H. Wayne Driggs script
Scope and Contents
The H. Wayne Driggs script (1937) was written by Driggs, for a pageant about the Book of Mormon. The script is an incomplete copy of the original performed at the Hill Cumorah in New York. A brief note is also included in the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1937
Creator
- Driggs, H. Wayne, 1902-1951 (Person)
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Biographical Sketch
H. Wayne Driggs, an English professor at New York University, was appointed to the "New York Committee" formed to develop an appropriate script for the annual Hill Cummorah Pageant in 1937. The LDS Church acquired the Hill Cummorah in the early 1930s and a pageant to celebrate the coming forth of the Book of Mormon became an annual event.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 Folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The H. Wayne Driggs script (1937) was written by Driggs, for a pageant about the Book of Mormon. The script is an incomplete copy of the original performed at the Hill Cumorah in New York.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Carl J. Christensen in 1976.
Processing Information
Processed by Sharon Thorup in 1984.
- Title
- Inventory of the H. Wayne Driggs script
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Sharon Thorup.
- Date
- 1984 (last modified: 2019)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
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