{"id":51,"date":"2013-01-05T22:23:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T06:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:51:54","slug":"whats-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestowndev.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=51","title":{"rendered":"What’s New?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This page lists articles, tapes, documents and resources which have been added to this website within the past 15 months. Previous pages with substantive revisions are listed in italics. (Note: This does not include entries from the jonestown report<\/em><\/a>, an annual publication featuring articles, remembrances, personal reflections, and artistic interpretations of Peoples Temple.)<\/p>\n

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The People of Peoples Temple<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Silence with Friends: A Remembrance of Bobby Stroud<\/a>, by Jim Murphy (November 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jonestown Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Four Investigations by Joel X. Thomas (November 2022)<\/p>\n

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The Jonestown Express, November 17, 1978: Life on the Eve of Tragedy<\/a><\/p>\n

The Jonestown Radio Tower<\/a><\/p>\n

The Infrastructure of Jonestown\u2019s Recording and Speaker Systems: A Photographic Overview<\/a><\/p>\n

Mystery of Q042 Death Tape Unspooled<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Why did Jim Jones wear sunglasses?<\/a> (January 2023)<\/p>\n

Where did Peoples Temple get its start? Was it always known by that name?<\/a> (January 2023)<\/p>\n

Were cattle prods used for discipline in Peoples Temple?<\/a> (January 2023)<\/p>\n

Were members of Peoples Temple forced to go to Jonestown against their will?<\/a> (January 2023)<\/p>\n

Were any holidays celebrated in Jonestown? Were people given time off on other days?<\/a> (January 2023)<\/p>\n

Did the armed guards in Jonestown also die? Were they among the last ones to do so?<\/a> (June 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Primary Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Financial Projection Through Phase One (1974-1976)<\/a> (November 2023)<\/p>\n

\u201cMake sure we have enough to kill everyone inside,\u201d<\/a> an undated note from Sandy Bradshaw in San Francisco (August 2023)<\/p>\n

Proposed timeline and plans for exodus [1973]<\/a> (March 2023)<\/p>\n

Peoples Temple Acquires the Albatross<\/em><\/a> (April 2023)<\/p>\n

Letters of Support for Peoples Temple, Winter 1978<\/a> (November 2023)<\/p>\n

Jonestown Community Responds to Blakey Defection<\/a> (September 2023)<\/p>\n

Organizational Charts, Rosters & Listings, Jonestown 1978<\/a> (March 2023)<\/p>\n

Meetings of Commissions and Analysts, Peoples Rallies, Summer 1978<\/a> (March 2023)<\/p>\n

Instructions for Talking to Outsiders (July 31, 1978)<\/a> (April 2023)<\/p>\n

Interviews with Survivors in Georgetown<\/a> (May 2023)<\/p>\n

Log of Individual Affidavits on Grace Stoen<\/a> (April 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Freedom of Information Act and Jonestown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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FBI Sections<\/p>\n

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Section 44 \u2022 A-2 \u2022 Financial<\/a> (January 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 45 \u2022 A-3 \u2022 Financial<\/a> (January 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 57 \u2022 A-31 \u2022 Financial<\/a> (February 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 64 \u2022 B-2 \u2022 Legal<\/a> (April 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 75 \u2022 C-7 \u2022 Daily Operations<\/a> (March 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 75 \u2022 C-8 \u2022 Administrative Functions<\/a> (March 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 89 \u2022 H-1 \u2022 Weapons<\/a> (February 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 96 \u2022 P-1 \u2022 State Dept Contacts<\/a> (February 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 103 \u2022 X-3 \u2022 Miscellaneous<\/a> (September 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 110 \u2022 BB-2 \u2022 Sharon Amos<\/a> (October 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 133 \u2022 FF-1 \u2022 Affidavits re: Grace Stoen<\/a> (April 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 138 \u2022 FF-9 \u2013 F-13 \u2022 Affidavits-Terrorists, Handwritten Statements, Statements, Confessions<\/a> (August 2023)<\/p>\n

Section 160 \u2022 SS-1 \u2022 Counter Conspiracy<\/a> (April 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tapes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1977 Phone Call between Jim Jones and Housing Commissioner Tony Ubalde<\/a>, C-7-h-12a \u2013 h-12h (March 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 133<\/a> Jones autobiography (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 283<\/a> News and commentary (August 19, 1978) (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 378<\/a> News and commentary (July 17, 1978) (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 385<\/a> News and commentary (early May 1978) (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 409<\/a> Jonestown Express performance, 1978 (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 421<\/a> Jonestown Express performance, 1978 (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 435<\/a> Jones reads news (Aug 26, 1978) (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 574<\/a> Conversations with children in Jonestown (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 585<\/a> Telephone calls, Spring 1977 (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 758<\/a> Ukiah television station interview with Jones (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 769<\/a> Temple member acknowledges free-will gift (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 770<\/a> Charles Garry interview; M. Jones phone calls (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 785<\/a> Dub of He\u2019s Able (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 794<\/a> Jones in press conference on Eldrige Cleaver, 6\/76 (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 894<\/a> Relatives speak to JT residents on HAM radio (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 938<\/a> Jonestown meeting, Christmas 1977 (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 947-1<\/a> Jonestown meeting, 12\/11\/77, after death of Lynetta Jones (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Q 948<\/a> Jonestown meeting, Christmas 1977 (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 950<\/a> Redwood Valley sermon (May 1972) (December 2022)<\/p>\n

Q 1058-4<\/a> Indianapolis sermon (June 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Neutron Bomb<\/a> (June 2023)<\/p>\n

Peoples Temple Members as \u201cNiggers\u201d<\/a> (June 2023)<\/p>\n

“Black” and “White” in Peoples Temple Discourse<\/a> (June 2023)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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