Project Credits

The Hill Cumorah Legacy Project was produced as a class project for HIST 326, Digital History, at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in spring 2022. 

An entry for the project is included in the RIT Digital Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS) Projects showcase: https://dhssatrit.cad.rit.edu/groups/hill-cumorah-legacy/


Principal Investigator

Daniel Gorman Jr., Adjunct Instructor of History (Spring 2022), RIT, and History PhD Candidate, University of Rochester.

Consultants from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Community

Brandon Argetsinger.

Gail Argetsinger, Associate Professor and Costume Designer, Department of Theatre & Music Studies, SUNY Brockport. 

Gerald (Jerry) Argetsinger, PhD, Associate Professor Emeritus, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, RIT.

Elizabeth Heath, Global Acquisition Specialist, LDS Church History Library.

Bentley Hutchings.

Spencer McBride, PhD, Historian and Documentary Editor, The Joseph Smith Papers. 

Neil Pitts, Palmyra LDS Temple President.

Brian Surprenant, LDS Bishop, Rochester 4th Ward (Henrietta, NY).

Steve Vaisey.

Benjamin Whisenant, Intellectual Property Manager, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

RIT Wallace Library Consultants

Frances Andreu, Digital Initiatives Librarian.

Cami Goldowitz, Liberal Arts Librarian.

Morna Hilderbrand, Information Delivery Services Librarian.

Rebekah Walker, Digital Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian. 

Project Archivists (2023)

Emmarose Tabin (Student, RIT).

Kirk Anne, Director, ITS Research Computing, RIT.

HIST 326 Spring 2022 Students

Brody Allen.

William (Seth) Arnold.

Olivia Bean.

Cael Burkhardt.

Bailey Chapman.

Andrea De Paula.

Adam Densman.

Justin Entwistle.

Noah Fox.

Cam Garvey.

Myles Gaston.

Leo Golia.

Leland (Lee) Goodrich.

Liam Guthrie.

Alex Haurie.

Ethan Herbst.

Trevor Kamen.

Joshua Kanofsky.

Gerard Loughran.

Taras Lozowy.

Leo Makalsky.

Nikita Massaria.

Luke Miller.

Caitlin Quinn.

Dylan Sandberg.

Kensey Shida.

Sabrina Torbit.

Maddie Vanderpool.

Izzy Voegels.

Randall Weber.

AJ Wells.

Other Consultants / Special Thanks

Lawrence (Larry) Belle, PhD, Professor Emeritus, RIT.

Michael Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of History, RIT.

Thomas Dooley, Lecturer, School of Communication College of Liberal Arts, RIT.

Beth Midavaine, Interpreter, Interpreting Team for SCB and GCCIS, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, RIT.

David K. Walter, Operations Manager, School of Photographic Arts & Sciences, RIT.

The Volunteer Team at Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO). https://www.sucho.org/.

Administration

Tamar Carroll, PhD, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of History, RIT.

Peggy Noll, Senior Staff Specialist, Department of History, College of Liberal Arts, RIT.

Leslie Weber, Senior Staff Specialist, Dean’s Office, College of Liberal Arts, RIT.