The Church Historian's Press is an imprint dedicated to publishing scholarly works about the origin, history, and growth of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The ch ...

(LDS Church). It is owned by the LDS Church and operated under the direction of the Church Historian and Recorder. The press is the publisher of the ''

Joseph Smith Papers ''The Joseph Smith Papers'' (or Joseph Smith Papers Project) is a project researching, collecting, and publishing all manuscripts and documents created by, or under the direction of, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the founder of the Latter Day Saint ...

,'' a documentary editing project that seeks to provide scholars and researches with access to all of the original documents produced by

Joseph Smith Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. When he was 24, Smith published the Book of Mormon. By the time of his death, 14 years later, ...

, founder of the LDS Church. When complete, the ''Joseph Smith Papers'' will contain about two dozen printed volumes, as well as online publications. The press was also intended to publish other LDS Church documentary histories, such as the significant journals of 19th-century

Apostle An apostle (), in its literal sense, is an emissary, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (''apóstolos''), literally "one who is sent off", from the verb ἀποστέλλειν (''apostéllein''), "to send off". The purpose of such sending ...

George Q. Cannon (the first volume was already published by

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in 1999). In April 2016, this project was instead launched as a searchable website for ''The Journal of George Q. Cannon'', with plans to provide nearly all the journals online and save years in what would be required for print publication. Also in 2016, the CH Press began publication of historic papers of the Relief Society. The CH Press website was launched on February 2, 2016.

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