Pageant Documents and Historic Photographs
This gallery presents a variety of Pageant-related documents (excluding scripts), books, and historic photographs from the Argetsinger Collection.
Students in HIST 326 chose to present the files with minimal commentary here. For detailed metadata about the files, please select an item from the gallery. You will be redirected to a webpage for that item.
Photographs of Mormon Missionaries in the Late 1940s
Photographs of male LDS missionaries attending the Hill Cumorah Pageant in the late 1940s.
"A History of the Hill Cumorah Pageant (1937–1964) and an Examination of the Dramatic Development of the text of 'America's Witness for Christ.'"
Printed copy of Charles W. Whitman's 1967 PhD dissertation "A History of the Hill Cumorah Pageant (1937–1964)..."
1988 Hill Cumorah Pageant Press Release
Laminated folder containing the full press release and supporting images for the 1988 "New" Hill Cumorah Pageant.
Speaking Notes from the 1995 Hill Cumorah Pageant by Jerry Argetsinger
Jerry Argetsinger's handwritten notes for his Hill Cumorah Pageant opening night speech (1995).
Prop Master Kyle Mattson's Prop Photo Album
Prop Master Kyle Mattson's Hill Cumorah Pageant Prop Photo Album (1995).
Hill Cumorah Devotional Speech by Jerry Argetsinger
Jerry Argetsinger's handwritten notes for a Hill Cumorah Pageant devotional speech (July 5, circa 1995).
Hill Cumorah Pageant Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Flyer (2012)
Hill Cumorah Pageant Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Flyer (2012).
Argetsinger Hill Cumorah Pageant Book Collection
Jerry and Gail Argetsinger's collection of books (1965–2012) related to the Hill Cumorah Pageant.