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Claude Holmes, an employee of the Adventist periodical Review and Herald, had his employment terminated in 1917 after he convinced personnel that he had permission to access the materials and acquired hundreds of personal testimonies, including those addressed to the chairman of the trustees, A. White frequently disagreed over the policy voted by the other trustees and was even reprimanded when he prepared unauthorized compilations from these writings and distributed them. Gilbert Valentine reveals in his book 'The Struggle for the Prophetic Heritage' that Ellen White's son, W. Controversy over the restrictions placed upon the unpublished materials has existed since the early days of the White Estate. The first volume of this project was announced in the Review and Herald 2005 as being near completion, but none have been released as of 2012. This work was completed in 2002, however for unknown reasons the project was abandoned and instead an annotation project was begun to release the documents with heavy annotations. Between 19, the White Estate intended to release the unpublished writings on CD-Rom. In recent years the earlier restrictive policies have been adapted to accommodate the needs of increased research. Because of this, during the first few decades following Ellen White’s death, careful policies governing the use and release of unpublished materials were set up, ultimately resulting in the publication of 21 volumes known as Manuscript Releases. Even manuscripts whose primary value is historical in nature must not be used in a solely secular manner. The sacred nature of the files generally and the confidential nature of many of the communications in the files require that they be cared for and used responsibly. White files do not constitute a public archive.
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While all of Ellen White’s writings are available for research, the unpublished letters, manuscripts, and other materials in the Ellen G.
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Copyright law and these materials are now legally in the public domain. In 2003, the copyright on the unpublished letters and manuscripts expired according to U.S.
ELLEN WHITE ESTATE ORG FULL
As of 2012, approximately half of these manuscripts and letters have been published in full, with about two thirds of the collection published in full or in part. These manuscripts constitute an invaluable basic file of historical records and of counsel to the church. The White trustees have continued to draw upon this for the compilations made since her death. White Manuscript Materials= During the later years of her life, Ellen White often drew upon her unique 50,000-page manuscript file in the preparation of published works.
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