Church Historian's Press

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Church Historian's Press
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Parent company Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
StatusActive
Founded2008
Country of originFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Headquarters location Salt Lake City, Utah
DistributionWorldwide
Publication typesBooks and online publications
Nonfiction topics LDS Church history
Official website churchhistorianspress.org

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 (LDS Church). Operated under the direction of the Church Historian and Recorder, its establishment was announced in February 2008 by the LDS Church. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The press' first publication was the multi-volume Joseph Smith Papers, a documentary editing project to provide scholars and researchers with access to all of the documents produced by Joseph Smith, founder of the faith. [1] [5] [2]

The press also publishes other LDS Church documentary histories, [6] such as the significant journals of 19th-century Apostle George Q. Cannon (the first volume was already published by Deseret Book in 1999). [7] 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. [8] Also in 2016, the press began publication of historic papers of the Relief Society. [9]

The CH Press website was launched on February 2, 2016.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 "New Publishing Imprint Set to Boost Mormon Scholarship". Newsroom. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. February 25, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  2. 1 2 Fletcher Stack, Peggy (February 26, 2008). "LDS Church will publish early papers". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ "New imprint for Mormons promotes history projects". The Day . New London, Connecticut. Associated Press. February 29, 2008. p. B5.
  4. ↑ Dobner, Jennifer (February 26, 2008). "LDS Press to publish historical texts". The Daily Spectrum & Daily News . St. George, Utah. Associated Press. p. A8.
  5. ↑ Dobner, Jennifer (December 3, 2008). "LDS Church releases first book in Joseph Smith series". The Salt Lake Tribune. Associated Press. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2025.
  6. ↑ Arave, Lynn (February 25, 2008). "LDS Church announces new Historian's Press". MormonTimes . Deseret News . Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  7. ↑ Lloyd, R. Scott (March 1, 2008). "New era dawns in LDS publishing". Church News . Deseret News . Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  8. ↑ Walch, Tad (April 14, 2016). "To Lincoln, the face of Mormonism was George Q. Cannon, whose journals are now online". Deseret News. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  9. ↑ Walch, Tad (February 24, 2016). "LDS Church signals 'remarkable' transparency with new book on 'First Fifty Years of Relief Society'". Deseret News. Archived from the original on February 26, 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-17.


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