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Peoples Temple Collection; Box 17, Virtual item 18, Q598 Part 1- Elitism; racism in PT; self-criticism; ag report

 Digital Record
Identifier: ms-0183_17.18 Part 1

Dates

  • Digitized: April 12, 1978

Creator

Summary Note

This April 1978 meeting in Jonestown focuses on some of the problems facing the collective, ranging from the philosophical, such as the elitism and racism which seems to be creeping into some people's behavior, to the pragmatic, such as the difficulties with raising enough foodstuffs on the farm to feed all the people. Especially during times of calling people out for discipline, the community relies on self-confession and community chastisement, although there are certainly times in which Jim Jones leads the criticism and other times when the community members give mixed messages to those who have done wrong. Full summary of the recording available at Alternative Considerations of Jonestown website, along with the tape transcript

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Physical Description Note

Original audio cassette tape recording digitized and made available as .mp3 audio file.

Publisher Note

Publisher: The Jonestown Institute

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections & University Archives Repository

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