History, 1838–1856 (Manuscript History of the Church)

• Documents (3912)

  Letters, revelations, reports of discourses, minutes, etc.

• Journals (32)

  Journals and diaries

• Administrative Records (1693)

  Minutes and other official records

• Revelations and Translations (60)

  Early manuscript and printed versions of scriptural works

• Histories (52)

  Early histories and draft material for the later History of the Church

• Legal Records (1755)

  Court papers

• Financial Records (388)

  Deeds, promissory notes, invoices, agreements, daybooks, ledgers, etc.

Related Resources

• Other Contemporary Papers

  Selected papers of Joseph Smith's contemporaries

• Calendar of Documents

  Chronological list of all known Joseph Smith documents, including multiple versions of documents

• Comprehensive Works Cited

  List of all sources cited on the Joseph Smith Papers website

Images and Transcripts

• Joseph Smith Histories (7)
• Assigned Histories (11)
• History, 1838–1856 (Manuscript History of the Church) (31)
• Other Histories (3)

Related Materials

• Joseph Smith’s Historical Enterprise
• The Histories of Joseph Smith, 1832–1844
• Histories Initiated by Assignment of Joseph Smith, 1831–1847
• Introduction to History, 1838–1856 (Manuscript History of the Church)
• Introduction to History Drafts, 1838–1842
• Introduction to History Drafts, 1844–1856
• Essay on Sources Cited in Histories, Volume 1
• Essay on Sources Cited in Histories, Volume 2
• Editorial Method

• History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]
• History, 1838–1856, volume B-1 [1 September 1834–2 November 1838]
• History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
• History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
• History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
• History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
• History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
• “History of Joseph Smith”

• Drafts, 1838–1842 (4)
• Drafts, 1844–1856 (19)