Scope and Contents

Contains materials written in defense of the Temple. Donors identify them as likely being written by Dick Tropp, with some chance of involvement by his sister Harriet.

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscripts, ephemera, and artifacts series contains a diverse selection of materials produced or maintained by the Publications Department. Some, such as a substantial group of Temple newsletters and mailers, document the Department's daily work. Others, such as a collection of members' biographies from Jonestown and the manuscript of a book by member (and later defector) Teri Buford documenting potential conspiracies against the Temple, speak of the Department's sense of a broader...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscripts, ephemera, and artifacts series contains a diverse selection of materials produced or maintained by the Publications Department. Some, such as a substantial group of Temple newsletters and mailers, document the Department's daily work. Others, such as a collection of members' biographies from Jonestown and the manuscript of a book by member (and later defector) Teri Buford documenting potential conspiracies against the Temple, speak of the Department's sense of a broader...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The manuscripts, ephemera, and artifacts series contains a diverse selection of materials produced or maintained by the Publications Department. Some, such as a substantial group of Temple newsletters and mailers, document the Department's daily work. Others, such as a collection of members' biographies from Jonestown and the manuscript of a book by member (and later defector) Teri Buford documenting potential conspiracies against the Temple, speak of the Department's sense of a broader...