Slaughter, William W.

William Slaughter is a photo historian and the senior archivist at the Church History Library. He received a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in library science from Brigham Young University. His previous publications include Joseph Smith's America: His Life and Times; Trail of Hope: The Story of the Mormon Trail; Life In Zion: An Intimate Look at the Latter-day Saints, 1820-1995; and Camping Out in the Yellowstone, 1882. He and his wife, Sheri, and their two adult children, live in Salt Lake City.