Slides from the Peoples Temple Publication Department

I am fascinated by cults and by what attracts people to them. I am particularly intrigued by the Peoples Temple, which had the seeds of being a meaningful agent of good social change if it had not been led to such a destructive ending by a troubled leader. The California Historical Society has published a digital library of photos from the Peoples Temple Publication Department. The catalogue of over 2,000 images portrays insights into the group, its activism and its final home in Guyana.