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Jessee’s early work on the papers, including his publication of three volumes. The Joseph Smith Papers Project is rooted in Dean C. A rigorous editing process ensures accuracy against the original manuscripts.įour volumes are currently available in print: “Revelations and Translations,” Volumes 1 and 2, published in 20, respectively, and “Journals,” Volumes 1 and 2, published in 20, respectively. The Justice Department on Friday unveiled an indictment charging former President Donald J. International Paper is an equal opportunity employer. The eventual publication of all these papers will provide scholars and others with unprecedented firsthand access to many aspects of Joseph Smith’s life and thought. The Joseph Smith Papers Project has earned an endorsement by the National Archives’ National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) because it meets all scholarly and documentary editing criteria for the commission. The estimated final count of printed volumes is 20, probably two published per year. After 22 years of documenting, filing, writing and editing, the historians and researchers behind The Joseph Smith Papers published the final volume of. The final product will be a completely inclusive collection of all the prophet’s documents, whether considered of general interest or not. This collection includes “journals, revelations and translations, contemporary reports of discourses, minutes, business and legal records, editorials, and notices,” as well as quite a bit of incoming correspondence to his office. Rather than providing a collection of all important documents about Joseph Smith, the Joseph Smith Papers Project’s goal is to provide all documents created by Joseph Smith or the work of staff whom he directed. This collection will prove an incredible resource for all scholars and students of “the life and work of Joseph Smith, early Mormonism, and nineteenth-century American religion,” according to the foundation’s website. All documents in the project will be published on the foundation’s website, while many of them will also be published in print. The documents include the journals, personal correspondence, sermons, revelations, business and legal documents, and biographical.

The Joseph Smith Papers Project is an ambitious undertaking my scholars, archivists, and editors employed by the Church History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to provide a complete and accurate publication of all known surviving papers of Joseph Smith in one easily accessible location.
