The Journals of William E. McLellin, 1831-1836
Editors Jan Shipps and John W. Welch: Jan Shipps is professor emeritus of religious studies and history at Indiana Univeristy, Purdue Univeristy, at Indianapolis. She is a former president of the Mormon History Association and over the past thirty years has published numerous articles and reviews on the subject of Mormonism. John W. Welch is professor of law and editor-in-chief of BYU Studies at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.  One of the editors of Macmillan's Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992), he has written or edited many books and articles on history and scripture.