Ellen G. White Estate - Routine Work

Routine Work

The paid staff members:

1. safeguard and maintain the records in the custody of the trustees, and the indexes thereto, in such a manner as to serve the church
2. handle the copyrights to the Ellen G. White works
3. conduct such research in these works and the related historical materials as may be called for
4. respond to questions that may be directed to the White Estate in personal interviews and in a worldwide correspondence
5. assemble, when authorized by the trustees, materials for compilations from Ellen G. White’s writings
6. foster, in conjunction with the Spirit of Prophecy Committee, the ever-widening publication of these writings in various languages and at times make selections or abridgments as called for and authorized
7. fill assignments in church, institutional, and field visitation as the needs and best interests of the advancing work of the church require
8. conduct tours of historical sites of denominational interest, especially in the New England states
9. prepare articles, correspondence lessons, and text materials.

Productions of special value to the church include the four-volume Comprehensive Index to the Writings of Ellen G. White (1962, 1992); the six-volume facsimile reprints of the Ellen G. White Present Truth and Review and Herald articles; the four-volume Ellen G. White Signs of the Times articles; the Ellen G. White Youth’s Instructor articles; the Periodical Resource Collection volumes; the six-volume biography of Ellen G. White, by Arthur L. White; and The Published Writings of Ellen G. White on Compact Disc (CD-ROM), a tool of inestimable value to users of computers.