December 1905
Improvement Era

The December 1905 issue of the Improvement Era (LDS Church periodical) commemorated the 100th year from the birth of Joseph Smith as well as his life.  We here reproduce this issue in commemoration of his 200th birthday (December 2005).

During the month of December 2005 we have added the full contents of the December 1905 Improvement Era linked to from this page.

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• Cover (.pdf, .jpg)
• Portrait of Joseph Smith, the Prophet
• Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times
• One Hundred Years -- A Eulogy, by Wm. A. Hyde (towards bottom of page)
• Voice from Joseph.  A poem, by W. W. Phelps
• Biographical Sketch, by Andrew Jensen
• Joseph Smith as a Boy, by Prest. Joseph F. Smith
• Portrait of Hyrum Smith, the Patriarch
• A Child's Remembrance of the Last Time She Saw Joseph Smith, by Sarah Rich Miller
• Joseph Smith as a Man, by Willard Done
• Joseph Smith as Philosopher, by John A. Widtsoe
• Joseph Smith in Literature, by Orson F. Whitney
• Joseph Smith, the Prophet of the Living God, by James E. Talmage
• A Century Song -- December 23, 1905  A Poem, by L. L. Green Richards
• An Unpublished Letter of the Prophet Joseph
• Genius or Seer?, by John Henry Evans
• What Joseph Smith Did for the Womanhood of the Church, by Susa Young Gates
• Centennial Anniversary Monument