Fireside Lodge, 1450 Knob Hill, Ukiah
Box 44, Folder 734
6003
1970-1978
Properties
1551 Road D, Redwood Valley
Box 44, Folder 735
6011-6012
1954-1978
Properties
Escrow accounts for Ponts and Wages; 1550-1560 Fillmore St., San Francisco
Box 44-45, Folder 736-437
6021
1972-1978
Properties
Green Acres Care Home, 7615 and 7625 East Rd., Redwood Valley
Box 45, Folder 738
6025-6027
1966-1978
Properties
15 Harte Ave., San Rafael; Whispering Pines Care Home, 9810 Rancheria Rd., Redwood Valley
Box 45, Folder 739
8000, 8002
1963-1977
Properties
Lafayette Hotel, 240 Hyde St., San Francisco; 1795 Newcomb Ave., San Francisco
Box 45, Folder 740-742
Peoples Temple Apartments, 1435 Alvarado Terrace, Los Angeles
1973-1978
Roll 6
Blue prints for Peoples Temple Apartments, 1435 Alvarado Terrace, Los Angeles
undated
Box 45, Folder 743
Property owned by Angel Child in Philadelphia, PA
1970-1972
Box 45, Folder 744
Property owned by Syola Turner
1951-1977
Box 45, Folder 745
Property owned by Jim Jones in Indianapolis, IN
1953-1978
Box 45, Folder 746
Property owned by Serena Hunt
1962-1976
Box 45, Folder 747
Happy Acres, 2451 Road K, Redwood Valley
1971-1977
4.5:
Taxes,
1967-1978
Extent:
Box 45, folders 748-752
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of papers pertaining to church-related exemptions and business taxes.
4.6:
Transportation,
1963-1978
Extent:
Box 45, folders 753-762; Boxes 46-49; Box 50, folders 834-837
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically then alphabetically within folders.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of documents pertaining to members' automobiles and other vehicles maintained by Peoples Temple. Includes records
related to drivers of Peoples Temple buses and traffic violations.
Box 45, Folder 753-754
Administration
1973-1977
Content
Includes vehicle registry book.
Box 45, Folder 755-756
Vehicle registrations, use registry
1976-1978
Box 45, Folder 759
Inspection reports
1976-1977
Box 45, Folder 760
Driver records on non-church owned vehicles
1975-1976
Box 45, Folder 761-762
Church owned vehicles
1973-1978
Box 46, Folder 763-770
Ownership (Adams-Eichler)
1974-1978
Box 47, Folder 771-788
Ownership (Evans-Yates)
1963, 1973-1978,
bulk 1973-1978
Box 47, Folder 789-790
Insurance memos
1975-1977
Box 48, Folder 791
Group accident insurance
1975-1977
Box 48, Folder 792-793
Insurance administration
1976-1977
Box 48, Folder 794
Calendar of insurance policy expiration dates
1978
Box 48, Folder 795-796
Church policies
1973-1977
Box 48, Folder 797-813
Individual insurance policies (Adams-Johnson)
1975-1978
Box 49, Folder 814-827
Individual insurance policies (Johnston-Yates)
1975-1978
Box 49, Folder 833
Traffic tickets (Adams-Coomer)
1976-1977
Box 50, Folder 834-837
Traffic tickets (Darden-Young)
1974-1978
4.7:
General Expenses,
1962-1978
Extent:
Box 50, folders 838-850; Boxes 51-58; Box 59, folders 983-1000
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of invoices interspersed with correspondence pertaining to Peoples Temple business and housing expenses. Includes
samplings of utility bills and members' submissions for the reimbursement of personal expenses called "needs slips." Also
includes receipts and invoices for supplies and travel to Guyana (folders 617-618 and 878-879 and 897) and invoices for the
purchase of gold (folder 862).
Box 50, Folder 838-839
General expenses
1970-1978
Box 50, Folder 840
General expenses - check and cash disbursements
1977-1978
Box 50, Folder 841-842
Apostolic Homes and miscellaneous companies
1976-1978
Box 50-51, Folder 843-853
Box 51, Folder 854
Redwood Valley communal receipts
1976-1978
Box 51, Folder 860
Inspection invoices
1965-1978
Box 51, Folder 861
Guyana project invoices and bills
1975-1978
Box 51, Folder 862
Shamaz Trading Company invoices and bills
1975
Boxes 51-55, Folder 863-924
San Francisco invoices
1976-1978
Box 55-57, Folder 925-958
Box 57, Folder 959
Freedom Land [Guyana] airline receipts
1977-1978
Box 57-58, Folder 964-975
Miscellaneous invoices
1971-1978
Box 58-59, Folder 976-990
Members' personal needs slips and receipts
1976-1978
Series 5:
Agricultural Mission,
1970-1978
Extent:
Box 59, folders 1001-1003; Boxes 60-65; Roll 6
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of papers related to the shipment of supplies from the U.S. to Guyana for the establishment and maintenance
of Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission, later known as Jonestown. Includes correspondence from U.S. and Guyanese public officials;
documents from the Guyana Coordinating Committee responsible for assisting members with paperwork and preparations for travel
to Guyana; and correspondence from the Guyanese public, including requests for healings, clothes and calendars. Also includes
telegrams from bereaved relatives after the deaths in Jonestown (folder 1011); correspondence from Maria Katsaris to Jim Randolph
regarding conditions in Jonestown (folders 1012-1016); instructions for domestic and international travel (folder 1024); and
an inventory for the shipment of items used in the apartment maintained by Peoples Temple in Georgetown, Guyana (folder 1071).
Box 59, Folder 1001-1003
Official correspondence
1973-1978
Box 60, Folder 1004-1010
Correspondence with Guyanese citizens
1972-1978
Box 60, Folder 1011
Telegrams of support
1978
Guyana Coordinating Committee
Box 61, Folder 1012
Chaikin correspondence, administrative memos
1976-1977
Box 61, Folder 1013-1014
Reports, minutes of meetings
1974-1978
Box 61, Folder 1015
Requests for materials and supplies
1976-1978
Box 61, Folder 1015
Public Relations Subcommittee
1976-1978
Box 61, Folder 1017
Finance Committee
1975-1978
Box 61, Folder 1018
Ship Shopping Committee
1976
Box 61, Folder 1019-1021
Media - Articles and scrapbooks [folders not found, 2010]
1976-1977
Box 61, Folder 1022
Members cleared for Guyana
1977
Box 62, Folder 1022a
Card file of members remaining in U.S.
1976-1977
Box 61, Folder 1023
Members' emigration to Guyana
1976-1978
Box 61, Folder 1024
Packing instructions, information on travel to Guyana
1976-1977
Box 61, Folder 1025-1028
Information about Matthews Ridge, and on Guyana's schools, churches, health care, and economics
1970-1976
Box 61, Folder 1029
Shipping instructions, supply lists, authorizations
1975, 1977-1978
Box 61, Folder 1030
Inventories, requested supplies
1975-1977
Box 61, Folder 1031
Purchase orders, requests for supplies
1975, 1977
Box 61, Folder 1032-1041
Shipping invoices for supplies and equipment shipped to Guyana
1974-1978
Box 61, Folder 1042
Shipping insurance
1974-1975
Box 61, Folder 1043-1046, Box 63-65, Folder 1047-1075
Inventories and bills of lading for shipments to Guyana
1974-1978
Contents
Inventory for shipment of contents for Georgetown apartment in folder 1071
Box 65, Folder 1076
Rock crusher plans
1971, 1975
Box 65, Folder 1077
Incubator plans
1976, 1978
Series 6:
Personal Records,
1973-1978
Extent:
Boxes 66-76; Box 140, folder 1188b
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of members' application forms and liability releases for travel to Guyana, including personal papers such as
birth and marriage certificates, medical information, passport applications, correspondence, and other writings. Includes
a binder with an inventory of all members planning to migrate to Guyana, with a checklist that includes passport and vaccination
information (box 143). To research records for a specific person, researchers should consult lists of members' names and their
alternative names online on the Who Died list, maintained by the Alternative Considerations of Jonestown website, available
online at
http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
Access Restrictions
Personal Records, Boxes 66-74, folders 1078-1196, contain information about each member traveling to Guyana, including application
forms, liability releases, birth and marriage certificates, passport applications, and medical information. Medical forms
and any supporting documentation such as doctor's correspondence, medical bills, etc., are closed.
All other documents pertaining to former members that are still living require the permission of that person to be released.
The researcher must locate the individual and present CHS with proof of permission, either by email or written letter.
Box 143
Master List of Peoples Temple Members
undated
Box 66, Folder 1078-1080
Aaron-Armstrong
1973, 1975-1978
Box 67, Folder 1081-1086a
Arnold-Bolton [Folder 1086a, Blackwell-Bolton not found, 2010]
1976-1977
Box 70, Folder 1119-1136
Guidrey-Johnson
1975-1978
Box 71, Folder 1137-1154
Johnson-Mitchell
1975-1978
Box 72, Folder 1155-1172
Mitchell-Scheid
1975-1978
Box 74, Folder 1197
Members' signatures on otherwise blank papers
undated
Series 7:
Media,
1961-1978
Extent:
Box 77, folders 1198-1213
Arrangement
Arranged into two subseries: 7.1: Correspondence and 7.2: Publications and Broadcasts.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of flyers, publications, and reprints of news articles. Also includes correspondence, transcripts, and drafts
of mailings and radio broadcasts.
7.1:
Correspondence,
1976-1978
Extent:
Box 77, folders 1198-1199
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence regarding the article about Jim Jones and Peoples Temple published in the magazine
New West in August 1977, and responses to articles published by Peoples Temple in
Peoples Forum.
Box 77, Folder 1198
Correspondence regarding
New West August 1977 article
1977
Box 77, Folder 1199
Correspondence regarding
Peoples Forum
1976-1978
7.2:
Publications and Broadcasts,
1961-1978
Extent:
Box 77, folders 1200-1213
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of flyers, publications and drafts of press releases, radio broadcasts, and mailings. Includes issues of
Peoples Forum; transcripts of interviews with Mark Lane, Don Freed, and Daniel Ellsberg; church bulletins from 1971-1972 with transcripts
of Jim Jones's sermons; issues of
Family Good News published in 1974; press releases; a draft of "Jim Jones and Peoples Temple: The Rising Up of a Man and a Movement"; and
other writings, including a poem that may have been written by Jim Jones.
Related Materials
Additional issues of
Peoples Forum and other publications are available in the related collection, Peoples Temple Ephemera and Publications, MS 4124.
Box 77, Folder 1200-1201
Newspaper articles about Peoples Temple
1961-1978
Box 77, Folder 1202
Interview and speech transcripts
1978
Box 77, Folder 1203-1204
Mailings, newsletters, bulletins
1969-1977
Mailings - Agricultural Mission
1977-1978
Box 77, Folder 1206-1207
Press releases, public relations materials, testimonials
1971-1978
Box 77, Folder 1211
Peoples Forum bylaws and articles of incorporation
1976-1977
Box 77, Folder 1212
Radio broadcasts, Peoples Temple; radio news coverage
early 1970s, 1978
Box 77, Folder 1213
Writings - essay and testimonials on Peoples Temple and Jim Jones
1978
Contents
Contains a typescript of poem entitled "Forever Jones" attributed to Jim Jones, dated 1969 October 11; an article titled "Jim
Jones & Peoples Temple: The Rising Up of a Man and a Movement"; "The Human Service Ministry of Peoples Temple Ministry of
Peoples Temple Christian Church: A Selection of Statements . . ."; and document "A Follower of This Activist Ministry Aspires
to Become."
Series 8:
Subjects,
1961-1978
Extent:
Box 77, folders 1214-1225; Boxes 78-79; Box 80, folders 1281-1291
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Contents
Consists of subject files created by Peoples Temple office staff on various topics of interest.
Note
Note: folder titles were created by Peoples Temple staff, and do not always reflect contents. In some cases, notes in square
brackets following titles have been supplied by CHS staff to clarify contents.
Civil rights [files of Dr. Lee Coleman]
Box 77, Folder 1218-1219
Prisons and crime
undated
Box 77, Folder 1220-1224
Prisons and prisoners, Dr. Lee Coleman
1972-1974
Box 78, Folder 1226-1228
Education [folder not found, 2010]
Box 78, Folder 1230
Equipment [manuals]
undated
Box 78, Folder 1231
Food [ordering for large scale use]
1976
Box 78, Folder 1232
Food and health [health, nutrition, and exercise]
1972-1976
Box 78, Folder 1233-1234
Food equipment [manuals]
undated
Box 78, Folder 1235
Food stamps, Repatriate program
1976
Box 78, Folder 1236
Freedom of the press
1976-1978
Box 78, Folder 1237
Guyana [articles and maps]
1968, 1975
Insurance [brochures and promotional materials, policies]
Box 78, Folder 1239-1241
Automobile policies
1975, undated
Box 78, Folder 1244
Property and fire
undated
Box 78, Folder 1245
Kinsolving [Lester] articles
1973, 1975
Box 78, Folder 1248-1249
Maps [California]
undated
Box 78, Folder 1250
Newspaper articles
1974
Contents
Issue of St. Louis
Argus, 1974 July 18
Box 78, Folder 1251
Office supplies [catalogs and lists]
1975-1976
Box 78, Folder 1252
Personal improvement
1977-1978
Box 78, Folder 1253-1254
Photography equipment
undated
Box 78, Folder 1256
Police, San Francisco
1977`
Box 79, Folder 1258
Politics, world
1963-1975
Box 79, Folder 1260
Prose and poetry
1977, undated
Box 79, Folder 1261
Radio and recorder
undated
Box 79, Folder 1262
Real estate, rentals
1978
Box 79, Folder 1264-1266
Religion,
Christian Crusade Weekly
1971-1972
Box 79, Folder 1267
Religion, Disciples of Christ
1977-1978
Box 79, Folder 1268
Religion, miscellaneous churches
1961, 1971-1977,
bulk 1971-1977
Box 79, Folder 1269
Social Security, retirement and pensions
1974-1977
Box 79, Folder 1270
South America, Chile, and Peru
1971-1972
Box 80, Folder 1281-1283
Travel, airlines and tours
1975-1976
Box 80, Folder 1284
Travel, passports and foreign residence
1973
Box 80, Folder 1285
U.S.S.R. and Cuba, articles
1973-1977
Box 80, Folder 1286-1288
Vehicles and vehicle repair
1973, undated
Box 80, Folder 1289
Water pump equipment
undated
Box 80, Folder 1290
Windmill equipment
undated
Series 9:
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
1943-1979
Extent:
Box 80, folders 1292-1307; Boxes 81-82; Box 83, folders 1347-1352
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of papers and realia collected by the Major Fraud Division of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office during
their investigation of extortion charges filed by the Medlock family against Jim Jones and other members of Peoples Temple
in 1977. Includes summaries of interviews with members shortly before and after the deaths in Jonestown by investigator Stephen
J. Ramirez and papers pertaining to real estate properties in Los Angeles and members in Southern California. Also includes
an inventory book used to register members' passports (folder 1341). The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office released
these materials to the receiver for his work in locating Peoples Temple assets.
Box 80, Folder 1292
Search warrants
1978-1979
Contents
Contains Medlock lawsuit.
Box 80, Folder 1293
Investigator's report
1978
Box 80, Folder 1294
Title searches
1978
Contents
Contains information on Peoples Temple properties in Los Angeles.
Box 80, Folder 1296-1303
Search warrants #1-6
1978
Box 80-81, Folder 1304-1311
Bank of America
1976-1978
Box 81, Folder 1312-1314
Bank of Montreal
1975-1979
Box 81, Folder 1315
Checks and currency
1976-1977
Box 81, Folder 1322
McElvane correspondence
1968-1978
Box 81, Folder 1323
Correspondence
1943, 1975, 1978
Box 81, Folder 1326
Rosters
1955, 1968-1976,
bulk 1968-1976
Box 82, Folder 1328-1329
Country-wide Funding Corp.
1967-1971
Box 82, Folder 1332-1333
Writings by Jim McElvane
undated
Box 82, Folder 1334
Apostolic Corporation
1972-1978
Box 82, Folder 1335-1339
Los Angeles Temple - rosters
1974-1978
Box 82, Folder 1340
Los Angeles Temple - security
undated
Box 82, Folder 1341
Passports - register
1975 January 2 - 1978 November 15
Contents
Contains a register of members' passports. The following information is included for all entries: date the passport was collected,
the name of the passport holder, passport number, and who it was picked up by.
Box 82, Folder 1342-1343
Membership card rosters
1973-1977
Box 82, Folder 1345
Telephone messages - Enola Nelson Realty
1976
Box 82, Folder 1346
Media
1975-1978
Contents
Contains Peoples Temple press releases from Jonestown, Guyana, in response to media articles in the U.S.
Box 83, Folder 1348
Telephone numbers and addresses
undated
Box 83, Folder 1349
Hue Fortson's driving log
1977-1978
Box 83, Folder 1350
Healing
1977 April 30, undated
Contents
Includes writings about healings and a narrative of a Jim Jones sermon, April 30, 1977.
Box 83, Folder 1351
Medi-Cal handbook and worksheets
1974-1975
Box 83, Folder 1352
Spiritualism and psychology
undated
Series 10:
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
1976-1977
Extent:
Box 83, folders 1353-1367; Box 84, folders 1368-1388
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of the organization's and individual members' financial records from accounts held at Bank of Montreal. The FBI released
these records to the receiver for his work in locating Peoples Temple assets.
Box 83, Folder 1353-1367
Bank of Montreal (Adams-Jackson)
1976-1977
Box 84, Folder 1368-1386
Bank of Montreal (Jackson-Young)
1976-1977
Box 84, Folder 1387
Peoples Temple account at Bank of Montreal
1977
Box 84, Folder 1388
Social Security direct deposits at Bank of Montreal
1976-1977
Series 11:
Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ v. Attorney General of California,
1950-1984
Extent:
Boxes 85-128; Box 129, folders 2306-2314; Box 138, folders 2436-2439; Box 139, folders 2440-2446
Arrangement
Arranged mainly as received from receiver's staff, in numeric order. Numbers are stamped on the back of each document.
The series is further subdivided into six subseries: 11.1: Administration; 11.2: Interments; 11.3: Investigation to Locate
Assets; 11.4: Peoples Temple Information; 11.5: Claims; and 11.6: Reports.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of papers pertaining to the receiver's work in locating Peoples Temple assets, settling claims against the estate,
and dissolving the organization after the deaths in Jonestown. Includes legal documents, financial papers, and research materials.
Also includes documents related to the identification and burial of unclaimed bodies from Jonestown. The court case, No. 746571,
was adjudicated in San Francisco Superior Court in 1983.
Contains many legal and financial records gathered by the receiver during his search for assets, including letters from the
public objecting to the mass burial of bodies at cemeteries in Fernwood Cemetery in Marin (folder 1395), and correspondence
between the receiver and the surviving members of Jim and Marceline Jones regarding details of their estate.
Additional documents in this series include an original handwritten will by Jim Jones, dated May 13, 1978 (folder 1461), and
a personal letter from member Kay Henderson to Jim Jones outlining her grievances with Peoples Temple and asking for permission
to take "time away" (folder 1814).
11.1:
Administration,
1979-1982
Extent:
Box 85, Folders 1389-1391
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence, court orders, and memos relating to the appointment of Robert H. Fabian as receiver by San Francisco
Superior Court Judge Ira Brown. Contains records produced by the establishment of an office, including the hiring of staff
and outside legal counsel.
Box 85, Folder 1389-1390
Correspondence from the receiver's office
1979-1982
Box 85, Folder 1391
Memos and general correspondence
1979-1982
11.2:
Interments,
1979-1980
Extent:
Box 85, folders 1392-1413; Box 86, folders 1414-1426
Arrangement
Arranged hierarchically.
Scope and Contents
Consists of materials pertaining to the identification and burial of unclaimed bodies from Jonestown. Includes Peoples Temple
membership lists, death certificates, and court papers. Includes lists of people reputed to have been in Jonestown on November
18, 1978, and who are presumed to have died there. This information was obtained by the receiver from various sources. Names
and birthdates are listed.
Box 85, Folder 1395
Objections to location of mass burial site
1979
Contents
Objection to burials in various locations.
Box 85, Folder 1396
Transportation of bodies
1979
Box 85, Folder 1397
Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland, CA
1979
Box 85, Folder 1399
Paid funeral directors
1979
Box 85, Folder 1401-1402
Master list of deceased
1979
Box 85, Folder 1405-1413
Burials (Addison-Ijames)
1979
Box 86, Folder 1414-1425
Burials (Jackson-Wright)
1979
11.3:
Investigation to Locate Assets,
1955-1983
Extent:
Box 86, folders 1427-1431; Boxes 87-89; Box 90, folders 1527-1560
Arrangement
Further divided into seven subsubseries: 11.3.1: Correspondence and Interviews; 11.3.2: Domestic Bank Accounts; 11.3.3: Offshore
Bank Accounts; 11.3.4: Personal Property; 11.3.5: Real Estate; 11.3.6: Subsidiary and Related Corporations; and 11.3.7: Nonbank
Debits.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of financial records. Also includes receiver's correspondence and legal papers pertaining to the search and
retrieval of Peoples Temple assets from the U.S., Guyana, and other countries where assets were puportedly held.
11.3.1:
Correspondence and Interviews,
1979-1981
Extent:
Box 86, folders 1427-1431; Box 87, folders 1432-1442
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of transcripts of interviews with Peoples Temple members regarding Peoples Temple financial practices and assets.
Also includes correspondence with Sir Lionel Luckhoo, an attorney in Guyana; the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office;
and the FBI.
Box 87, Folder 1438
Investigations to locate assets - offshore
1979-1981
Contents
Contains correspondence to banks offshore and petitions from Fabian for funds to cover expenses incurred.
Box 87, Folder 1439
Don W. Buster investigation report
1979
Box 87, Folder 1441
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
1979-1980
Contents
Contains search warrants.
Box 87, Folder 1442
Federal Bureau of Investigation
1979-1980
11.3.2:
Domestic Bank Accounts,
1976-1980
Extent:
Box 87, folders 1443-1449
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of research materials and financial records for Peoples Temple accounts in the U.S. Includes correspondence
and papers pertaining to members' personal finances.
Box 87, Folder 1443-1444
Domestic bank accounts
1978-1980
Box 87, Folder 1446
Fictitious names
1976-1979
Box 87, Folder 1448
Living church members
1979-1980
11.3.3:
Offshore Bank Accounts,
1950-1960, 1975-1982, undated
Extent:
Box 87, folders 1450-1462; Box 88, folders 1463-1475
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of research materials and financial records for Peoples Temple accounts in Guyana and other countries. Includes
papers pertaining to Carolyn Layton's estate.
Box 87-88, Folder 1456-1463
Carolyn Layton safety deposit box [folder 1456 not found, 2010]
1975-1979
Contents
Will of Jim Jones, handwritten and dated May 13, 1978 (folder 1461).
Box 88, Folder 1470
Nassau and Islands of the Bahamas
1959, 1960, 1979-1982
Box 88, Folder 1471
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
1979
Box 88, Folder 1472-1473
Venezuela
1950, 1953, 1979-1982
11.3.4:
Personal Property,
1974-1983
Extent:
Box 88, folders 1476-1487
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of research materials and correspondence pertaining to the identification, possession, and liquidation of Peoples
Temple equipment, vessels, vehicles, and jewelry.
Box 88, Folder 1476
Los Angeles and San Francisco
1979
Box 88, Folder 1477
San Francisco auction
1978-1979
Box 88, Folder 1478
San Francisco buses and automobiles
1979-1980
Box 88, Folder 1479
San Francisco lien sale
1974-1979
Box 88, Folder 1480
Willits gasoline
1975-1983
11.3.5:
Real Estate,
1967, 1972-1983
Extent:
Box 88, folders 1488-1497; Box 89, folders 1498-1516
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of research materials, correspondence, and sales records of Peoples Temple real estate holdings, including church
buildings in the U.S. and property in Guyana.
Box 88, Folder 1488-1489
Redwood Valley church
1979
Box 88, Folder 1490
Road K, Redwood Valley
1978-1980
Box 88, Folder 1491-1494
San Francisco church [Geary]
1972, 1978-1983
Box 88-89, Folder 1495-1505
Los Angeles properties
1975-1983
Contents
Includes appraisal reports and information on properties located at 932 Santa Barbara, 1345 Alvarado Terrace, 1435 Alvarado
Terrace, 1121 W. 65th street, Westlake and Alvarado Terrace, Castaic, 860 W. 57th street.
Box 89, Folder 1506-1509
Richmond properties
1967, 1975-1983
Box 89, Folder 1510-1512
San Bernardino County properties
1975, 1978-1980
Box 89, Folder 1513
Southern California properties
1979-1980
Box 89, Folder 1514
Washington and Texas
1976, 1979-1981
11.3.6:
Subsidiary and Related Corporations,
1954-1982,
bulk 1973-1982
Extent:
Box 89, folders 1517-1526; Box 90, folders 1527-1532
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of research materials, correspondence, incorporation papers, and liquidation proceedings for Peoples Temple businesses
in the U.S. and Guyana.
Box 89, Folder 1517
Apostolic Corporation
1976-1979
Box 89, Folder 1518
Truth Enterprises
1973, 1979
Box 89, Folder 1519-1524
Guyana Corporation
1974, 1979-1982
Box 89, Folder 1525
Wings of Deliverance
1955, 1973, 1977
Box 89, Folder 1526
San Francisco Action Equality
1976
Box 90, Folder 1527
Valley Enterprises
1954-1959, 1971-1973, 1978-1979
Box 90, Folder 1528
Peoples Forum, Inc.
1976-1979
Box 90, Folder 1530
Asociacion Religioso Pro San Pedro
1980-1981
Box 90, Folder 1531
Peoples Temple Christian Church Ltd
1978
Box 90, Folder 1532
Evangelica, Brigit
1975-1980
11.3.7:
Nonbank Debits,
1966-1967, 1976-1983
Extent:
Box 90, folders 1533-1560
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of research materials and financial records pertaining to Peoples Temple liabilities.
Box 90, Folder 1533-1542
Notes secured by real estate
1966-1967, 1976-1982
Box 90, Folder 1543
Unsecured debts
1978-1979
Box 90, Folder 1544
Other disputed assets
1966, 1977-1979
Box 90, Folder 1545
Mayfield Insurance account
1979
Box 90, Folder 1546
State of Israel bond
1966, 1979
Box 90, Folder 1547
Potential assets: wills
1966, 1979
Box 90, Folder 1548
Crestwood Escrow Service
1979
Box 90, Folder 1549-1550
Guide Publishing Company
1979-1983
Box 90, Folder 1551
May Company stocks
1976-1980
Box 90, Folder 1552
Investments: U.S. District Court v. Peoples Temple
1980-1981
Box 90, Folder 1553-1554
Great Southwestern Fire Insurance Company
1979-1981
Box 90, Folder 1555-1558
Title Insurance and Trust Company (Grimm)
1978-1981
Box 90, Folder 1559
Western Title Insurance Company
1977-1980
Box 90, Folder 1560
Sale of trust deeds
1982-1983
11.4:
Peoples Temple Information,
1965, 1970-1984, undated
Extent:
Box 90, folders 1561-1562; Box 91; Box 92, folder 1583
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of business and legal documents produced by the 1965 Articles of Incorporation of Peoples Temple of the Disciples
of Christ. Also includes Peoples Temple membership lists; photocopies of members' alien registration forms necessary for entry
into Guyana; the Federal Bureau of Investigation's index to documents recovered from Jonestown (folder 1567); and copies of
documents specifying the duties and powers of Robert H. Fabian, including correspondence between Fabian and the Department
of Justice and the FBI regarding the transfer of all Peoples Temple records to the California Historical Society.
Box 90, Folder 1562
Board of Directors
1977-1983
Box 91, Folder 1563-1565
Articles of incorporation
1965, 1970-1979
Box 91, Folder 1566-1567
Archives/document repository
1979-1983
Box 91, Folder 1568
Sandra Bradshaw v. Bank of America
1980-1981
Box 91, Folder 1569
Attorney General investigation
1980-1981
Box 91, Folder 1570
Petition for habeas corpus
1976-1977
Box 91, Folder 1571
Attempts to locate relatives
1979-1980
Box 91, Folder 1573-1582
Members' Guyana alien registrations
1977-1978
11.5:
Claims,
1966-1983, undated
Extent:
Box 92, folders 1584-1586b; Box 93-120
Arrangement
Further divided into nine subsubseries: 11.5.1: Claimants; 11.5.2: Intervention; 11.5.3: Experts; 11.5.4: Legal; 11.5.5: Document
Production; 11.5.6: Depositions; 11.5.7: Medical Records; 11.5.8: Litigation; and 11.5.9: Payments.
Scope and Contents
Consists of court documents and legal, financial, and personal papers pertaining to claims filed against the Peoples Temple
estate.
11.5.1:
Claimants,
1968-1983
Extent:
Box 92, folders 1584-1586b; Boxes 93-102; Box 103, folders 1779-1781
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of court papers, legal documents, and research materials pertaining to survivors, relatives, businesses, and government
agencies.
Box 92, Folder 1584
Instructions to receiver
1979-1980
Box 92-93, Folder 1585a-1586e
Box 93, Folder 1587
Analysis sheets, intervention, and adjudication
undated
Box 93, Folder 1588
Responses, acceptances, and intervention
1981-1982
Box 94, Folder 1589-1600
Determination letters
1980-1981
Arrangement
Determination letters are arranged alphabetically A-Y by last name.
Box 95, Folder 1602-1621
Class action, Adams-Cartmell
1978-1983
Box 96, Folder 1622-1641
Class action, Casanova-Gardfrey
1978-1983
Box 97, Folder 1642-1661
Class action, Gardfrey-Johnson, W.
1978-1983
Box 98, Folder 1662-1682
Class action, Johnston-Mitchell
1978-1983
Box 99, Folder 1683-1703
Class action, Mitchell-Ryan
1978-1983
Box 100, Folder 1704-1723
Class action, Ryan-Tucker [Folders 1704, 1716, and 1718 not found, 2010]
1978-1983
Box 101, Folder 1724-1734
Class action, Turner-Young
1978-1983
Box 101, Folder 1735-1738
Commissioner McCarthy hearings
1979-1982
Box 101, Folder 1739
American Express
1979-1981
Box 101, Folder 1740
Personal injury and wrongful death negotiations
1980
Box 101, Folder 1742-1743
Goods and services claims
1978-1980
Box 101, Folder 1745
Rescission of gifts or damages
1968-1979
Box 101, Folder 1746
Master file, index, and summary sheets
1980
Box 101, Folder 1747
Psychic Foundation of Knowledge, Inc.
1979
Box 101, Folder 1749
National Coalition for Children's Justice
1979-1980
Box 101-102, Folder 1750-1753
Procedure drafts
1979-1980
Box 102, Folder 1754
Responses and objections for report
1972, 1977-1980
Box 102, Folder 1755-1756
Categories and servicing
1979-1982
Box 102, Folder 1757
Minor claimants' compromise
1982
Box 102, Folder 1758
Waivers of notice for predistribution
1982
Box 102, Folder 1759
Solicitations of waivers of notice
1982
Box 102, Folder 1760
Receiver's certificates
1980-1981
Box 102, Folder 1761-1773
Box 102, Folder 1774-1776
Late acceptance of offers of compromise
1981
Box 102-103, Folder 1778-1779
Claimant indices
1978-1983
Box 103, Folder 1780-1781
Claimant appendices
1979-1983
11.5.2:
Intervention,
1972-1982, undated
Extent:
Box 103, folders 1782-1798; Boxes 104-108
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of court papers and legal documents regarding claims.
Box 103, Folder 1782-1784
Preliminary hearings
1981-1982
Box 103, Folder 1785
Preliminary statement
1976-1978, 1982
Box 103, Folder 1788-1789
Adjudication correspondence and procedures
1980-1982
Box 103, Folder 1790
Discovery and adjudication
1981-1982
Box 103, Folder 1791
Discovery: expert witness
1982
Contents
Includes information on two potential expert witnesses: Dr. Saul Levine and Dr. Lee. S. Coleman.
Box 103-105, Folder 1792-1820
Receiver's discovery
1976-1982, undated
General Note:
There are two folders numbered 1817; this appears to be an error in the original numbering.
Box 105, Folder 1821-1826
Receiver v. Discovery
1981-1982
Box 105, Folder 1827
Affirmative defenses
1981
Box 105, Folder 1828-1832
Documents produced by claimants [Alexander - Young]
1972-1978
Box 106-107, Folder 1833-1933
Receiver's documents copied by claimants' attorneys
1974-1978, 1982
Arrangement
Folders are arranged alphabetically from Alexander - Kay in Box 106 and Kelley - Young in Box 107.
Box 108, Folder 1934
Documents produced by receiver
1975-1982
Box 108, Folder 1935
Privileged documents
1972-1978
Box 108, Folder 1936
Compromise modification requests
1982
Box 108, Folder 1937
Settlements; projected value of receiver's certificates
1981-1982
Box 108, Folder 1938-1939
Settlement conference
1978-1983
Box 108, Folder 1940-1946
Box 108, Folder 1947-1949
11.5.3:
Experts,
1976-1982, undated
Extent:
Box 109, folders 1950-1958
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of notes, articles, and transcripts of expert testimony for claims filed by those members who donated their property,
savings, and income to Peoples Temple.
Box 109, Folder 1950-1952
Margaret T. Singer, Ph.D.
1982, undated
Box 109, Folder 1953-1954
Richard J. Ofshe, Ph.D.
1982
Box 109, Folder 1955
Articles on brainwashing and mind control
1979-1980, undated
Box 109, Folder 1956
Law review articles
1976-1978, undated
Box 109, Folder 1958
Receiver's experts
1979-1982
11.5.4:
Legal,
1972-1982
Extent:
Box 109, folders 1959-1967; Box 110, folder 1968
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of legal papers, research materials, and correspondence pertaining to auxiliary legal matters.
Box 109, Folder 1959
Peoples Temple Board of Directors
1980
Box 109, Folder 1960-1961
Box 109, Folder 1962
Estate of Carolyn Layton
1980-1982
Box 109, Folder 1963
I.T.V. v. C.B.S
1972-1973, 1977-1981
Box 109, Folder 1964
U.S. Departments of State and Justice correspondence
1980-1981
Box 109, Folder 1965
Stay orders and litigation letters
1979
11.5.5:
Document Production,
1966-1983
Extent:
Boxes 110, folder 1969-1985; Box 111-Box 112; Box 113, folders 2026-2035
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of photocopies of documents from earlier series in the collection and documents from government agencies. Contains
copies of "Applications to go Abroad" questionnaires distributed by Peoples Temple to its members prior to their departure
to Guyana (folders 2007-2013). The questionnaires include biographical, medical, and work experience details. Also includes
transcripts of court proceedings regarding late claims, petitions to amend claims, pleadings by the receiver, and other legal
transcripts.
Box 110, Folder 1969
Receiver's document repository
1982-1983
Box 110-111, Folder 1970-2003
Receiver's document production
1973-1982
Box 112, Folder 2004-2013
Receiver's document production
1966-1982
Box 112, Folder 2014-2015
Index to memoranda, correspondence, and pleadings
1979-1982
Box 112, Folder 2016-2022
Box 112-113, Folder 2023-2030
Box 113, Folder 2031
Adjudication hearings
1979-1981
Box 113, Folder 2033-2034
11.5.6:
Depositions,
1978-1982
Extent:
Box 113, folders 2035-2040; Boxes 114-115
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of depositions by claimants. Also includes statements by Peoples Temple members familiar with the organization's
finances; by attorney Charles Garry; and by the receiver and his staff.
Box 113, Folder 2038
Patricia Martin, Vernell Henderson, Louis A. Gage, Chuck Kirkendall
1982
Box 113, Folder 2039
Richard Clark, Diane Louie, and Julius Evans
1982
Box 113, Folder 2040
Constance M. Brown, Kevin L. Ryan, Erin M. Ryan, Patricia E. Ryan
1982
Box 114, Folder 2041
Gerald E. Parks, T. Bogue, Robert H. Fabian
1982
Box 114, Folder 2043
Maxine Betts, Shirley Humphrey, Jackie Speier
1982
Box 114, Folder 2044
Monica Bagby, Dale E. Parks
1982
Box 114, Folder 2045
Charles Garry, Nicholas DeLancie
1981-1982
Box 114, Folder 2047
Hazel Armstrong, Robbie Lee Bullock
1982
Box 114, Folder 2048
Julia Callahan, Willie Clark
1982
Box 114, Folder 2050
Brenda Coleman, Carrie E. Duncan, Harry Ellis
1982
Box 114, Folder 2051
Catherine Fletcher, Luna Ford
1982
Box 114, Folder 2052
Clarence Ganaway, Doreen Greaves, Glenn Hennington
1982
Box 114, Folder 2053
Juanita Harrington, Cleo Ivy, Minnie Ivy
1982
Box 115, Folder 2054
Carmella Jackson, Mary Davis Jackson, Esther Johnson
1982
Box 115, Folder 2056
Della Jones, Clarence Kaigler, Gina Kay
1982
Box 115, Folder 2057
Shirley Kelley, Darlene Kopplin, Bryan Kravitz
1982
Box 115, Folder 2058
Dorothy Lewis, Lela M. Mayfield, Laura McDavid
1982
Box 115, Folder 2059
Reynold Mills, Beatrice Orsot
1982
Box 115, Folder 2061
Corrine Smith, Lillie Smith
1982
Box 115, Folder 2062
Mary Square, Edna Swafford
1982
Box 115, Folder 2063
Wesley Walker, Jarina Walls, Caroline Washington
1982
11.5.7:
Medical Records,
1978-1982
Extent:
Boxes 116-117
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of medical records of claimants, including those injured in the shootings at Port Kaituma near Jonestown, Guyana.
Restricted Materials
All files in boxes 116-117 are permanently sealed and closed.
Box 116-117, Folder 2064-2085
Medical records
1978-1982
11.5.8:
Litigation,
1971-1983
Extent:
Box 118, folders 2086-2103
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of legal papers pertaining to the settlement of the estate.
Box 118, Folder 2086-2087
Litigation index and summaries
1979
Box 118, Folder 2088-2101
Litigation
1971-1983, undated,
bulk 1979-1982
Contents
Includes a list of the Concerned Relatives and copies of members' letters from Jonestown to family members in the United States.
Box 118, Folder 2103
Related litigation
1982-1983
Contents
Includes claimant list, arranged alphabetically by last name.
11.5.9:
Payments,
1979-1983
Extent:
Box 118, folder 2104; Box 119, folders 2105-2116
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of legal and financial records related to payments issued in the settlement of the Peoples Temple estate. Includes
records pertaining to claims for social security one-time lump sum death benefits.
Box 118, Folder 2104
Allowance payment procedure
1981
Box 119, Folder 2108-2109
Box 119, Folder 2105-2107
Box 119, Folder 2110-2116
Lump sum death payments
1979-1983
11.6:
Reports,
1970-1976, 1979-1983
Extent:
Box 119, folders 2117-2123; Box 120; Box 121, folders 2145-2159
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of the receiver's accountings, reports, and requisitions to the San Francisco Superior Court.
Box 119, Folder 2117-2120
Box 119, Folder 2121
Outstanding checks distribution
1982
Box 119, Folder 2122-2123
Reports to the court
1980
Box 120, Folder 2124-2127
Hearing and narrative reports
1972-1976, 1979-1983
Box 120, Folder 2128-2129
Receiver's windup
1970, 1978-1983
Boxes 120-121, Folder 2130-2159
Receiver's fees and expenses
1976-1983,
bulk 1979-1983
Restricted Materials
The following payroll documents have been sealed permanently: Box 121, folders 2146, 2153
11.7:
Documents Withheld,
1969-1979
Extent:
Box 121, folders 2160-2170; Box 122-124; Box 125, folder 2245
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Content Note
Bulk consists of advice correspondence addressed to Jim Jones between 1971 and 1974. Most letters are from nonmembers seeking
legal and personal advice. Tim Stoen and Gene Chaikin, both Peoples Temple members and practicing attorneys, replied to the
letters. Much of the correspondence relates to child custody and welfare issues, court case and parole board hearings, as
well as housing, drug, illness and financial problems. Tim Stoen's replies on behalf of Jim Jones urged people to attend a
Peoples Temple service and receive free legal advice afterwards; for criminal offenses or cases outside of California, he
referred people to local lawyers.
Advice Correspondence
Arrangement
Advice Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name.
Scope and Contents
Consists of letters addressed to Jim Jones from the public between 1971 and 1974 seeking legal and personal advice. Replies
were written by Tim Stoen, and occasionally Eugene Chaikin, both practicing attorneys and members of Peoples Temple. Much
of the correspondence relates to child custody and welfare issues, court case and parole board hearings, housing difficulties,
drug problems, illness, and financial problems. Tim Stoen's replies urged people to attend a Peoples Temple service and receive
free legal advice afterwards, or, in the case of criminal offenses, included referrals to local lawyers.
Restricted Materials
The following files are permanently sealed and closed: Boxes 121-122, folders 2160-2186, Advice Correspondence. These files
contain correspondence from the public at large to Peoples Temple attorneys, requesting legal assistance.
Box 121, Folder 2160-2170
Advice correspondence (A-H)
1971-1974
Box 122, Folder 2171-2186
Advice correspondence (H-Z)
1969-1974
Documents received from Charles Garry
Box 122, Folder 2187-2192
Box 123, Folder 2193
Vehicles, members' bank statements
1979
Box 123, Folder 2194
Subsidiary corporations
1972-1978
Box 124, Folder 2195-2244
Members' legal papers
1954-1978,
bulk 1971-1977
Restricted Materials
The following files require review by a CHS reference librarian or archivist: Boxes 123-125, folders 2195-2244, Members' Legal
Papers.
Access to legal papers is restricted to those members known to be deceased. Legal restrictions on former members' legal papers
may be reevaluated if a researcher can show proof that the person is deceased or has provided proof of permission by the party
named to CHS. The researcher must locate the individual and present CHS with proof of permission, either by email or written
letter.
Box 125, Folder 2245
Document inventory
1976-1981
11.8:
Documents Produced to U.S.A,
1946-1981,
bulk 1973-1978
Extent:
Box 125, folder 2246-2256; Box 126-128; Box 129, folders 2306-2314
Arrangement
Arranged as received. Folder 2290 contains Claim Files: Volume 1; folder 2291 contains Claim Files: Volume 2, folder 2292
contains Claim Files: Volume 3. In these folders all claims are arranged alphabetically by claimant's last name.
Scope and Contents
Contains completed claimant files and documents created by Peoples Temple. Documents generated by Peoples Temple include invoices
and detailed medical supply orders from Jonestown (folders 2270, 2273, and 2275); airline ticket receipts listing the name
and travel date for members who left the U.S. for Guyana in 1977 and 1978 (folders 2255 and 2276); a press release from Jonestown
in response to allegations about Peoples Temple by the group known as Concerned Relatives (folder 2254); and a progress report
on the Agricultural Project in Guyana (folder 2254). Financial documents are varied and include an index of income sources
listing bank accounts and income received (folder 2277) and itemized cash disbursement ledgers listing amounts paid from different
Peoples Temple accounts for general expenses, including for the Agricultural Mission in Guyana (folder 2284).
Also contains a letter, dated 1975, from the Pastor of the Lutheran Church in Guyana to Rev. Dr. Carl W. Segerhammar, President
of the Pacific Southwest Synod, Lutheran Church in America, expressing concern and suspicion about Jim Jones and the role
of Peoples Temple in Guyana (folder 2247).
Box 125-129, Folder 2246-2314
Documents produced to U.S.A.
1946-1981,
bulk 1973-1978
11.9:
Newspaper Clippings and Media,
1978-1983
Extent:
Box 138, folders 2436-2439; Box 139
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by receiver's staff into multiple volumes.
Scope and Contents
Comprehensive collection of clippings pertaining to Peoples Temple, spanning from November 20, 1978, through 1983, as well
as the transcript and audio recordings of the National Public Radio production,
Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown.
Box 138, Folder 2436
Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown, National Public Radio production
1981
Box 138, Folder 2437
San Francisco Chronicle,
San Francisco Examiner
1978 November 20-23
Box 138, Folder 2438
1977-1978,
bulk 1978 November-December
Box 138, Folder 2439
1979 January 1-February 28
Box 139, Folder 2441
1979 November 1-1980 February 28
Box 139, Folder 2442
1980 March 1-1981 July 31
Box 139, Folder 2443
1981 August 8-1983 January 5
Box 139, Folder 2445-2446
Series 12:
United States v. Peoples Temple,
1943, 1974, 1977-1982
Extent:
Box 129, folders 2315-2321; Box 130-137; Box 138 folders 2431-2435
Arrangement
Arranged into two subseries: 12.1: Financial Records and Receipts; and 12.2: Depositions and Exhibits.
Scope and Contents
Consists of photocopies of documents produced by U.S. government agencies and staff as evidence in the lawsuit
United States v. Peoples Temple. Also includes financial documents, court papers and transcripts of depositions, and lists of social security checks sent
from the U.S. to recipients in Jonestown, Guyana.
This series also contains the FBI transcripts of the recording made in Jonestown, known as the "Last Hour" or "Death Tape"
(folder 2406).
12:1
Financial Records and Receipts,
1943-1982,
bulk 1977-1982
Extent:
Box 129, folders 2315-2321; Box 130; Box 131, folders 2346-2366
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Bulk consists of photocopies of documents from various U.S. government agencies provided to the receiver as part of the U.S.
Government's claim against Peoples Temple for reimbursements related to the transportation and burial of the dead from Guyana
to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Included in this material are records of costs incurred between November 20 and December
23, 1978, during "Operation Guyana" (folders 2362-2366). Detailed costs of the operation are broken down by category, such
as airlifts, mortuary operations, food purchases, supplies, clothing, and the transportation of bodies.
Box 129, Folder 2315-2321
Department of State - Georgetown cables
1978
Box 130, Folder 2322-2332
Box 130, Folder 2333
Domestic bank accounts
1978-1981
Box 130, Folder 2334-2340
Check collection
1978-1982
Box 130-131, Folder 2341-2356
Social security checks
1978-1982
Contents
Includes social security checks from the U.S. to Jonestown residents in Guyana.
Note:
There is no folder 2352, apparently a result of misnumbering. No folder appears to be missing.
Box 131, Folder 2357-2360
Deposited checks
1943, 1977-1982
Box 131, Folder 2361
Government obligations
between 1978-1982
Box 131, Folder 2362-2366
12.2:
Depositions and Exhibits,
1974-1982
Extent:
Box 131, folder 2367; Box 132; Box 133-137; Box 138, folders 2433-2435
Arrangement
Further divided into two subseries: 12.2.1: Depositions; and 12.2.2: Exhibits.
Scope and Contents
Consists of transcripts of depositions and related exhibits and reports pertaining to the U.S. government's claim.
12.2.1:
Depositions,
1980-1981
Extent:
Box 131, folder 2367; Box 132; Box 133, folders 2385-2386
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Scope and Contents
Consists of transcripts of depositions. Includes depositions by the receiver, Robert H. Fabian, Peoples Temple member Teri
Buford, and Department of State officials, as well as other government representatives.
Box 131, Folder 2367
Ambassador John H. Crimmins
1981
Box 132, Folder 2368
Ambassador Barbara M. Watson
1981
Box 132, Folder 2370-2371
Ambassador John Burke
1981
Box 132, Folder 2376
Governor John Gilligan
1980
Box 132, Folder 2378-2379
Box 132, Folder 2380-2383
Box 132, Folder 2384
Richard A. Dwyer, volume 1
1981
Box 133, Folder 2385-2386
Richard A. Dwyer, volumes 2-3
1981
12.2.2:
Exhibits,
1974-1982
Extent:
Box 133, folders 2387-2398; Box 134-137; Box 138, folders 2433-2435
Arrangement
Arranged as received; documents are arranged by exhibit and volume number.
Scope and Contents
Comprised of documents produced by the U.S. government in response to the receiver's request for evidence in the case
United States v. Peoples Temple. Also includes court documents filed between Peoples Temple and the Attorney General of Califonia to start the process of
dissolving Peoples Temple as a Californian corporation.
The
United States v. Peoples Temple documents are arranged by exhibit and volume number and consist of three main types. Financial records include invoices,
receipts, and records of costs incurred in the retrieval, transportation, and burial of those who died in Guyana. Legal records
consist of court documents from Guyana and the United States, including a report on the performance of the Department of State
and the American embassy in Georgetown, Guyana, in the case of Peoples Temple (folder 2387) as well as transcripts of statements
by survivors pertaining to the events of November 18, 1978, and an FBI transcript of the "Last Hour" tape. Correspondence
includes memos, telegrams, and letters between different government departments, the American embassy in Guyana, the Guyanese
government, lawyers, and the Army corps responsible for the transportation of the bodies. Also includes correspondence from
the general public to elected officials responding to announcements that the U.S. government would fund the retrieval and
return of the bodies to the United States, and redacted copies of memos and telegrams released by the Department of State
to the receiver (folder 2417).
Included in this series is an index listing fingerprint and thumbprint identification of the bodies, as well as pathology
reports from Guyana with the results of toxicology examinations on some of the bodies.
Box 133, Folder 2387-2388
Box 133, Folder 2389-2392, 2394
Exhibits to Emerson Chance
1978-1980
Box 133, Folder 2393
Exhibits to Chance and Konan
1978-1979
Box 133, Folder 2395
Exhibits to Raymond W. Konan
1975-1979
Box 133, Folder 2397
Adjudication hearings
1981
Documents produced in response to receiver's exhibits, 1-25
Box 134, Folder 2399-2408
Documents received in response to receiver's exhibits 1-22.1
1974-1980
Box 135, Folder 2409-2414
Documents produced in response to receiver's exhibits 22.2-23.2
1977-1981
Box 136, Folder 2415-2423
Documents produced in response to receiver's exhibits 23.3-25.3
1974, 1977-1980
Box 137, Folder 2424-2429
Documents produced in response to receiver's exhibits 25.4-25.9
1974-1979, undated
Box 137, Folder 2430
Guyana corporation
1979-1980
Box 137, Folder 2431
The Performance of the Department of State and the American Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana in the People's Temple Case [Crimmons-Carpenter
Report]
1978-1982
Box 137, Folder 2432
The Assassination of Representative Leo J. Ryan and the Jonestown, Guyana Tragedy [Zablocki Report]
1979
Box 138, Folder 2433
Interview transcript of Charles Garry by U.S. House of Representatives
1979 January 17
Box 138, Folder 2434
Newspaper clippings: U.S.A. v. Larry Layton
1981
Box 138, Folder 2435
U.S.A. v. Larry Layton trial notes
1981
