Orem Library

When complete, the Documents series will publish more than a thousand documents created, authorized, or owned by Joseph Smith, including each of his revelations in its earliest form, reports of his discourses, and correspondence....Among the contents of this volume are more than five dozen revelations that were presented in the first-person voice of Jesus Christ, including texts later published in the Doctrine and Covenants, the expansive "visions...

The Joseph Smith Papers gathers together all extant Joseph Smith documents and publishes complete and accurate transcripts of those documents with both textual and contextual annotation. For the first time, all of Joseph Smith’s known surviving papers, which include many of the foundational documents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are accessible.

A compendium of quotes from the writings and speeches of Joseph Smith, arranged in alphabetical order by topic.

This volume of the Joseph Smith Papers includes documents dating from 1828 to 1834 and features photocopies of original writings in the actual hand of early Mormon Church leaders such as Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery and Sidney Rigdon as well as a transcription and photographic reproduction of each page of the two manuscript revelation books used by early scribes of Joseph Smith, including those used to print the Book of Commandments and 1835 Doctrine...

Although the journal entries capture in detail the words and actions of Joseph Smith, Jr., he neither wrote nor dictated them. They are actually the work of several companions who acted as his scribes or private secretaries, among them Willard Richards and William Clayton--Volume 3, pages 4-5.

The journals provide background information about Joseph Smith's life and early LDS Church history and form the foundation for the official history of the LDS Church. Among the key events described in this volume are the creation of the Relief Society; the building of the Nauvoo Temple; and revelations on the nature of God, and baptism for the dead. Three letters from his wife Emma are also included. These journals provide insights about the Prophet...