Volumes 1-6 are subtitled "Period 1", covering the time period of Joseph Smith's life.

Individual volumes should not be combined with the complete set or different volumes of the same set.

This the series The History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints published between 1902-1932, covering the 1820-1848 period of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), edited by B. H. Roberts. It is not to be confused with the series The History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published between 1897-1903, covering the 1805-1890 period of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church), authored by Joseph Smith III and Heman C. Smith.