To increase productivity and accelerate publication of materials from an effort called the Joseph Smith Papers Project, historians and researchers working on the project will relocate to Salt Lake City, officials announced Friday.

Currently, staff members on the project to publish materials dealing with the life, mission, teachings and legacy of Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, are split between locations in Provo and Salt Lake City.

The project was endorsed by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission of the National Archives late last year. The compilation is expected to yield 25 to 30 volumes of Smith's journals, correspondence and history, as well as legal and business documents.