---
title: History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I
description: Published in 1902, covers Joseph Smith's birth in 1805 to the end of 1833, including his accounts of his visions and of the origin of the Book of Mormon, the organization of the church in 1830 and the conflicts in Jackson County, Missouri.
authors:
  - Roberts, B. H.
author_role: editor
about:
  - Smith, Joseph, Jr.
collections:
  - history
  - joseph-smith
tags:
  - history
  - autobiography
  - joseph-smith
  - nauvoo
  - nineteenth-century
volume: 1
published: "1902"
publisher: Deseret News
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
edition: First edition, 6 volumes (Salt Lake City, 1902 to 1912)
language: en
type: book
reference: '"Title page," in *History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Period I*, ed. B. H. Roberts, vol. 1 (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1902).'
source:
  url: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47091
  identifier: gutenberg-47091
  transcription: "Project Gutenberg eBook #47091 (Mormon Texts Project proofreading of the 1902 edition). The Gutenberg header, license and transcriber notes are not included."
curator_note: A Mormon source published by the church and edited by B. H. Roberts; included for historical study. Inclusion does not imply endorsement. The first-person narrative was largely compiled by clerks and historians after the events it describes; Roberts's introductions, marginal notes and footnotes are his editorial additions.
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: 1902 US publication (Salt Lake City, Deseret News; introduction and notes by B. H. Roberts); published before 1931, so public domain in the United States
  source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47091
  publication_year: 1902
  note: Period I only (volumes 1 to 6). Period II (volume 7, 1932, and later volumes) is not public domain and is not included.
---

# Title page

HISTORY

OF THE

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

OF

LATTER-DAY SAINTS.

PERIOD I.

History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet.

By Himself.

Volume I.

An Introduction and Notes

by

B. H. Roberts.

Published by the Church.

Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. 1902.