The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals, Vol. 1: 1832-1839

“The Joseph Smith Papers project is the single most significant historical project of our generation.” — Elder Marlin K. Jensen, LDS Church Historian

The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals, Volume 1: 1832-1839 features Joseph Smith’s first five journals. These documents give the reader an appreciation for Joseph Smith’s character, his private piety, and his sense of mission. The Joseph Smith Papers, Journals, Volume 1: 1832-1839 also convey Joseph Smith’s perspective on the spiritual manifestations experienced in the Kirtland, Ohio, temple, the origins of the “Mormon War” in Missouri, and the founding of what would become Nauvoo, Illinois—the Mormon city on the Mississippi.

The Joseph Smith Papers project will eventually constitute approximately 30 volumes, organized into six series. With access to texts not previously available, and certainly never in one collection, the Joseph Smith Papers project provides new information and insights about Joseph Smith, early Mormonism, and nineteenth-century American religion.

Documents include correspondence, journal entries, revelations, translations, discourses, official histories, court cases, and business dealings — qualitatively researched and carefully annotated.

For more information on The Joseph Smith Papers project, visit JosephSmithPapers.org.