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

Finding aid prepared by Tanya Hollis.

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Peoples Temple/Jonestown Fund at the California Historical Society and the Creative Work Fund. Funding for digitization of selected images was provided through a California Local History Digital Resources Project (LHDRP) grant, a project supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

California Historical Society

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San Francisco, CA, 94105

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2010

Title: Photographs of Peoples Temple in the United States and Guyana

Date (inclusive): 1967-1978

Collection Number: PC 010

Extent: 8 albums (2.0 linear feet); 200 digital images

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 1225 original slides, and 1131 photographic print reproductions created from those slides, of the members of the Peoples Temple in Redwood Valley, San Francisco, and Guyana from 1967-1978. Included are images of church services, portraits of Peoples Temple leader Rev. Jim Jones, recreational outings, bus trips, candid portraits of members, and images of members farming, preparing food, and pursuing various forms of entertainment. Includes photographs of the construction of buildings in Redwood Valley in 1968, traveling across country to Washington, D.C. in 1976, and the establishment of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission known as Jonestown in Guyana from 1974-1978.

Information for Researchers

Access

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Publication Rights

The California Historical Society (CHS) is providing access to these photos for educational and research purposes. Written permission is required for commercial use. CHS is the lawful owner of the 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.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Photographs of Peoples Temple in the United States and Guyana, PC 010, California Historical Society.

Related Collections

Photographs from Peoples Temple Records, MSP 3800

Photographs from Moore Family Papers, MSP 3802

Photographs from John R. Hall Research Materials on Peoples Temple, MSP 3803

Photographs from Ross E. Case Collection on Peoples Temple, MSP 4062

Photographs from Margaret T. Singer Materials on Peoples Temple, MSP 4123

Photographs from Peoples Temple Miscellany Collection, MSP 4126

Accruals

Additions are not expected. Similar materials created by the membership of Peoples Temple have been added to MSP 3800, Photographs from Peoples Temple Records.

Additional Notes on Collection

Dates of images reflect processing dates printed on slide mounts, not the date image was taken. When possible, actual dates and other identifying information supplied by survivors who assisted in the identification of the photographs are provided on labels accompanying photographic prints.

Alternative Form Available

Digital reproductions of 200 items are available online.

System of Arrangement

Albums 1-5 contain photographic prints from the original slides, housed in Albums 6-8. Images are arranged as received, in general by topic, starting with images in Redwood Valley, and bus trips taken during that period, through the period of Peoples Temple in San Francisco, and ending with the construction and settlement of Jonestown, Guyana.

Scope and Contents

Consists of 1225 original slides, and 1131 photographic print reproductions created from those slides, of the members of the Peoples Temple in Redwood Valley, San Francisco, and Guyana from 1967-1978. Included are images of church services, portraits of Peoples Temple leader Rev. Jim Jones, recreational outings, bus trips, candid portraits of members, and images of members farming, preparing food, and pursuing various forms of entertainment. Includes photographs of the construction of buildings in Redwood Valley in 1968, traveling across country to Washington, D.C. in 1976, and the establishment of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission known as Jonestown in Guyana from 1974-1978. Also includes scenic images of landscape, vegetation and wildlife in Guyana, images of Georgetown, and images of Guyanese public officials visiting Jonestown. All images predate the deaths in Jonestown, Guyana in November 1978. Also included are 94 slides of urban and landscape images of Grenada. Photographers include members Eugene Chaikin, Jim Randolph, Tim Clancey, Mike Rozynko, Bob Houston, Don Jackson and other unidentified Peoples Temple members.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Jones, Jim, 1931-1978--Portraits.

Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission--Pictorial works.

Peoples Temple--Pictorial works.

Redwood Valley (Calif.)--Pictorial works.

Jonestown (Guyana)--Pictorial works.

Georgetown (Guyana)--Pictorial works.

Grenada--Pictorial works.

Photographic prints.

Color slides.

Organizational 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 communism, peace movements, 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 their church services and meetings in rented and borrowed spaces until they finished building their own church with a swimming pool, an animal shelter, gardens, and a community kitchen in 1969. 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, bookkeeping services; mail order; 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.

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 included farm buildings, a large communal kitchen, medical facilities, schools, dormitory style housing, small cabins, and a day care center that were all constructed around a large open-air pavilion.

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 had organized a group called the Concerned Relatives and Citizens Committee to protest Jones's treatment of church members. Child custody issues and living conditions in the Guyana mission, which became known as 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 organized a trip to Jonestown in November 1978. By this time, more than a thousand Peoples Temple members were living in Guyana. His staff, Concerned Relatives, Embassy officials, and journalists accompanied Ryan on an overnight visit to Jonestown. During their visit, seventeen Jonestown residents decided to return to the United States with Ryan. As the group boarded two small airplanes at a remote jungle airstrip, Peoples Temple members drove up on tractors and shot at them. They killed Ryan, three journalists, and a Peoples Temple member. That same day, 18 November 1978, more than nine hundred people died from cyanide poisoning in Jonestown and 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.

Immediately after the deaths, Peoples Temple members in San Francisco provided records to the government to identify the dead and immediately began the process of dissolving the organization. The assets of Peoples Temple were frozen and placed under court supervision. The court oversaw the burial of hundreds of unclaimed and unidentified bodies from Jonestown and dealt with $1.8 billion in claims that were filed against the Peoples Temple estate. Claims were filed by the Guyana and U.S. governments; 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 in assets, which it had recovered from cash found in the U.S. and Guyana; in international accounts in Panama, Caracas, and Grenada and other countries; and from the sale of Peoples Temple properties. In June 1983, the court approved the transfer of the records of Peoples Temple to the California Historical Society.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Processed by Denice Stephenson in 2006.

Acquisition Information

Photographs of Peoples Temple in the U.S. and Guyana were donated to the California Historical Society by Denice Stephenson in September 2006.

Custodial History

Original slides were received by Denice Stephenson from D. Walder, whose late husband, Richard Guillyot, had been researching a book about children in Peoples Temple in the 1980s. It is believed that the slides were borrowed by Guillyot from Charles Garry, attorney for Peoples Temple from 1977-1978, who held property of Peoples Temple in his offices. Stephenson then scanned the slides to produce the digital reproductions in Albums 1-5.

Albums 1-5

Photographic Prints 1967-1978

Extent: 1131 photographic print reproductions

Albums 6-8

Slides 1967-1978

Extent: 1225 color slides

Digital Images 1967-1978

Extent: 200 digital images

Contents

A selection of 200 images scanned from the collection. For more images of Peoples Temple and Jonestown, visit or contact the California Historical Society.

PC 010.01.0005 Peoples Temple members working in vineyard, Redwood Valley, California 1968 June

PC 010.01.0008 Construction of Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1968 June

PC 010.01.0016 Church members preparing food, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1969 June

PC 010.01.0023 Children's performance, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1969 June

PC 010.01.0026 Children with pony, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1969 October

PC 010.01.0029 Peoples Temple members swimming in church swimming pool, Redwood Valley, California 1969 November

PC 010.01.0034 Construction of Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1969 December

PC 010.01.0036 Peoples Temple choir and band, Benjamin Franklin High School (?), San Francisco, California 1972 May

PC 010.01.0043 Church dinner, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1970 February

PC 010.01.0044 Church members in audience, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1970 February

PC 010.01.0047 Church members performing skit, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1970 April

PC 010.01.0052 Dance, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1970 June

PC 010.01.0054 Church picnic, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1969 October

PC 010.01.0065 Peoples Temple members, Redwood Valley?, California 1971 February

PC 010.01.0070 Peoples Temple members at rest stop during a bus trip 1972 February

PC 010.01.0072 Stained glass window, Peoples Temple church, Redwood Valley, California 1973 January

PC 010.01.0074 Unidentified Peoples Temple member working in vineyard, Redwood Valley, California 1973 October

PC 010.01.0080 Peoples Temple members working in vineyard, Redwood Valley, California 1973 October

PC 010.01.0085 Peoples Temple members working in vineyard, Redwood Valley, California 1973 October

PC 010.01.0088 Danny Curtin and Debbie Curtin (Evans), Peoples Temple members, working in vineyard, Redwood Valley, California 1973 October

PC 010.01.0108 Peoples Temple members Shirley Smith and Claudia Norris, Redwood Valley (?), California 1974 September

PC 010.01.0109 Peoples Temple members at rest stop, possibly Buttonwillow, California, on bus trip 1974 August

PC 010.02.0148 James Evans (top) and Irvin Perkins, Peoples Temple members, in church garage, Redwood Valley (?), California 1975 August

PC 010.02.0154 Peoples Temple members dining, Redwood Valley, California circa 1969

PC 010.02.0150 Peoples Temple members dining, Redwood Valley, California circa 1970-1975

PC 010.02.0153 Peoples Temple members dining, Redwood Valley, California circa 1969

PC 010.02.0155 Peoples Temple members boarding bus, Redwood Valley, California early 1970s

PC 010.02.0156 Peoples Temple members boarding buses, Redwood Valley, California early 1970s

PC 010.02.0162 Jim Jones addressing unknown group, with Peoples Temple members in audience, location unknown 1976 July

PC 010.02.0174 Peoples Temple members and children resting on bus trip, Washington, D.C. 1976 July

PC 010.02.0176 Young members of Peoples Temple at the beach, location unknown 1976 July

PC 010.02.0178 Peoples Temple members in audience, location unknown 1976 July

PC 010.02.0181 Peoples Temple members resting on bus trip, Washington, D.C. 1976 July

PC 010.02.0183 Young members of Peoples Temple at the beach, location unknown 1976 July

PC 010.02.0184 Peoples Temple members, on bus trip to Washington, D.C. 1976 July

PC 010.02.0193 Peoples Temple members at the beach, location unknown 1976 July

PC 010.02.0194 Peoples Temple members in audience at outside gathering, possibly in Philadephia, Pennsylvania 1976 July

PC 010.02.0202 Jim Jones (right) with unidentified woman, location unknown 1976 July

PC 010.02.0204 Senior Peoples Temple members in Washington, D.C. 1976 July

PC 010.02.0206 Peoples Temple members outside Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 1976 July

PC 010.02.0207 Peoples Temple members visiting federal building, Washington, D.C. 1976 July

PC 010.02.0224 Young Peoples Temple members resting on bus trip, possibly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976 July

PC 010.02.0226 Peoples Temple members at outside gathering on bus trip, possibly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976 July

PC 010.02.0234 Peoples Temple members at outside gathering on bus trip, possibly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976 July

PC 010.03.0241 Peoples Temple members resting on bus trip, possibly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976 July

PC 010.03.0244 Peoples Temple members resting on bus trip, possibly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1976 July

PC 010.03.0249 Peoples Temple members at church service, possibly in Washington, D.C. 1976 July

PC 010.03.0279 Peoples Temple members in Washington, D.C. 1976 July

PC 010.03.0283 Peoples Temple members visiting service, possibly in San Francisco, California 1976 July

PC 010.03.0288 Peoples Temple buses parked at rest stop circa 1975-1976

PC 010.03.0301 Loading cargo for Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission in Guyana, Redwood Valley, California 1975 July

PC 010.03.0327 Building crates for shipment of supplies to Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission in Guyana, in Peoples Temple church parking lot, San Francisco, California 1977 June

PC 010.03.0353 Peoples Temple member Mark Boutte studying auto repair, San Francisco, California (?) mid-1970s

PC 010.03.0359 Group portrait of children of Peoples Temple members mid-1970s

PC 010.04.0367 Peoples Temple member working in wood shop, San Francisco, California (?) mid-1970s

PC 010.04.0369 Peoples Temple member John Gardner working in wood shop, San Francisco, California (?) mid-1970s

PC 010.04.0372 Group of children with Peoples Temple members mid-1970s

PC 010.04.0374 Peoples Temple church sanctuary, San Francisco, California mid-1970s

PC 010.04.0385 Clearing land, Jonestown, Guyana 1974 January

PC 010.04.0383 Peoples Temple members Stephan Jones, Jimmy Jones Jr., and Lew Jones in Matthews Ridge, Guyana 1974 January

PC 010.04.0387 Peoples Temple members with Jim Jones, visiting new site of Jonestown, Guyana 1973 December

PC 010.04.0388 Peoples Temple members visiting new site of Jonestown, Guyana 1973 December

PC 010.04.0394 Peoples Temple members en route from Florida to Jonestown, Guyana, on Cudjoe (Peoples Temple boat) 1974 July

PC 010.04.0406 Early Peoples Temple settlers of Jonestown, Guyana 1974 September

PC 010.04.0411 Early living quarters for Peoples Temple members in Matthews Ridge, Guyana 1974 September

PC 010.04.0415 Clearing land, Jonestown, Guyana 1974 September

PC 010.04.0416 Cudjoe (Peoples Temple boat) in Port Kaituma, Guyana 1974 September

PC 010.04.0419 Detail from map of Guyana with boundary of Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission, or Jonestown circa 1974

PC 010.04.0467 Jack Barron, other Peoples Temple members on Cudjoe (Peoples Temple boat) 1975 January

PC 010.04.0468 Early construction, Jonestown, Guyana 1975 January

PC 010.04.0470 Luvenia "Mom" and David "Pop" Jackson with Jim Jones, Jonestown, Guyana 1975 January

PC 010.04.0471 Mr. Muggs (monkey) and Jim Jones climbing on monkey cage, Jonestown, Guyana 1974 December

PC 010.04.0479 Early Peoples Temple settlers of Jonestown, Guyana 1975 February

PC 010.05.0481 Early Peoples Temple settlers of Jonestown, Guyana 1975 February

PC 010.05.0494 Planting crops, Jonestown, Guyana 1975 March

PC 010.05.0498 Peoples Temple members David George, Joyce Touchette and Gabrielle George, Jonestown, Guyana 1975 March

PC 010.05.0503 Becky Beikman and Davis Solomon, Jonestown, Guyana 1975 March

PC 010.05.0517 Interior of cottage with bunkbed, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 March

PC 010.05.0520 Schoolroom, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 March (?)

PC 010.05.0530 Children's playground, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 March

PC 010.05.0531 Peoples Temple members, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 March (?)

PC 010.05.0536 Aerial view of Jonestown, Guyana, circa 1977 1977 March

PC 010.05.0547 Peoples Temple house, Lamaha Gardens, Georgetown, Guyana 1977 October

PC 010.05.0548 Peoples Temple members relax on Cudjoe (Peoples Temple boat), Guyana 1977 October

PC 010.05.0566 Charles Garry (Peoples Temple lawyer) with Jim and Marceline Jones, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.05.0569 Woman preparing food, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.05.0570 Jim Jones (second from right) and members of Peoples Temple entertaining Guyanese visitors, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.05.0571 Peoples Temple children's dance performance, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.05.0574 Peoples Temple members working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.05.0575 Marceline and Jim Jones greet Guyanese visitors to Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.05.0580 Peoples Temple children's performance, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.05.0583 Woman working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.05.0584 Judy Ijames with infant Camella Griffith, the first child born in Jonestown medical clinic, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 November

PC 010.06.0622 Dormitories, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.06.0663 Ronnie Beikman in schoolroom, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.06.0667 Peoples Temple children in Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.06.0670 David Chaikin in garden, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.06.0691 Becky Beikman selling Jonestown produce, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.06.0701 Peoples Temple children playing, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1976-1978

PC 010.06.0705 Tommie Keaton (right) with unidientified Peoples Temple member, holding eggs produced in Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0722 Jim Jones (center), surrounded by Peoples Temple members, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0728 Students in schoolroom, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0730 Harriet Tropp, John Victor Stoen, Jim Jones, Carolyn Layton and an unidentified guest, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0732 Davis Solomon (standing) and other Peoples Temple members on tractor, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0739 Supply room, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0740 A guest visiting the Jonestown clinic, with Dr. Larry Schacht (center) and Jim Jones (right), Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0749 Jonestown band entertaining in pavilion, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1978

PC 010.07.0750 Virginia "Mom" Taylor, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0751 Blackboard in schoolroom, Jonestown, Guyana 1977 July

PC 010.07.0754 Peter Wotherspoon with children in schoolroom, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0755 David "Pop" Jackson cleaning vegetables, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0756 William and Todd Cole Klingman playing, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0757 Dorothy Solomon and unidentified child reading, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0763 Charlie Touchette cutting steel, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0764 Cottages under construction, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0766 Workers loading onto truck, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0768 Jim Jones (center), surrounded by Peoples Temple members, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0771 Tom Grubbs (standing, center) with Ronnie Beikman and Martin Amos in schoolroom, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1976-1978

PC 010.07.0772 Luvenia "Mom" and David "Pop" Jackson, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0773 Cassava mill, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0776 Construction, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0777 David "Pop" Jackson, with Rev. James Edwards in background, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0778 Peoples Temple children, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0780 Peoples Temple children playing on playground, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0781 Peoples Temple members on tractor, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0785 Peoples Temple members outside of cottage, with cage of Mr. Muggs (monkey) at left, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0786 Banana harvest in cow barn, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0787 Jack Barron with seeds for planting, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0790 Georgiann Brady with parrot, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0799 Peoples Temple members working in agriculture nursery, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1976-1978

PC 010.07.0809 Deanna Wilkinson performing, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1978

PC 010.07.0810 Women performing, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1978

PC 010.07.0821 Supply room, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0823 Peoples Temple members working, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0824 Peoples Temple members on tractor, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0826 Peoples Temple members doing laundry, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0830 Peter Wotherspoon (left) and children, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.07.0832 Construction, central housing, office, storage and shop, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.07.0836 Jonestown band performing, Georgetown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0863 Peoples Temple members in parade, Georgetown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0875 Housing, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0876 First arrivals to Jonestown clearing land, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974

PC 010.08.0877 Construction, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0878 Peoples Temple members working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0879 Jim Jones, with Peoples Temple members and guest on tour, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977 November

PC 010.08.0880 Irene and James Edwards preparing food, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0885 Peoples Temple members working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0886 Pig pens, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0890 Peoples Temple members working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0891 Peoples Temple members working in water brigade to irrigate crops, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0893 Guest visiting Peoples Temple leadership in pavilion, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0895 Peoples Temple children eating, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0897 Peoples Temple members working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0900 Peoples Temple members working in water brigade to irrigate crops, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0902 Peoples Temple children working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0907 Mike Touchette on bulldozer, clearing land, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0910 Welcoming committee on bridge between residential and administrative areas, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0911 Wesley Breidenbach (left) and Donny Casanova working, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0912 Peoples Temple members singing in pavilion, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0914 Jair Baker with brick-making oven, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0916 Peoples Temple members working in water brigade to irrigate crops, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0917 Irene (left) and James Edwards (center) preparing food Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0920 Erin Eichler (center) and other Peoples Temple members working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0922 Crops, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0924 Peoples Temple members working in water brigade to irrigate crops, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0927 Children's nursery, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0928 Richard Dwyer (right), official from U.S. Embassy in Guyana, talking with (from left) Richard Tropp, Marceline Jones and Jim Jones, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1978

PC 010.08.0932 Peoples Temple members clearing land, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0933 Peoples Temple members working in fields, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0934 Guyanese workers doing construction, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0936 Irene Edwards cooking cassava, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0937 Peoples Temple members working in water brigade to irrigate crops, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0939 Jim Jones with toucan, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0940 Trisha Cartmell (right) and Peoples Temple children singing, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0943 Peoples Temple children playing, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.08.0948 Peoples Temple children performing, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0960 Welcoming committee of Peoples Temple members and children, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.08.0967 Infants in children's nursery, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.09.0968 Children's nursery, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.09.0975 Peoples Temple children, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.09.0982 Peoples Temple children with Jim Jones, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1978

PC 010.09.0986 Sandy Cobb in medical clinic, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.09.0994 Peoples Temple children, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.09.0999 Al Simon (left) and Jose Simon on stage in pavilion, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1977-1978

PC 010.09.1000 Peoples Temple members working in water brigade to irrigate crops, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.09.1003 Crops, Jonestown, Guyana circa 1974-1978

PC 010.09.1057 Crops and housing, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 March

PC 010.09.1060 Display of toys made by Peoples Temple members for sale, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 March

PC 010.09.1062 Peoples Temple members harvesting eddoes, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 March

PC 010.09.1064 Clearing land, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 March

PC 010.09.1067 Peoples Temple members on tractor and trailer, Jonestown, Guyana 1975 June

PC 010.09.1068 Peoples Temple members repairing power lines(?), Jonestown, Guyana 1978 August

PC 010.09.1075 Peoples Temple seniors reading notices, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 August

PC 010.09.1077 Housing and crops, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 August

PC 010.09.1078 Housing, gardens and walkways, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 August

PC 010.09.1101 Peoples Temple musicians and performers, Georgetown, Guyana 1978 September

PC 010.10.1108 Peoples Temple musicians and performers, Georgetown, Guyana 1978 September

PC 010.10.1113 Bunk beds in cottage, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 September

PC 010.10.1128 People Temple members and children, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 September

PC 010.10.1131 Peoples Temple women preparing food, Jonestown, Guyana 1978 September