These resources gather primary documents, manuscript histories, letters, minutes, and historical studies used throughout the site. They are provided for readers who want to work from the documents themselves rather than only from summary pages.
Primary Records and Source Collections
- Kirtland High Council Minutes
- Nauvoo High Council Minutes
- Manuscript History of Brigham Young, 1847–1850
- The Teachings of President Brigham Young, Vol. 3: 1852–1854
- The Office Journal of President Brigham Young, 1858–1863, Book D
- Benjamin F. Johnson’s Letter to George F. Gibbs
- Joseph Smith’s 16 June 1844 Speech: A New Amalgamated Text
- The Nauvoo Diaries and Writings of William Clayton, Part 1
- Joseph Smith’s Grammar & Alphabet of the Egyptian Language
- Fred C. Collier Letters and Short History
- History of Patriarch Fred C. Collier, Vol. 1
Succession and Restoration History
- Priesthood and the Law of Succession
- The Church of the Firstborn & Its Formal Organization
- The One Anointed and Appointed: That One Man Office in the Priesthood
- The Office of the One Anointed and Appointed
- The Trial of Sidney Rigdon
- The Trials of Apostle John W. Taylor and Matthias F. Cowley
- The Transfiguration of Brigham Young: Myth or Sacred History?
- Independent Fundamentalists and Their Claims to the Fulness of the Priesthood
Twentieth-Century Succession and Plural-Marriage History
- Re-Examining the Lorin Woolley Story
- New Light on the Lorin Woolley Story
- The Political Platform of the Manifesto
- Section 132: Is It Authentic in All Regards?
- Polygamy in Mexico, 1895–1905
- Polygamy: Its Genetic and Sociological Consequences
- The Suspension of Plural Marriage and the Fulfillment of Prophecy
For topic-by-topic navigation, use the Topical Guide. For the full doctrinal series, see Doctrine of the Priesthood.