He filled this office until his death in 1937. Crisler, passed to W. C. White, the only member of the board devoting full-time to the work of the trustees. The secretaryship, after being held for a short time by C. When the board was first organized in 1915, A. G. Daniells served as president. The board now carries a fourth responsibility, which has developed naturally through the years-acquainting Seventh-day Adventists and others with Mrs. custody of the files of manuscripts and other files, and the selection of matter from the Ellen G.preparation of manuscripts for, and the promotion of the translation and publication of her writings in other languages.possession of the copyrights to her writings and the care and promotion of her books in the English language.Under the terms of the will, such responsibilities fell into three areas: It soon sold Ellen White’s real estate, consisting mainly of Elmshaven, her home property near St. Helena, California, then began the continued care of her literary properties. The will dedicated the major portion of the existing and potential royalty incomes from her books to the work of the trustees.Īt the death of Ellen White, July 16, 1915, this self-perpetuating board began to function. Appointment of the trustees was for life, Ellen White providing that “if a vacancy shall occur for any reason among said trustees, or their successors, a majority of the surviving or remaining trustees are hereby empowered and directed to fill such vacancy by the appointment of some other fit person” or if this provision were to fail, the General Conference Executive Committee should appoint someone to fill such a vacancy. Other duties include handling her properties, 'conducting the business thereof,' 'securing the printing of new translations,' and the 'printing of compilations from my manuscripts.' Her will, dated February 9, 1912, named five church administrators to serve as a board of trustees: Arthur G. Daniells, William C. White, Clarence C. White's death in 1915 the White Estate will publicly release all of her unpublished writings online.

At the Toronto General Conference Session in 2000, the world church expanded the mission of the organization to include a responsibility for promoting Adventist history for the entire denomination. The mission of the White Estate is to circulate Ellen White's writings, translate them, and provide resources for helping to better understand her life and ministry.

The White Estate has branch offices and research centers at Adventist universities and colleges around the world with at least one center in each division of the world church. It has an independent and self-perpetuating board, but the organization receives an annual allocation just like other departments of the world headquarters. The headquarters is located at the General Conference in Silver Spring, Maryland, where it functions as a quasi-independent department of the denomination. White Estate, Incorporated, or simply the ( Ellen) White Estate, is an organization created in 1933 by the five trustees named in Ellen G. White's last will and testament to act as the custodian of her writings, which Seventh-day Adventists consider as divinely inspired.

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