Box 51
Contains 18 Results:
[Medical, restricted], circa 1965-1978
Contains negatives depicting medical procedures.
Portraits [restricted] , circa 1965-1978
Contains posed and candid portraits of identified people, most of whom who do not appear to be directly affiliated with Peoples Temple. They may be family members of Peoples Temple members.
Portraits [restricted], circa 1940-1978
Contains posed and candid portraits of identified people, most of whom who do not appear to be directly affiliated with Peoples Temple. They may be family members of Peoples Temple members.
People who left the Temple [restricted], circa 1965-1978
Contains photographic prints of people who have left Peoples Temple, some of them children, some of them identified.
Testimony photographs (found with disappearing photographs) , 1976
Contains photographic prints of families and individuals whose connection to the Peoples Temple is unknown, originally filed with the disappearing photographs. Some have notes on the back.
Photographs of people who left Peoples Temple, circa 1965-1978
Contains contact prints, negatives, and photographic prints of people who left Peoples Temple, some of them identified.
Visitor information cards [restricted], 1974-1977
These notecards were kept by the Temple to track visitors and potential members. They are very candid, often very negative assessments, noting potential law enforcement connections, drug use, criminal history, and what was perceived to be the subjects' feelings about their own racial and religious background.
Disappearing photograph correspondence [restricted], circa 1974-1975
Contains letters and notes testifying to the ostensible power of the "disappearing photographs" of Jim Jones, distributed with the Temple's August 1974 mailer, and intended to be used for faith healing.
[Restricted contact sheets from 90220-91399], circa 1974-1978
Contains contact sheets found in binder labeled "90220-91399."
Temple member biographies [restricted], circa 1977-1978
Contains typed biographies of Temple members, written or transcribed in Jonestown by former Peoples Forum editor Dick Tropp.