Reiterman Archive

Tim Reiterman, a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner at the time Peoples Temple was in the city, has become associated with Jonestown due to his detailed journalistic account of Jim Jones, Peoples Temple, and the Agricultural Project in Guyana in his book Raven. Collected here are a series of newspaper articles written prior to the November 1978 tragedy. All of these articles are in the public domain and can be found in the full report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1979.

“People’s Temple and a father’s grief,” San Francisco Examiner, November 13, 1977 – Transcript | Annotation | PDF

“Temple investigations bogged down,” San Francisco Examiner, November 13, 1977 – Transcript | Annotation | PDF

“Parents awarded custody,” San Francisco Examiner, November 19, 1977 – Transcript | Annotation | PDF

“Probers Head for a Reluctant Rev. Jim Jones,” San Francisco Examiner, November 15, 1978 – Transcript | Annotation | PDF

“Temple Probe Hits Wrangling,” San Francisco Examiner, November 16, 1978 – Transcript | Annotation | PDF

“Ryan’s Ready to Lead Group to Temple Base,” San Francisco Examiner, November 17, 1978 – Transcript | Annotation | PDF

“A Visa Error and People’s Temple is More Remote than Ever,” San Francisco Examiner, November 17, 1978 – Transcript | Annotation | PDF

“People’s Temple Invites Ryan in and Nobody Else,” San Francisco Examiner, November 17, 1978 – Transcript | Annotation | PDF