Records do contain

1. Alma 37: 9
     9 Yea, I say unto you, were it not for these things that these records do contain, which are on these plates, Ammon and his brethren could not have convinced so many thousands of the Lamanites of the incorrect tradition of their fathers; yea, these records and their words brought them unto repentance; that is, they brought them to the knowledge of the Lord their God, and to rejoice in Jesus Christ their Redeemer.
2. 3 Ne. 5: 9
     9 But behold there are records which do contain all the proceedings of this people; and a shorter but true account was given by Nephi.