Church Historian's Press

{{Short description|LDS Church publishing imprint}}

{{Infobox publisher

| image = File:The Church Historian's Press 2008 logo.svg

| parent = Church History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

| status = Active

| founded = 2008

| country = {{flagcountry|United States}}

| headquarters = Salt Lake City, Utah

| distribution = Worldwide

| publications = Books and online publications

| topics = LDS Church history

| url = {{url|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.{{cite web | title=New Publishing Imprint Set to Boost Mormon Scholarship | date=February 25, 2008 | work=Newsroom | publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | url=https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/new-publishing-imprint-set-to-boost-mormon-scholarship | accessdate=2009-06-05}}{{cite news |last=Fletcher Stack |first=Peggy |author-link=Peggy Fletcher Stack |date=February 26, 2008 |title=LDS Church will publish early papers |url=http://www.sltrib.com/lds/ci_8365484 |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303073935/http://www.sltrib.com/lds/ci_8365484 |archive-date=March 3, 2008 |access-date=March 16, 2025}}{{cite news |author= |agency=Associated Press |date=February 29, 2008 |title=New imprint for Mormons promotes history projects |newspaper=The Day |location=New London, Connecticut |page=B5}}{{cite news |last=Dobner |first=Jennifer |agency=Associated Press |date=February 26, 2008 |title=LDS Press to publish historical texts |newspaper=The Daily Spectrum & Daily News |location=St. George, Utah |page=A8}}

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.{{cite news |last=Dobner |first=Jennifer |agency=Associated Press |date=December 3, 2008 |title=LDS Church releases first book in Joseph Smith series |url=http://www.sltrib.com/lds/ci_11128880 |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208082541/http:/www.sltrib.com/lds/ci_11128880 |archive-date=December 8, 2008 |access-date=March 16, 2025}}

The press also publishes other LDS Church documentary histories,{{cite news | author=Arave, Lynn | title=LDS Church announces new Historian's Press | work=MormonTimes | publisher=Deseret News | date=February 25, 2008 | url=http://www.mormontimes.com/around_church/general_authority/?id=2406 | accessdate=2009-06-05}} such as the significant journals of 19th-century Apostle George Q. Cannon (the first volume was already published by Deseret Book in 1999).{{cite news | author=Lloyd, R. Scott | title=New era dawns in LDS publishing | work=Church News | publisher=Deseret News | date=March 1, 2008 | url=https://www.thechurchnews.com/archive/2008-03-01/new-era-dawns-in-lds-publishing-31483 | accessdate=2009-06-05}} 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.{{cite news | author=Walch, Tad | title=To Lincoln, the face of Mormonism was George Q. Cannon, whose journals are now online | date=April 14, 2016 | work=Deseret News | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865652190/To-Lincoln-the-face-of-Mormonism-was-George-Q-Cannon-whose-journals-the-LDS-Church-is-publishing.html?pg=all | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416183434/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865652190/To-Lincoln-the-face-of-Mormonism-was-George-Q-Cannon-whose-journals-the-LDS-Church-is-publishing.html?pg=all | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 16, 2016 | accessdate=2016-04-17}} Also in 2016, the press began publication of historic papers of the Relief Society.{{cite news | author=Walch, Tad | title=LDS Church signals 'remarkable' transparency with new book on 'First Fifty Years of Relief Society' | work=Deseret News | date=February 24, 2016 | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865648377/New-book-documents-First-Fifty-Years-of-Relief-Society.html?pg=all | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226040022/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865648377/New-book-documents-First-Fifty-Years-of-Relief-Society.html?pg=all | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 26, 2016 | accessdate=2016-04-17}}

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