Church History
Doctrine and Covenants 30–36


“Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources: Doctrine and Covenants 30–36,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources (2025)

“Doctrine and Covenants 30–36,” Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources

Doctrine and Covenants 30–36

Painting of a farmhouse in a field.

Al Rounds, Peter Sr. and Mary Musselman Whitmer Home, 1984, watercolor.

Historical Background

Revelations in Context

Essays on the background of each revelation

A Mission to the Lamanites

D&C 28, 30, 32

The Faith and Fall of Thomas Marsh

D&C 31, 112

Ezra Thayer: From Skeptic to Believer

D&C 33

Orson Pratt’s Call to Serve

D&C 34

“Go to the Ohio”

D&C 35, 36, 37, 38

Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days

Narrative history of events surrounding the revelations

Volume 1, Chapter 9

Come Life or Come Death

Volume 1, Chapter 10

Gathered In

People

Biographical facts and historical images of individuals associated with the revelations

Places

Maps and information about places associated with the revelations from The Joseph Smith Papers, Historic Sites, and other helpful sources

Events

Timeline placing each revelation in the context of key events in the Church’s first century

View the chronology

Topics

Essays on subjects related to the revelations

American Indians

Early Missionaries

Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

Lamanite Identity

Sources

Historical background and the earliest version of each section of the Doctrine and Covenants, as published in The Joseph Smith Papers and the Church History Library catalog

Revelation, September 1830–C [D&C 30:1–4]

Revelation, September 1830–D [D&C 30:5–8]

Revelation, September 1830–E [D&C 30:9–11]

Revelation, September 1830–F [D&C 31]

Revelation, October 1830–A [D&C 32]

Revelation, October 1830–B [D&C 33]

Revelation, 4 November 1830 [D&C 34]

Revelation, 7 December 1830 [D&C 35]

Revelation, 9 December 1830 [D&C 36]

Conference Minutes, 26 September 1830