Adam (Biblical figure)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David R. Roberts scripts
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230307107]
Identifier: MSS SC 938
Scope and Contents
Script of pageant calls for a narrator and four characters: Father Adam, Moses, Daniel, and Joseph Smith, each of whom gives a brief synopsis of his life. Each of these prophets tells his own story as found in Mormon scriptures. Roberts wrote this pageant for his Mormon High Priest's Quorum in refutation of the Darwinian theory of evolution.
Dates:
1931
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Brigham Young discourses
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318088]
Identifier: MSS SC 1938
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of discourses. Young's remarks cover a wide range of Mormon theological ideas including sacrifice, obedience, and the nature of the biblical character, Adam. Young also talks about his relationship with Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder of the Mormon faith.
Dates:
1854-1856
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections