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Latter Day Saint churches -- Anniversaries, etc.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Roots of Mormonism : Upper Mississippi cruise

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197235223937]
Identifier: UA 841
Scope and Contents

Speeches recorded on a river tour entitled "Roots of Mormonism: Upper Mississippi Cruise", offered by BYU Travel Study, highlighting Mormon historical sites in the Mississippi River region. Speeches relate to Mormon history, Mississippi River history, and Mark Twain. Also includes recordings of riverboat music; guided tours; firesides; and the musical, "The City of Joseph." Includes speeches by Jeffrey R. Holland, Dallin H. Oaks, Bruce C. Hafen, and others.

Dates: 1980

Mormon Miracle Pageant papers

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236314]
Identifier: MSS SC 236
Scope and Contents

Printed programs, typescript testimonials (some photocopies) and brief histories of the evolution of the Mormon Miracle Pageant staged in Manti, Utah.

Dates: 1968-1974

Marcellus Smith musical scores

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 811
Scope and Contents

Musical scores, narrative scripts, a printed program, and poetry. Many of the materials relate to the Cavalcade of Mormon Music Pageant. This pageant was presented by the Los Angeles Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is a musical story of Mormon pioneers. Also included is music relating to The Grubstake, Leisure Lines, and The Concertmaster: A Make Believe T.V.

Dates: approximately 1940-1965

R. Don Oscarson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 6292
Scope and Contents

Collection contains music scores, and audio and video recordings relating to the musical pageants City of Joseph, Sand in Their Shoes, Christopher, Six Sent South, and My San Diego.

Dates: approximately 1954-2004

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

A trip on Memory Ship

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230231893]
Identifier: MSS 693
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten "pageant." The item depicts scenes in the life of Martha Smith Harris. She was the daughter of Hyrum Smith (1800-1844), the brother of the first president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith (1805-1844).

Dates: approximately 1950