Sometime in the years after the sale to Joseph Smith in 1835 , the first part of the scroll was cut up and placed in picture frames . After the death of Joseph Smith , the papyri collection was eventually split up and parts were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 . The entire collection was presumed lost , but were rediscovered at the New York Metropolitan Museum in 1966 . Since that time the remaining papyri , including the first few sections of the Breathing Permit of Hôr , have been owned by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Breathing Permit of Hôr