This phrase refers to the items which were kept by the custodian of the records and includes the Liahona, the sword of Laban, and the Urim and Thummim. In addition, we get a sense for what records Mosiah had at the time. He would have had the brass plates of Laban, the small plates of Nephi, the large plates of Nephi, the record of Zeniff (which probably were incorporated into the large plates of Nephi), and the record of the Jaredites (the plates of gold).