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1 No online items Peoples Temple Records Finding aid prepared by Sandra McCoy Larson in 1985; revised by Frances Wratten Kaplan and Tanya Hollis in 2010 and 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, , revised Peoples Temple Records MS

2 Title: Peoples Temple records Date (inclusive): Creator: Peoples Temple Collection Number: MS 3800 Physical Description: Extent: 145 linear feet Repository: California Historical Society 678 Mission Street San Francisco, CA, URL: 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 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 , and Box 112, folders 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 or written letter. Members' Legal Papers, Boxes , folders 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 or written letter. Peoples Temple Records MS

3 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 ; Box 18, folders ; Speier medical records, Boxes 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 , folders [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 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, , MS 3801 Moore Family Papers, , MS 3802 John R. Hall Research Materials on Peoples Temple, , MS 3803 Ross E. Case Collection pertaining to Peoples Temple, , MS 4062 Margaret T. Singer Materials on Peoples Temple, , MS 4123 Peoples Temple Ephemera and Publications, , MS 4124 Newspaper Clippings on Peoples Temple: photocopies, , MS 4125 Peoples Temple Miscellany Collection, 1951-[ongoing], MS 4126 Photography Collections: Photographs from Peoples Temple Records, , MSP 3800 Photographs of Peoples Temple in the United States and Guyana, , 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 Photographs have been transferred to the Photography Collection, shelved as MSP 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 Additions were made in May Processing Information Peoples Temple Records MS

4 Processed by Sandra McCoy Larson in 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 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 The leadership of Peoples Temple voted to establish an agricultural and rural development mission in Guyana, South America in the fall of 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 Peoples Temple Records MS

5 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 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, 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 Peoples Temple Records MS

6 $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. 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 Peoples Temple Records MS

7 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 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 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 These related materials can be found in the FBI Collection of Peoples Temple Papers from Jonestown, Guyana, MS 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 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, Peoples Temple Agricultural Mission. Jonestown (Guyana) Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Governmental investigations--guyana--jonestown. Peoples Temple Records MS

8 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, Bradley, Mrs. Tom, folder 13 Brown, Edmund G., Jr., folders 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, 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 Peoples Temple Records MS

9 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, , 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, , 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 Peoples Temple Records MS

10 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 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, 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, Luckhoo, Lionel, folders , 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, , 1012 Mazor, Joseph, folder 21 Peoples Temple Records MS

11 Mendocino Grapevine, folders 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 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, 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 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 Peoples Temple Records MS

12 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, 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, Williams, A. Cecil, folder 37 Wirth, Timothy, folders Wirtz, W. Willard, folder 7 World Council of Churches, folder 11 Worrell, Claude, folders , 1012, 2213 Young, Coleman A., folders Younger, Evelle, folders 12, 51 Zablocki, J., folder 2432 Peoples Temple Records MS

13 Series 1: Indiana, Series 1: Indiana, Extent: Box 1, folders 1-6 Arranged hierarchically. 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 Box 1, Folder 4 Christian Assemblies, Inc Box 1, Folder 5 Jim-Lu-Mar Corporation 1965 Box 1, Folder 6 St. Jude Deliverance Centers, Inc Series 2: Operations, Extent: Box 1, folders 7-25; Boxes 2-5; Box 6, folder 65; Box 140, folder 55; Box 141, oversize folder 57; Box 142 Arranged into two subseries: 2.1: Correspondence; and 2.2: Administration. 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, Extent: Box 1, folders 7-25; Boxes 2-3; Box 4, folders Further divided into: 2.1.1: Official Correspondence; 2.1.2: General Correspondence; 2.1.3: Testimonials; and 2.1.4: Letter Campaigns. Consists of official and general correspondence of Peoples Temple : Official Correspondence, Extent: Box 1, folders 7-25; Box 2, folders Arranged chronologically, followed by files arranged alphabetically by name. 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. Peoples Temple Records MS

14 Series 2: Operations, : Correspondence, Box 1, Folder Box 1, Folder 23 Brown, Willie L., Jr Box 1, Folder 24 Burton, John L Box 1, Folder 25 Burton, Phillip Box 2, Folder 26 Cranston, Alan 1971, , bulk Box 2, Folder 27 Dymally, Mervyn D Box 2, Folder 28 Finkle, Alex L., M.D Box 2, Folder 29 Gain, Charles R Box 2, Folder 30 Goodlett, Carlton, M.D Box 2, Folder 31 Hearst, Randolph A Box 2, Folder 32 Irvin, Karl, Jr Box 2, Folder 33 Marks, Milton Box 2, Folder 34 Moscone, George R Box 2, Folder 35 Religion in American Life Box 2, Folder 36 White House 1961, , bulk 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 : General Correspondence, Extent: Box 2, folders Arranged chronologically. 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 Box 2, Folder 44 Official and general 1955, 1962, , bulk From Jonestown , undated 2.1.3: Testimonials, Extent: Box 3, folders Arranged alphabetically. 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). Box 3, Folder Peoples Temple Records MS

15 Series 2: Operations, : Correspondence, : Letter Campaigns, Extent: Box 4, folders Arranged chronologically. 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 51 General Box 4, Folder 52 Guyana, Prime Minister Forbes Burnham : Administration, Extent: Box 4, folders 50, 53-58; Box 5; Box 6, folder 65; Box 140, folder 55; Box 141, folder 57b; Box 142 Arranged hierarchically. 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, Guest register - original 1976 Folder 55 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 Box 4, Folder Box 5, Folder 59 Box 5, Folder 60 Box 5, Folder Box 5, Folder 63 Box 5, Folder 64 Box 6, Folder 65 Box 141, Folder 57b Box 142 Cecil Williams; Declaration of Cecil Williams Regarding International Hotel Internal memos Staff memos and notebook of "issues on the floor"; includes lists of residents Staff memos , undated List of communes and residents; passport negative lists undated Office procedures Accounting Mailings undated Office procedures: instructions and forms undated Forms, letterhead 1974, undated Redwood Valley security posters undated Bulletproof vest Peoples Temple Records MS

16 Series 3: Legal Counsel, , bulk : Corporate and Organizational Documents, Series 3: Legal Counsel, , bulk Extent: Box 6, folders 66-73; Boxes 7-12; Box 13, folders Arranged into three subseries: 3.1: Corporate and Organizational Documents; 3.2: Correspondence and Lawyers' Files; and 3.3: Legal Subject Files. 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 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 : Corporate and Organizational Documents, Extent: Box 6, folders Arranged hierarchically. 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 Box 6, Folder 67 Church officers' resignation letters , 1975 Box 6, Disciples of Christ Folder : Correspondence and Lawyers' Files, Extent: Box 6, folders 72-73; Box 7; Box 8, folders Arranged with general correspondence first, then lawyers' files, alphabetically by last name. 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 Peoples Temple Records MS

17 Series 3: Legal Counsel, , bulk : Correspondence and Lawyers' Files, Box 6, Folder 73 Legal counsel, Jim Jones and Marceline Jones, including legal documents Eugene Chaikin Files Box 7, Correspondence Folder Box 7, Folder 76 Group legal service Box 7, Folder 77 Accounting Box 7, Folder 78 Taxes Box 7, Banking Folder Box 7, Invoices and bills [folder 83 not found, 2010] 1975 Folder Box 8, Folder 84 Charles Garry Tim Stoen Files Box 8, Folder 85 Correspondence Box 8, Notes Folder 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 : Legal Subject Files, Extent: Box 8, folders ; Box 9-12; Box 13, folders Arranged alphabetically by subject. 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 90 Agencies Box 8, Folder 91 San Francisco Council of Churches 1977 Box 8, Folder 92 San Francisco Redevelopment Agency Box 8, Arrests and bail, A-W Folder Box 8, Rodriguez, Daniel 1978 Folder Box 8, Folder 99 Banking Box 8, Folder 100 Child custody Box 8, Stoen v. Jones Folder Box 8, Child support Folder Box 8, Folder 104 Concerned Relatives: Blakey, Katsaris, Oliver Box 8, Folder 105 Conservatorship Box 8, Folder 106 Discrimination and employment, Gay Law Students Association 1977 Box 8, Divorce and separation Folder , Box 9, Folder Box 9, Folder 111 Employment and retirement Box 9, Financial settlements Folder Freedom of Information Act Peoples Temple Records MS