The Joseph Smith Papers

The authoritative source for the writings, teachings, and records of Joseph Smith

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Dust jacket of Joseph Smith Papers Documents volume

New Resource—Legal Case Introductions

Legal Records: Case Introductions is a recently published ebook explaining and contextualizing Joseph Smith’s involvement with the law. It features some two hundred legal cases he participated in from 1819 to 1844 as a plaintiff/complainant, defendant, witness, or judge.

Accounts of Joseph Smith’s First Vision

Read all of the accounts of the First Vision written by Joseph Smith and his contemporaries during his lifetime

2023 Joseph Smith Papers Conference

On Friday and Saturday, September 15 and 16, 2023, the Joseph Smith Papers Project hosted the final Joseph Smith Papers conference, commemorating the completion of the print series of The Joseph Smith Papers. The conference engaged with the following question: What have we learned from the Joseph Smith Papers Project?

New Podcast! Road to Carthage

Our newest eight-part miniseries, Road to Carthage, explores the 1844 assassination of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Listen now!

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New Content on the Joseph Smith Papers Website

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The Joseph Smith Papers is pleased to announce its latest web publication. This release features an introduction and documents for Joseph Smith’s land transactions in the Nauvoo, Illinois, area from 1839 to 1844. It also includes more than one hundred additional documents for two legal cases about the estate of Joseph Smith, fifty additional versions of documents from 1830 to 1835, and new and updated calendar of documents entries related to the Illinois land transactions and the additional versions of documents.

Podcasts

The First Vision: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

The Priesthood Restored: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

The Nauvoo Temple: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

Kirtland, City of Revelation: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

Road to Carthage: A Joseph Smith Papers Podcast

About the Joseph Smith Papers Project

Joseph Smith (1805–1844) was the founding prophet and first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Joseph Smith Papers Project is an effort to transcribe, contextualize, and publish all his writings and teachings, including revelations, translations, letters, discourses, journals, histories, and legal and financial records.

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Published Volumes

The Joseph Smith Papers will consist of twenty-seven volumes, divided into five series: Documents, Journals, Revelations and Translations, Histories, and Administrative Records; two additional series, the Legal Records series and the Financial Records series, will be published online.

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